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12-05-2009, 01:24 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
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Winter Reading Thread 2009
It is that time again... Books to (re)read:
- Season on the Edge - John Skinner
- Art of Surfcasting with Clam Chunks, Zeno
- Striper Chronicles - Leo Orsi
What are some other books out there, maybe anything new for this year? |
~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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12-05-2009, 01:57 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Cumberland,RI
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A whole book just about fishing Clam Chunks!!!??? WOW  |
Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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12-05-2009, 02:06 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
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striper strategies by DJ Muller... Great book, since it covers a wide range of methods to catch bass from the surf...
And the striper chronicles by leo Orsi is a great book... (not a how to)... its a great read... you feel like youre fishing while reading this book... *(fill a windex bottle with salt water and spray it at yourself every few pages... adds to the effect)
Last edited by ivanputski; 12-05-2009 at 02:16 PM..
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12-05-2009, 02:09 PM
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Registered User
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Location: orange ct
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New this year was Dave Kinney's book on the Derby- The Big One. I would recommend that on a crappy winter day.
I think that Jim White's book Monster Shallow Water Stripers is a good book especially for guys newer to surfcasting.
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12-05-2009, 03:01 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Warwick
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how about FrRank Daignault's books? They look interesting.
If I could only get one which would you recommend?
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12-05-2009, 03:54 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Saltheart
A whole book just about fishing Clam Chunks!!!??? WOW |
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Originally Posted by stcroixman
how about FrRank Daignault's books? They look interesting.
If I could only get one which would you recommend?
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20 Years on the Cape - Interesting book |
~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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12-05-2009, 04:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stcroixman
how about FrRank Daignault's books? They look interesting.
If I could only get one which would you recommend?
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I agree with JohnR , 20 years has a ton of info, but the devil is in the details, Read carefully it holds a ton of info, tides,times spots. It's all there but not obviously. |
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12-05-2009, 05:49 PM
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DDG-51
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,550
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I just finished Codfish, Dogfish, Mermaids and Frank by Skip DeBrusk.
It's a good read about a teenager working/learning about life on a fishing boat out of Plymouth in the 50's.
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12-05-2009, 06:17 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Right now I'm reading In Fisherman's Ice Fishing Secrets....after that ,don't know
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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12-05-2009, 07:02 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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It is not saltwater based, but for first rate literature with a fishing theme try Jerry Dennis. He has two collections of short stories "A Place on the Water", and "The River Home". Very, good stuff.
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12-05-2009, 09:57 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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I'm reading The Real Frank Zappa Book I will probably reread Reading The Water again if i get some time. Night Tides is a good book too.
This book is very good. I finished it last winter on vacation. I highly recommend it. I just lent it to a bud.
http://www.amazon.com/Against-Tide-F.../dp/061805698X
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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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12-05-2009, 11:18 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Narragansett
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Having read it before, I'm skimming through some chapters in Zeno's The Art of Surfcasting . . . If you can find a copy, Post's Reading the Water is excellent.
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12-05-2009, 11:27 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
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I just read Cape Cod Fisherman by Phil Schwind again. Interesting fishing story starting in the 1930s and ending around the 60s.
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Frasier: Niles, I’ve just had the most marvelous idea for a website! People will post their opinions, cheeky bon mots, and insights, and others will reply in kind!
Niles: You have met “people”, haven’t you?
Lets Go Darwin
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12-05-2009, 11:29 PM
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Striper Hunter
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Whitinsville, Ma
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I have read both of Zeno's books. Both very informative
I just finished John Skinner's "A Season on the Edge" and enjoyed it very much
I am about halfway through DJ Muller's "The Surfcaster's Guide to the Striper Coast"
After that I have 3 more books currently on my desk to read..they are;
"The Ultimate Guide to fishing with bucktails"
"Striper Chronicles"
"Surfcaster's Quest"
I also have a couple books by Frank Daignault on my Christmas wish list....Eastern Tides and Striper Surf
I'd also like to read "Night Tides", "The Big One", "Fishing New England", and "bass from the Beach volume 2"
Reading during the winter is my only salvation 'til the spring run
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12-06-2009, 12:39 AM
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Super Moderator
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Location: Georgetown MA
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Just as an FYI...... DJ Muller will be one of our speakers at the Plum Island Surfcasters Fundraiser this coming February.
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Originally Posted by ivanputski
striper strategies by DJ Muller... Great book, since it covers a wide range of methods to catch bass from the surf...
