Some Famous Quotes about Fishing

*If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. -  Doug Larson

*Many men go fishing their entire lives without knowing it is not fish they are after. -Henry David Thoreau

*If you give a person a fish, they'll fish for a day. But if you train a person to fish, they'll fish for a lifetime. -Dan Quayle

*The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. -Anonymous

*A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work. -Anonymous

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The Purpose

Fishing has been around since the beginning of human civilization itself.  Fishing has helped coastline and riverside civilizations survive for thousands of years.  Though fishing has changed very little, it has had some technological advances over recent times, which has made fishing a much easier to enjoy and a more reliable way to provide food for one’s self. 

The purpose of this research was to explore the subculture of today's average fisherman, while making comparisons on how fishing as a whole has changed over the years.