54 Movie Quotes about Fishing (Sound Clips)

Last updated on: August 19, 2025

Memorable quotes about fishing, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Oh, that farm boy, he don't know nothin' about f-f-fishin'. He ain't gonna hook her that way.

Paul Winchell as Boomer in The Fox and the Hound (1981)

2 You see, what I do, Chief, is I trick them to the surface. And then I jab at them.

Robert Shaw as Captain Quint in Jaws

3 What are you hoping to catch? -Something about 6 foot 2, 190 pounds, with brown eyes. -Well, why bother going to sea? Let me help you.

Sean Connery as James Bond in Never Say Never Again

4 I'm fishing. -For what? -Anything I can get. -I know the best waters. I'd be very happy to show them to you.

Quote from Never Say Never Again

5 More trout than you can shake a fish stick at.

Gopher in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

6 By using very small bait, I can be sure I won't catch too very large a fish.

John Fiedler as Piglet in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

7 I don't understand fishing metaphors.

Flint Lockwood in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

8 My dear young lady, you happen to be looking at an expert fisher fox.

Mickey Rooney as Tod And Vixey in The Fox and the Hound (1981)

9 Sorry if I ever took a snap at you. Fish gotta swim. Birds gotta eat.

Geoffrey Rush as Nigel in Finding Nemo

10 Good. Our first catch of the day.

Quote from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back