Fish category: 1105 books
Northern Pike
Ecology, Conservation, and Management History
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
The northern pike—sometimes affectionately known as the “aquatic wolf”—is one of the most sought after and mythologized fishes in Minnesota, but until now there have been few books devoted to the history and ecological management of the species. Based on pioneering research carried out in Minnesota...
by Terrance J. Quinn, Richard B. Deriso
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 1999
This book serves as an advanced text on fisheries and fishery population dynamics and as a reference for fisheries scientists. It provides a thorough treatment of contemporary topics in quantitative fisheries science and emphasizes the link between biology and theory by explaining the assumptions...
by Richard Schweid, Richard Schweid
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2009
When pulled from the mud of creeks, ponds, rivers, or the sea, the eel, with its slick, snake-like body, emerges as an extremely mundane and even unappealing fish. But don’t let the appearance fool you—the eel has been one of the world’s favorite foods since ancient Greece, and the eel’s life...
Fly Fishing the Surf
A Comprehensive Guide to Surf and Wade Fishing from Maine to Florida
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013
If you have ever fished in still water and wondered what fishing the currents of rivers and surf would be like, or if you’ve never fished at all but want to start surf or wade fishing, then Fly-Fishing the Surf is for you. Experienced fly-fisherman Angelo Peluso reveals his secrets for navigating...
Nervous Water
Variations on a Theme of Fly Fishing
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Nervous water has a meaning: while the fleeting crease or subtle wrinkle on the surface of a lake or stream could be nothing, wise anglers known that these small surface movements are nearly always signs of fish stirring below-as it is with the sport of fly fishing. With a reputation of tranquility...
Brook Trout
A Thorough Look at North America's Great Native Trout- Its History, Biology, and Angling Possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
North America has had a 400-year love affair with the brook trout - Salvelinus fontinalis- its great native trout. In this newly revised and updated volume, Nick Karas offers the only major profile of this most beautiful gamefish. Brook Trout is a thorough look at the history, biology, and angling...
by Dr Leroy Milton Yale
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
The famed artist discusses the state of Game fishing in the United states during the last decade of the 19th century in this short illustrated essay.
My Life Was This Big
And Other True Fishing Tales
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Lefty Kreh takes his readers on an angling journey through the last half-century, when water was big and fishermen were bigger (maybe). But, despite all that's changed since the fifties, when Lefty began his career as a professional fly fisherman and writer, fishing is still just fishing. In My Life...
Backcasts
A Global History of Fly Fishing and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
“Many of us probably would be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect.”-Norman Maclean
Though Maclean writes of an age-old focus of all anglers—the day’s catch—he may as well be speaking to another, deeper accomplishment of...
by Daniel P Mannix
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
Beneath the surface of a river, stream or pond lies a strange and dramatic world of living things, a world of unearthly beauty and marvelous complexity that to most of us is unknown. In Troubled Waters one of America's most popular nature writers transports us into this realm of...
Fisherman's Bible
The World's Most Comprehensive Angling Reference
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
In the tradition of the bestselling Shooter’s Bible, Skyhorse Publishing presents the Fisherman’s Bible, the most complete reference guide for new fishing equipment and its specifications. Anglers will only need one book-now in its second year-to discover all the new gear on the market as well...
Incredible Fishing Stories
Classic Angling Tales from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Fishing is many things to many people. To some, quietly dangling a worm for a sunfish in a local farm pond is not only exciting, but relaxing and reflective. To others, it’s all about the adventure of traveling to exotic locales and fishing for ten-pound rainbow trout in Alaska or 100-pound tarpon...
Steelhead Country
Angling for a Fish of Legend
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Steelhead Country is not just a collection of random fishing stories. It is a personal and lovingly crafted account of a life spent immersed in a tradition that stretches back generations. Acclaimed flyfisherman and author Steve Raymond paints a picture of the world of steelhead trout that is a...
by Mahesh Sharma
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
If one eye of a ‘Lobster’ grasshopper is destroyed, then a new one emerges. The eyes of female grasshopper are found in her tail. Found in New Guiana, this grasshopper’s length is 35 cm. It remains alive only for 14 days and during this period does not eat anything. A fish named ‘Jaculus’...