GEAR UP How to pick the best lures, baits, flies, and tackle for every situation and every style of water you plan to fish. Customize your rod and reel to suit your every need. Learn how to customize your gear, get the most out of your boat, and more.
HIT THE WATER From small streams to major rivers, ponds to big lakes, and bays to the open ocean, hundreds of field-tested strategies will help you catch more fish with or without a boat.
FIND THE FISHProfessional fishing guides from across the country tell you how and where to find lunker bass, trophy walleyes, huge trout, and much more right in your home waters.
SET THE HOOK Whether you’re bobber fishing for bluegills with the kids or heading out after the muskie of a lifetime, the techniques and tactics in this book will make your trip a success.
When it comes to fishing, nobody knows more than the writers and editors at Field & Stream magazine–unless it’s the guides, prize winners, and other experts they interviewed to create this book. In 324 tips and tricks, this comprehensive handbook covers everything from flyfishing to bass boats to surfcasting, and more. Individual chapters break down how to build the ultimate tackle box, best bait and lures for every species, techniques to catch all of the most popular gamefish, and tactics for fishing ponds, rivers, lakes, and oceans in every season. Whether you’re a weekend angler looking to hook your kid on fishing or a serious sport fisher looking for that big trophy bass, this book has the information you need, presented with tons of color photos and handy illustrations.
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- Total Fishing Manual (Field & Stream)
I expected a bit more from a book called “TOTAL FISHING MANUAL” It covers alot of areas of fishing, but after reading the book I don’t feel as if I’ve learned anything new. I wish there was more to do on rigging and when to use a lure where or tips on selecting color or pairing poles with line and lures or expand on the effects of seasons on fish. Some good things were touched on but nothing is done with any depth. It’s laid out like a bunch of fisherman wrote a sentence long tip on a sticky note and gathered all the sticky notes and created a book. I…
Great Book When it comes to fishing, anglers typically want to get the information they need quickly — knot tying or the common rig for bottom fishing bluegill. This book does provide the information you need quickly without the filler found in many other books of its kind. Covers a lot of areas and educates you as you read. Good investment of your time and money.This book explained in clear terms and pictures rigging and techniques that are useful and practical to the everyday fisherman…
Good Tips, Missing What I Was Looking/Hoping For…. Nice book, quality pages and cover. Nice pictures and descriptions. Good tips, learned quite a bit. However, I was hoping for more saltwater flats tips/hints, but the focus of the book appears to be on freshwater fishing and fly fishing. There is info on saltwater in the book, but I’d say it’s 60-30-10 in terms of content. 60% is all fishing applicable, 30% is freshwater applicable, and 10% is saltwater. Only two saltwater fish it specifically addresses is Red Drum and Striped Bass. I’d buy as…