Fishing Movies
October 21, 2011 by admin
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Even though you might want to, it would be difficult to spend all of your spare time fishing. However, what better way to relax after a day’s fishing than with a great fishing-inspired movie?! Here’s a just few great fishing movies which you might want to look out for – you might even pick up a few fishing tips yourself!
The Old Man and the Sea
This movie was released in 1999, but it was actually based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway, which was originally written in 1951.
A old man named Santiago has spent 84 days fishing, without making a single catch. However, with the help of a trusty
apprentice, Santiago discovered that his luck is about to change
Riffraff
This movie see’s actor Spencer Tracy play a rugged fisherman, who leads a strike against the Tuna cannery where he works. Being 1936, the striking workers can’t simply amuse themselves with online game like party poker or internet shopping, and Tracy’s character soon finds himself falling for his co-worker, played by Jean Harlow. But is this blonde bombshell all that she appears to be?
Bait Shop
This 2008 movie is sees the owner of a local bait shop enter the Professional Bass Association contest, of which he was once champion. However, there’s a lot more than his pride at stake, as the bait shop is in huge amounts of debt, and this could be their only hope of avoiding closure.
Gone Fishing
This award-winning short film made a big splash on the film just a few years ago. It tells the poignant part-autobiographical tale of a young boy and an old man, who bond over their mutual love of fishing. It might be just thirteen minutes long, but this fishing movie is one that sure to stick in your mind long afterwards.