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12-02-2010, 08:46 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
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Winter Reading List
After getting a package in the mail yesterday (thanks Z), starting to think about what to read / re-read this winter.
New
Secrets of Surf Fishing at Night - new release arrived last night.
Re-reads
Art of Surfcasting with Lures
Striper Chronicles
Season in the Surf
If I have the time I may read Nick Karas' - Striped Bass, dictionary sized book. Its been a while since I've read that one.
What else new and noteworthy to read and what essential for you to re-read?
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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12-02-2010, 08:59 AM
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Location: Libtardia
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Sow belly
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12-02-2010, 09:41 AM
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Location: Easton, MA
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I need some suggestions for winter reading, too. I just finished Secrets of Surfcasting at Night and started re-reading The Art of Surfcasting with Lures. I'm sure I'll read some of the chapters in OTW's New England Stripers - a Fishing Anthology, too. I always enjoy going back and reading some of the stories in there.
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Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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12-02-2010, 10:10 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Guys I have suggested this book before and if you have not read it yet........its my absolute favorite book........"Surfcasters Quest"! Nuff' said!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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12-02-2010, 10:40 AM
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Reading the Water is a book I read almost every winter.
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PRO CHOICE REPUBLICAN
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12-02-2010, 01:18 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sea Dangles
Reading the Water is a book I read almost every winter.
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Ditto Chris. I LOVE this book. I have read it countless times. |
No boat, back in the suds.  
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12-02-2010, 10:52 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
Guys I have suggested this book before and if you have not read it yet........its my absolute favorite book........"Surfcasters Quest"! Nuff' said! |
Love that book. I have read it twice already. Fast, easy fun read. |
"It's not about the fish, it's about fishing for the fish. The fish is gravy."
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12-02-2010, 11:28 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
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Location: Hanover
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PC I never see anyone mention it?? I read it every couple off-seasons.....I am due!!
Anyone else here ever read it??
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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12-02-2010, 12:33 PM
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Location: N. Shore MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
PC I never see anyone mention it?? I read it every couple off-seasons.....I am due!!
Anyone else here ever read it??
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Just read it last year. Great book about a great place.
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12-02-2010, 02:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
PC I never see anyone mention it?? I read it every couple off-seasons.....I am due!!
Anyone else here ever read it??
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Regarding Surfcaster's Quest: I also enjoyed this book and over the years had two opportunities to speak with Roy Rowan the author while I was casting on Block. Reading his book made me appreaciate what surf casting means to other types of surf casters. Rowan to us "hard cores" was clearly not as avid as we were. We never saw him casting after dark. But he got just as much satisfaction from the experience of "casting" than from the catch. I definitly could relate to much of his writing although didn't always agree with some of his conclusions.
"Reading the Water" is perhaps the greatest striped bass fireplace read of all time. Another often overlooked book is "The Shining Tides".
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DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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12-03-2010, 07:02 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
PC I never see anyone mention it?? I read it every couple off-seasons.....I am due!!
Anyone else here ever read it??
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I love that book. He seems tocapture the way I feel about everything except bait fishing. I like bait fishing. He has a way with words about the beauty of it all. |
"It's not about the fish, it's about fishing for the fish. The fish is gravy."
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12-02-2010, 10:10 AM
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Location: Sturbridge MA
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I have the Secrets of stumbling around in the dark on softball sized rocks book coming in the mail.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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12-02-2010, 11:38 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Anyone who fishes for Striped Bass should read Striper Wars by #^&#^&#^&#^& Russell.. Not a how to book or any real fancy catching stories just a real eye opener on the life and times of the striped bass. Well worth the read.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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12-02-2010, 11:58 AM
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slow eddie
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Location: Rhode Island
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couple of my favorites.
stripers, an anglers anthology. john waldman editor. striper stories from the turn of the 19th century till now.
secrets of striped bass fishing by milt rosko. how striped bass fishing has evolved and how some things never change.
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put them back alive. i do have grandkids.
as your hair gets whiter, your gear gets lighter. 
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12-02-2010, 04:25 PM
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Canceled
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I want to add to this but until I go home and look I won't be able to remember the names or authors.
