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This vintage book contains Rudyard Kipling's 1897 novel, "Captains Courageous". A fifteen-year-old boy called Harvey Cheyne Jr. is rescued by a Portuguese sailor in the North Atlantic. After refusing to deliver Harvey to the nearest port, the captain of the boat suggests that the boy join the crew on their fishing trip, which turns out to be full of adventures and travails. This book is highly recommended for those who have read and enjoyed other...
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Readers learn safety tips, fishing techniques, and rules about fishing in flats, as well as fishing rods, line, bait, lures, and hooks. They also study the life cycle of a fish, fish food, handling and keeping the catch, and catch-and-release fishing. Other topics include overfishing, pollution prevention, and preservation of fishing grounds.
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Expert outdoorsman Tred Barta needs no introduction. As "a camouflage-wearing, knife-wielding combination of Howard Stern and Ozzy Osbourne with a 'kill it and grill it' philosophy, Tred hunts his game 'the hard way, the Barta way'. Promoting traditional tactics, Tred attempts to hunt grizzly bear, moose, and rabbit using nothing more than a homemade bow and arrow--with hilarious and jaw-dropping results. For an unforgettable experience in the wild,...
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• Innovative techniques and gear to help you see the fish better
• Fishing beaches, rips, flats, tidal ponds, shallow water and how the weather influences sight fishing
• Rigging the boat plus the flies and lures to use
Sight-Fishing the Flats and Beyond offers effective sight-fishing tactics for a variety of species, including striped bass, bluefish, spotted seatrout, snook, permit, bonefish, and barracuda. Captain Nick Karas tells how to...
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This book is an entertaining introduction to the exciting sport of saltwater fishing. Chapters provide helpful tips about fishing and boating safety, choosing gear, finding fish, and handling the catch. The author introduces a variety of saltwater fishing methods, including surf fishing, fly fishing, trolling, and spear fishing. The book also teaches aspiring anglers to show care and concern for wildlife and the marine and coastal environment.
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Zane Grey, America's master storyteller of the old West, was a passionate angler. He fished as many as three hundred days of the year. This collection, first published in 1925, describes his fishing adventures in exotic locales throughout the Pacific region.
These stories capture the drama and excitement that Grey experienced in being the first person to fish many waters―from the Galapagos Islands to Cabo San Lucas―and in being the first to catch...
17) Drift
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"Drift takes you on a cinematic adventure across the flats of Belize and the Bahamas, down the tailwaters of the Green, Frying Pan and the Big Horn, spey casting on the Deschutes, and exploring the exotic rivers of Kashmir, India." - Container
18) Deep-sea fisher
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A brief exploration of what deep-sea fishers do on the job, including the equipment they use and the training they need, plus real-life instances of record-breaking fishing off the coast of New Zealand.