And the striper chronicles by leo Orsi is a great book... (not a how to)... its a great read... you feel like youre fishing while reading this book... *(fill a windex bottle with salt water and spray it at yourself every few pages... adds to the effect) |
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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12-06-2009, 01:35 AM
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Work hard. Fish harder.
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Got ice?
One of my personal goals is to start ice fishing this winter season...hence, I am going to pick up a copy of: "In Fisherman's Ice Fishing Secrets" Thanks the post!!!
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12-06-2009, 01:59 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Right now I'm reading In Fisherman's Ice Fishing Secrets....after that ,don't know
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Great we are all doomed on the day of the SABBIT |
Everything is better on the rocks.
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12-06-2009, 03:58 AM
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tdf knows all the secrets
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12-06-2009, 07:10 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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"Something's Fishy" by Ted Williams...expertly researched and written stuff about fisheries management with a bit of quick witted humor. Its a compilation of his past works. The stuff on striped bass is a must read for all.
Been reading "Walden" too...its pretty deep and my shallow mind cannot absorb it all at once, but hey, I just read the same page a few times and it begins to sink in.
Plenty of Dr. Suess with the kids too...
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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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12-06-2009, 07:17 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stcroixman
how about FrRank Daignault's books? They look interesting.
If I could only get one which would you recommend?
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as John said 20 years on the Cape is the best.
Just read The Big One. Interesting stuff about the MV tourny.
MY all time favorite and I have over 100 books on striper fishing, is Reading the Water. |
No boat, back in the suds.  
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12-06-2009, 09:31 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
It is that time again... Books to (re)read:
- Season on the Edge - John Skinner
- Art of Surfcasting with Clam Chunks, Zeno
- Striper Chronicles - Leo Orsi
What are some other books out there, maybe anything new for this year? |
LMAO  |
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12-06-2009, 10:55 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler
Great we are all doomed on the day of the SABBIT
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Wouldn't bet the farm on that......I'm still way down in Rookie Status land....but you gotta start someplace |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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12-06-2009, 11:02 AM
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Striper Hunter
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Whitinsville, Ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Just as an FYI...... DJ Muller will be one of our speakers at the Plum Island Surfcasters Fundraiser this coming February.
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Can any one attend this or is it just for your fishing club only? I fished plum island a few times this year from the surf. Love the area. Would love to hear DJ Muller speak at your fundraiser |
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12-06-2009, 11:18 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Doublerunner
Can any one attend this or is it just for your fishing club only? I fished plum island a few times this year from the surf. Love the area. Would love to hear DJ Muller speak at your fundraiser
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Open to the Public...anyone is welcome. |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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12-06-2009, 12:24 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
Been reading "Walden" too...its pretty deep and my shallow mind cannot absorb it all at once, but hey, I just read the same page a few times and it begins to sink in.
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Just read Walden not too long ago myself. Cant believe I didnt do it sooner! Good read and gives you plenty to think about when it comes to your daily life.
I started Into Thin Air (thought I wouldnt be able to put it down after Into the Wild but its not as enthralling to me I guess) and after that the next winter read will be The Maine Woods.
Nothing new on the agenda....still trying to get through some of the classics and such.... |
Simplify.......
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12-06-2009, 12:57 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Playin' in the Dark
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I'll probably re-read Striper by John Cole, some chapters from Striped Bass Fishing by Woolner and Lyman and a few of the selections in the Hemingway on Fishing compilation.
Re-read / study some chapters in The Fisherman's Ocean
I'm surprised to see a few people praise / recommend The Big One. I found it to be very poorly written and didn't like it much at all. Maybe it just wasn't my style of writing.
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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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12-06-2009, 12:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
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This is a good book - New England Stripers - it's an anthology of some of the best stories from On The Water Magazine's early years. There's some of Flaptail's writing in it also...Amazon, On The Water, and I sell it.... |
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12-06-2009, 02:15 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,953
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Andy Lemar's interview in ^^^^^ helped me out when I started fishing eels... Great read.
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12-06-2009, 06:03 PM
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surfwalker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Cape Cod
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The Founding Fish...by John Mc Phee
Saxitilis is NOT John Mc Phee's choice to garner his title. Rather, this is a story about the American shad. The book is more than the fish; this is good literature, written by an acklaimed American author of more than 25 books.
Still...Winter....UGGGGHHHHHH!
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12-06-2009, 09:53 PM
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Striper Hunter
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Whitinsville, Ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Open to the Public...anyone is welcome.
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When you have the date can you send me a PM?
Thanks a lot
DR |
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