Besides being about noble, humble, and abominable fish like the Northern Pike, Sunfish, and Snakehead, Fishing for Eternity is about love, loss, family, friendship, time, and the hope of a hereafter. It is about two rivers--the Willow and the St. Croix--and how they intersect in the souls of immigrants and flow through the lives of their children. "The Lord does not subtract from our allotted time the hours spent fishing."