Synopses & Reviews
Impress your fishing buddies with the Fish of Pennsylvania Field Guide. It includes detailed illustrations and quick comparisons to ID the fish you catch. Plus, waterproof pages make the book safe to take on shore, in the boat or on the dock.
Review
THE FISH OF PENNSYLVANIA FIELD GUIDE DAVE BOSANKO Ever caught a fish and not known what to call it? This field guide by fisherman and biologist Bosanko could help. It's one of a series that includes a book for each of eight states so far. Targeted to anglers and anyone who's curious, each guide includes color illustrations and descriptions for more than 75 species. Minnow, pike, salmon, and sunfish make appearances in the pocket-sized, waterproof guides. For each For each species, the guides also discuss habitat, range, reproductive behavior, and other, similar-looking fish. The New York entry on the grass pickerel, for example, notes that while this species has a bar under its eye, the northern pike does not. Each book also includes record-setting catches for each fish, so anglers can compare their catches to the best. The largest rainbow trout caught so far in North America weighed 42 pounds. If you pull in a whopper like that, you can brag and have the numbers to prove it! Adventure Publications, 2008, 192 color illus:paperback, $13.95. Science News
Synopsis
Impress your fishing buddies with the four newest Fish of field guides. Each fact-filled book includes detailed, accurate illustrations and quick comparisons for easily identifying the fish you catch. State-specific data on range, habitat and migrations supplement the fascinating information presented for each species of fish. Plus, the convenient size and the waterproof pages make these field guides safe to take with you on shore, in the boat or on the dock.
Synopsis
Make identifying fish easy and enjoyable. This field guide by Dave Bosanko features detailed information about 75 types of Pennsylvania fish, and the book s waterproof pages make it perfect for the dock or boat. Identify your catches with the intricately detailed fish illustrations, and verify them using the Similar Species comparison features. Then read fascinating facts on spawning behavior, feeding habits and more. Plus, match up your best catches against the state and North American records. With inside information for locating fishing hotspots, this book is essential for every tackle box, beach bag, RV and cabin."
Synopsis
Essential for every tackle box, beach bag, RV and cabin
Make identifying Pennsylvania fish easy and enjoyable
- Detailed information about more than 75 species
- Fascinating facts on spawning behavior, feeding habits and more
- State and North American records
- Inside information for easily locating fishing hotspots
- Bonus resources such as where to get lake survey information and answers to frequently asked questions
About the Author
Dave Bosanko was born in Kansas and studied engineering before following his love of nature to degrees in biology and chemistry from Emporia State University. He spent thirty years as staff biologist at two of the University of Minnesota's field stations. Though his training was in mammal physiology, Dave worked on a wide range of research projects ranging from fish, bird and mammal population studies to experiments with biodiversity and prairie restoration. A lifelong fisherman and avid naturalist, he is now spending his retirement writing, fishing and traveling.