I think I have CRS.
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12-02-2010, 10:17 PM
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Work hard. Fish harder.
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I am hoping Santa Clause bring "Secrets of Surf Fishing at Night", 2nd ed.
I am currently reading "Cooking The Catch".
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12-03-2010, 05:45 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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Will probably re-read a few chapters in Reading the Water and I should re-read Cole's Striper, which is great and I haven't read in a few years.
I've had The Shining Tides sitting on my desk for a while, definately need to get to that.
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"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
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12-03-2010, 06:06 AM
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I am moving away from pleasure reading and getting more pragmatic this winter...
I just bought "the boat owners guide to corrosion" and as well another marine electrical book.
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12-03-2010, 07:00 AM
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I'll be reading some Roderick Haig-Brown. He's a freshwater guy, long dead. But his writing is some of the best fish writing out there.
Another re-read for me will be Thomas McGuane's "Ninety-two in the shade." The novel was published in 1972. It takes place in Key West. Its main character is a bonefish guide. Drugs, fishing and girls. The opening scene is an acid trip. Highly recommended reading. McGuane is a hell of a fish writer. He has a whole collection of fishing essays called "The longest silence," which I couldn't recommend more.
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12-03-2010, 07:07 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
I am moving away from pleasure reading and getting more pragmatic (reading) this winter...
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That's how i am all the time....
has to have a purpose because i am a do it myself guy |
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12-03-2010, 08:37 AM
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Post's Reading the Water is clearly a classic about fishing the Vineyard; however, I just finished The Big One by David Kinney which kept me interested. It's less about technique, and provides more about the history of the MV Derby, offers insights into some personalities, and captures the fervor we as bass fishermen share.
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12-03-2010, 08:45 AM
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I'm about halfway through reading "Striper Surf" by Frank Daignault, This is the first book I've read by him. Really enjoy Frank's writing style, I almost get the feeling in a way he regrets spending so much of his life surf fishing? He sure is a good story teller and I learned a bunch so far from the book. Worth checking out for sure...
Also picked up "Practical Woodturner" by F.Pain and "Woodturning tips & techniques" by Carol Rix, got these from my local library. Some really great info in these books on sharpening tools and how to properly use gouges and skews!
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12-03-2010, 08:55 AM
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Respect your elvers
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Just picked up and started reading "Sh*t My Dad Says" by Justin Halpern. If you've got 8-10 bucks to spare for an instant comedy classic, I suggest you pick up a copy...you'l be laughing your ass off.
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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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12-03-2010, 12:34 PM
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read- Eels by James Prosek. Interesting and easy to read.
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No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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12-03-2010, 12:49 PM
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Location: Cape Cod, MA
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A Season on the Edge by Skinner. Awesome read.
The Big One is great as well.
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12-03-2010, 03:57 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Massachusetts
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Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food
In a Grove (The story the movie Rashoman was based on)
The Most Important Fish in The Sea: Menhaden and America
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12-03-2010, 04:20 PM
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Location: Easton, MA
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I almost forgot. I have a couple of months of Penthouse Letters to catch up on, too. I know it's not fishing related, but it's good reading, nonetheless.
Although I seem to remember one a few years back that started out "I never thought this could happen to me, but last night I went fishing for stripers at a local beach. I was the only one around, except for this beautiful young college coed...
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Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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12-03-2010, 07:25 PM
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Location: Dedham MA
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When you've read and reread all your fishing books, check out Eric Jay Dolin's "Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America." There's a lot about whaling in early Massachusetts, and how it developed over time. I got it from the library.
If you love Cape Cod, try The Outermost House, by Henry Beston. He spent a year in a cottage on Nauset during the 1920s, and details the changing seasons. Some amazing stories of storms covering the beach with fish, and the early life saving/coast guard guys walking the beach 24/7 through the winter to watch for wrecks.
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12-04-2010, 04:01 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Yes, The Outermost House is a wonderful book. I will re-read it occasionally.
Just a fun read with no info you will use in fishing but lots of history of the Coasties and their life saving jobs in the past.
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No boat, back in the suds.
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