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12-09-2007, 09:36 AM
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xxx
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winter reading
Anyone got any good recommended winter reading (I know this comes up every year at about this time)? not necessarily surfcasting or striper books (read most of them), but books that relate for fishing or the sea.
I have "Fishing the Baittail" by Al Reinfelder on the way (finally found a reasonably priced used copy on Amazon) and I already read Zeno's book (highly recommend that one).
Another book that I would recommend is Bruce Knecht's book "Hooked: Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish". Its basically an interwoven story of the pursuit of a pirate chilean sea bass boat by Austrailian fish and game officials and the history of how the chilean sea bass (patagonian tooth fish) rose from trash fish to being so highly prized that it was fished virtually into extinction over only about 10 years.
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12-09-2007, 10:26 AM
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Do you have Profiles in Saltwater Angling,by George Reiger?Probably the best book ever written about the pioneers of saltwater fishing.
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12-09-2007, 10:44 AM
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Calling Jon The Fisherman
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Night Tides by John Cinquemani I read that book every winter... I read only the second half though that's where all the little lessons are hidden. Plus it gets me amped to go fishing!
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12-09-2007, 11:33 AM
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Please tell me more about Night Tides.Never heard of it
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12-09-2007, 11:42 AM
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Never mind.Just read a preview.This book is now on my winter read list.Thank you.
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12-09-2007, 12:08 PM
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xxx
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Night Tides is very good. Its kind of like Twenty Years on the Cape in that its not meant to be a how to, but there's a ton of valuable information in there if you look for it, and the more you read it, the more you find.
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12-09-2007, 01:20 PM
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"Ship of Gold" by Gary Kinder. True account of the loss of a gold carrying passneger ship of the North Carolina coast in 1850s. Then turns to the attempt to locate and salvage the gold in deep ocean.
Nothing to do with fishing, but one of the best books I've ever read..
Also, "Shadow Divers", about deep water diving to locate and identify a wreck off of NJ.
"Giant Bluefin" an excellent story of the Cape Cod bluefin tuna fishery.
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12-09-2007, 01:28 PM
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Calling Jon The Fisherman
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clogston29
Night Tides is very good. Its kind of like Twenty Years on the Cape in that its not meant to be a how to, but there's a ton of valuable information in there if you look for it, and the more you read it, the more you find.
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Exactly, it gives you the tools to maintain a big fish mentality and it let's you know how much you have to learn to be anywhere near good...
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12-09-2007, 02:05 PM
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Fish Hound
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Quote:
Originally Posted by capecodder
Also, "Shadow Divers", about deep water diving to locate and identify a wreck off of NJ.
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great book
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"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart.....pursue those."
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12-09-2007, 02:09 PM
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Zeno's book "The Art of Surfcasting with Lures" is definitely on my list.
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12-09-2007, 04:04 PM
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Canal Junkie
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Zeno's book is next for me
and then
The Best of HP Lovecraft - Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
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aim: SaltedBrian
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12-09-2007, 04:13 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
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I will be reading the NRA Books to get my Class A lic. to carry
I also have Zeno's book to read
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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12-09-2007, 05:06 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
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"A Place on the Water", by Jerry Dennis. A real treat.
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12-09-2007, 05:48 PM
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Trophy Hunter Apprentice
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Every year I read, in no particular order:
"Striper Surf" by Frank Daignault ~definite page turner by an area LEGEND that is chocked full of pertinent trophy hunting techniques.
"On the Run" by David DiBenedetto ~lighter, though compelling, tales of the Striper Coast and The Fall Run.
"The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway ~nuff said, great for jump starting the Spring.
This year I will add:
"The Art of Surfcasting with Lures" by Zeno Hromin ~still reading and so far, so EXCELLENT!
"Stemming the Tides" by Charlie Soares ~dunno, but it sounds great
Two books by Tim Coleman, that I'm trying to remember the titles of???
And no off season would be compleat without popping into the DVD player a couple of times "Stripers Gone Wild" by Mike Laptew!!
Last edited by BassDawg; 12-09-2007 at 05:55 PM..
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"The first condition of happiness is that the connection
between man and nature shall not be broken."~~ Leo Tolstoy
Tight Lines, and
Happy Hunting to ALL!
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12-10-2007, 11:04 AM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
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these are all good suggestions and I denfinitely want to read Zeno's book this winter. right now though, I'm in striper-detox. I watched OTW TV this weekend and they were catching good stripers with pogies and I was starting to feel the striper withdrawels coming on, so I had to turn it off. I try to avoid the striper-withdrawel until at least February or I might go insane and try to fish for holdovers or something!!!
