Henry Huggins makes a deal with his father--if Henry can keep his dog Ribsy out of trouble for a month, he can go fishing with his father. Ribsy does his best to make Henry lose the deal.

One day Big Bear says to Little Bear, I'm just in the mood for fishing. Me too, says Little Bear. Just in the mood. With this decided, Big Bear and Little Bear are off... almost. First they need the right attire, poles in a red wagon, a basket of freshly-baked scones, and a good book to read. It's unclear how much real fishing will get done today, but one thing's for there will be a cozy nap in the hammock at the end. "Two bears go on a leisurely...

A handful of sinister characters & dark plots pepper this collection, but for the most part, these 25 tales portray fishermen as endearing folk, good humored & quick with a yarn, eager to help a novice, & famously prone to exaggerate. The scenery includes roiling oceans, still ponds, swift rivers, & bubbling brooks, & the fish themselves range from the noble trout to salmon, tarpon, bass, dolphin, permit, flounder, grouper, weakfish, northern pike,...

When his dad takes Piggy fishing for the first time and Piggy ends up feeling sorry for the worms and the fish, they decide to make some changes.

"Frodo Dodo and Noodle are fishing and they've hooked a big one... What luck, they've caught an underguppy!"

Dave Paddon and Lily Snowden-Fine team up in this hilarious tall tale about a brother and sister who set out to find some fish for their father's supper. The fish aren't biting, so Kimmy and Mike head off to see if they'll have luck on the other side of the ocean. En route they encounter a hurricane, a giant squid, pirates, a merman, an iceberg and much more. Theirs is a round-the-world adventure with plenty of fun. But it's still up to their mother...

A group of friends become less enthusiastic about their fishing trip the longer they go without catching a fish--and when they finally hook a fish it is too big and scary!

Four animals make their way to a pier, hoping to catch some fish for dinner, but as they spy one another each fears another will ruin his or her luck.

Unable to interest her parents, her brothers, or even her dog in going fishing with her, Lana creates her own boat and lake in her bedroom and soon has all the company a girl could want.