"Fishing Blues" (also "Fishin' Blues") is a blues song written in 1911 by Chris Smith, who is best known for "Ballin' the Jack".

[1] "Fishing Blues" was first recorded in 1928 by "Ragtime Texas" Henry Thomas on vocals and guitar with the introduction and breaks played on quills, a type of panpipe.

It is Roud Folk Song Index No.

[2] The song ostensibly describes the pleasures of catching, cooking, and eating your own fish, particularly catfish.

The refrain includes: Here's a little somethin' I would like to relate, Any fish bite, you've got good bait, I'm a-goin' a-fishin', yes, I'm a-goin' a-fishin', I'm a-goin' a-fishin' too.