The total fishing manual

Cermele, Joe (Author). Field & Stream (Firm) (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1616284870 (flexi ed.)
ISBN: 9781616284879 (flexi ed.)
ISBN: 1616286296 (hbk.) :
ISBN: 9781616286293 (hbk.) :
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm
print
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Weldon Owen, c2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"317 essential fishing skills : tools, techniques, tactics" -- P. [1] of cover.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

[pt. III.] Tactics : Beat the weeds for fall trout ; Find a secret fishing spot -- Know your: crappie : Sneak up on more fish ; Hold your breath ; Release fish unharmed ; Avoid double-haul mistakes ; Unstick yourself ; Get upstream -- Know your: cutthroat trout : Master 8 minnow tricks for trout ; Stay with your trout river this fall ; Play to a surface-feeding trout -- Know your: brown trout : Swim a spring ; Fish headwaters for autumn trout ; Drop right in ; Cut some slack ; Fish with your eyes ; Hook more rising fish ; Lift and lower ; Do it right on the river ; Paddle troll ; Execute a power pivot ; Ride the current in a canoe ; Drift and dredge -- Know your: flathead catfish : Snag the best casting position ; Catch smallmouths with the bait that bites back ; Get the drop on bass ; Know your: smallmouth bass ; Pull bass from beneath the boards ; Shake the bed for giant bass ; Send jerkbaits down deep ; Send frogs undercover ; Rip a rattlebait ; Jig a worm ; Use monster tubes in the shallows ; Catch fish in the prop wash ; Learn to swim ; Skip a jig in tight quarters ; Keep on the grass ; Take it to the slopes ; Cast the cranks of spring ; Catch a big, fat perch ; Knock on wood ; Throw a one-two bass punch ; Enjoy a Carolina egg roll -- Know your: yellow perch : Learn deep secrets ; Get the lead out for walleyes ; Take the long shot ; Go on the offshore offensive ; Catch walleyes 6 ways ; Find late-summer largemouths ; Get a jumbo on the rocks ; Get a big yellow ; Have a big bass after-party ; Catch nighttime smallmouths ; Find trout in the dark ; Flatline for crappies -- Know your: carp : Slow down for nighttime muskies ; See a cat in the dark ; Adjust the contrast ; Troll with downriggers ; Get a walleye on board ; Grab a cold one ; Go spinnerbaiting for coldwater bass -- Know your: brook trout : Crank pockets for prespawn bass ; Crank the creek ; Take swimming lessons ; Cherry-pick the trees ; Beat the draw-down ; Reign in the rain ; Cover the cover ; Go slingin' in the rain ; Give in to blind ambition ; Know when you're on thin ice ; Jig big lakers in skinny water ; Drill down on it ; Be a walleye puppet master ; Catch a shad-mad cat ; Hit the farm ice ; Power up -- Know your: chinook salmon : Catch cold steel ; Assume the tuna position ; Get a jump on stealthy snook -- Know your: red drum : Get the red out ; Ditch the wire ; Take 'em to school ; Pop on over ; Find stripers in the dark ; Mount your catch and eat it, too ; Scale fish with water ; Print that fish.