--- title: Chris Pratt Is Crowdsourcing Pictures of Fishing on Twitter description: The 'Guardians of the Galaxy' star took to Twitter to ask fans to send him pictures of their catch. Even Donald Trump, Jr. weighed in. canonical: https://time.com/4725176/chris-pratt-fishing-twitter/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-04T18:35:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:31.448Z og:title: Chris Pratt Misses Fishing So Much He Needs Pictures of Fish og:description: The 'Jurassic World' star is crowd-sourcing photos of his fans' exploits. og:url: https://time.com/4725176/chris-pratt-fishing-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chris Pratt Misses Fishing So Much He Needs Pictures of Fish twitter:description: The 'Jurassic World' star is crowd-sourcing photos of his fans' exploits. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chris Pratt the Passionate Fisherman Is Living His Life Vicariously Through Fan Photos of Fish > Sponsored content. 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But Pratt went even further: he’s been commenting on some of the submissions, with his [signature goofy humor.](http://time.com/4598777/passengers-jennifer-lawrence-chris-pratt-battle-of-insults/) > [](https://twitter.com/prattprattpratt/status/849225576460234752) > [](https://twitter.com/prattprattpratt/status/849242086834671616) > [](https://twitter.com/prattprattpratt/status/849243880662986752) > [](https://twitter.com/prattprattpratt/status/849273059999596544) Not everyone had fishing photos to share, though. That didn’t make Pratt’s response any less enthusiastic. > [](https://twitter.com/prattprattpratt/status/849242199070056449) Even Donald Trump, Jr., son of the president, got involved by sharing a shot of his daughter’s catch. > [](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/849245668476686337) So far, Pratt has not responded to the First Son’s photo. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4725176/chris-pratt-fishing-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4725176/chris-pratt-fishing-twitter/"},"headline":"Chris Pratt the Passionate Fisherman Is Living His Life Vicariously Through Fan Photos of Fish","datePublished":"2017-04-04T18:35:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:31.448Z","description":"The 'Jurassic World' star is crowd-sourcing photos of his fans' exploits.","url":"https://time.com/4725176/chris-pratt-fishing-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4725176/chris-pratt-fishing-twitter/","name":"Chris Pratt the Passionate Fisherman Is Living His Life Vicariously Through Fan Photos of Fish"}}]}] ```