'Don't get saltwater on my mink!' Johnny Weir's Sochi fishing trip was epic [pics, video]

You know that saying, “go big or go home”? Figure skater Johnny Weir chose to go big — very big:

Watch for me tonight on @accesshollywood with @billybush fishing in the Black Sea. Yeah, I said fishing. ?

— Johnny Weir (@JohnnyGWeir) February 12, 2014

This we’ve gotta see.

http://t.co/bqBLqC28xf

The three greatest minutes of the Olympics in Sochi.

— Vinny Joseph (@TheVinnyJoseph) February 13, 2014

johnny weir goes fishing in sochi, dying!!!! so cute and funny, love the fashion!http://t.co/79vCLXvPHt #Sochi2014 #johnnyweir

— FashionFixMN (@FashionFixMN) February 13, 2014

Only Johnny Weir can wear a mink coat to go fishing! #fabulous

— sweetm0chi (@sweetm0chi) February 13, 2014

Johnny Weir wore a mink to go fishing with Billy Bush. #Winning #yolo #Sochi2014

— Dawn (@dawn9476) February 13, 2014

Johnny Weir, our generation's greatest American, went fishing in Sochi. http://t.co/N3hECC2SFu pic.twitter.com/dRnbhX3PNZ

— SB Nation (@SBNation) February 13, 2014

https://twitter.com/mattsheepherd/status/433985360503533568

https://twitter.com/BrianPHickey/status/433758028211687425

Let’s go to the videotape!

How do you say “utterly fabulous” in Russian? Because that’s exactly what that was.

OMG, did you love Johnny Weir going fishing w/ @BillyBush in Sochi??? #priceless!

— Kathryn Hall (@KathrynHallPR) February 13, 2014

Oh yes. We loved it.

Great quotes by Johnny Weir: "don't get salt water on the mink!" To @billybush Best fishing interview in Sochi for an American audience ever

— Emily Newsome-Burt (@newsome_e) February 13, 2014

https://twitter.com/SassySouthSays/status/433978993545846784

Johnny Weir wore green Rick Owens platform boots to go fishing with Billy Bush. OF COURSE he caught something. Love you, JW. -M

— Smart Ladies Love (@smartladieslove) February 13, 2014

Johnny Weir is the hero America needed at the time we needed it most. http://t.co/fvvQVaVDlg cc @edsbs

— Jane Coaston (@cjane87) February 13, 2014

and it was perfect RT @mpoindc: RT @TODAYshow: .@JohnnyGWeir & @BillyBush went fishing in #Sochi and this happened: http://t.co/6nY1Af6x9g

— Alexis Levinson (@alexis_levinson) February 13, 2014

I don't EVER watch the Today show but the Billy Bush/Johnny Weir fishing segment MADE MY LIFE.

— Kim Zoot Holmes (@misszoot) February 13, 2014

“@misfitmimes: @BillyBush and @JohnnyGWeir go fishing! http://t.co/Ck0gVt5uAp” This is the best thing I've ever seen!

— pinklaydee73 (@PinkLaydee73) February 13, 2014

For Christ's sake, put this man on a Wheaties box. #Sochi #OlympicHero @JohnnyGWeir http://t.co/Cz8O0FXYnP

— Madison Drake (@DrakeRattleRoll) February 13, 2014

https://twitter.com/CourtneyDecker/status/433760495460683776

Russians reacting to Johnny Weir fishing in a fur coat. Priceless. Thanks for being you, Johnny!

— tes (@tesBrown) February 13, 2014

And who knows? Maybe Weir has a future career in international diplomacy. He’s certainly off to a great start!

so I think Johnny Weir in Rick Owens boots, fur coat & Jackie O frames, Black Sea-fishing w/ @BillyBush just advanced gay rights in Russia.

— Zel McCarthy (@ZelMcCarthy) February 13, 2014