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12-10-2007, 11:08 AM
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Night Stalker
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockport24
these are all good suggestions and I denfinitely want to read Zeno's book this winter. right now though, I'm in striper-detox. I watched OTW TV this weekend and they were catching good stripers with pogies and I was starting to feel the striper withdrawels coming on, so I had to turn it off. I try to avoid the striper-withdrawel until at least February or I might go insane and try to fish for holdovers or something!!!
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12-10-2007, 11:12 AM
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Old Guy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockport24
these are all good suggestions and I denfinitely want to read Zeno's book this winter. right now though, I'm in striper-detox. I watched OTW TV this weekend and they were catching good stripers with pogies and I was starting to feel the striper withdrawels coming on, so I had to turn it off. I try to avoid the striper-withdrawel until at least February or I might go insane and try to fish for holdovers or something!!!
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Feel the force!!! Cooooddddddfiiiissssshhhhhhhh
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12-10-2007, 11:53 AM
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Super Moderator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockport24
these are all good suggestions and I denfinitely want to read Zeno's book this winter. right now though, I'm in striper-detox. I watched OTW TV this weekend and they were catching good stripers with pogies and I was starting to feel the striper withdrawels coming on, so I had to turn it off. I try to avoid the striper-withdrawel until at least February or I might go insane and try to fish for holdovers or something!!!
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Next month you can start Hard Water fishing.......or Plug Making. Give in to the Dark Side
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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12-10-2007, 12:05 PM
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Jburt
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"The River Why" not sure of the author
and a river runs through it.
I haven't gotten very far into river why but it is supposed to be very good.
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12-10-2007, 12:39 PM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Next month you can start Hard Water fishing.......or Plug Making. Give in to the Dark Side
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nooooooooooooooo actually I would give ice fishing a try, but it's just not the same!!
ok sorry to bring this off topic, back to the topic:
Eastern Tides by Daignault is a great book
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12-10-2007, 02:09 PM
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Registered User
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tattoobob
I will be reading the NRA Books to get my Class A lic. to carry
I also have Zeno's book to read
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Check out Gun Owners Action Leagues' [GOAL] web site if your class "A" licence is for Ma. Lots of info.
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12-10-2007, 02:25 PM
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Canceled
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Stripers and Streamers by Ray Bonderew
This is a good book for surf fisherman too
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12-10-2007, 02:32 PM
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Lou Tabory's "Stripers on the Fly" is a good read......very informative.
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12-10-2007, 02:42 PM
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Respect your elvers
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"A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson. Obviously not fishing, but good winter man book and funny as hell.
The Complete McClane is real good. It’s a collection of stories he(McClane) authored on a number of different fishing disciplines. Good reading level too.
Last edited by Back Beach; 12-10-2007 at 02:54 PM..
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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12-10-2007, 04:13 PM
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Ten Hours Until Dawn is an awesome book by a local author about a a boat lost off of Marblehead during the Blizzard of '
78. He also has some other titles too.
http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Hours-Unti.../dp/0312334354
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12-10-2007, 07:26 PM
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Salt: Fly rodding The Coast-Ed Mitchell
Fresh:
The longest silence-Thomas McGuane
Fly Fishing Through The Midlife Crisis-H Raines
All of John Gierach's books [fly fishing] 
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12-10-2007, 08:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joe the plumber
Do you have Profiles in Saltwater Angling,by George Reiger?Probably the best book ever written about the pioneers of saltwater fishing.
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So anyway, does anyone have this book.I mean it when I say it.This book should be in anyone's library who fishes saltwater.Mine is autographed by the author, the binding shot from too many re-reads,and the chapter on Al Reinfelder the best I have ever read.
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12-10-2007, 08:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nightprowler
"The River Why" not sure of the author
and a river runs through it.
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David James Duncan. One of my favorite books of all time.
I also love:
The Old Man and the Sea- Hemingway
The Perfect Storm- Junger
All Fisherman are Liars- Linda Greenlaw
The Highest Tide - Lynch
These aren't "technique" or "how to" books, but rather great stories.
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12-10-2007, 08:52 PM
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Count on it, I'm going!
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Sundog - Jim Harrison (actually anything by Harrison)
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12-10-2007, 09:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianS
The Best of HP Lovecraft - Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
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Its been a long time since I have been able to read his stories!!! They truly due mess with your mind! Let me know how far you get!
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