Synopses & Reviews
When it comes to fishing, nobody knows more than the writers and editors at
Field & Stream magazine--unless it's the local guides, prizewinners, and other experts they interviewed for this book
. The Total Fishing Manual is chock full of 317 field-tested tools, techniques and tactics, collected and written by the
Field & Stream editors and accompanied by amazing photos and handy illustrations.
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 rod and reel, and to get the most out of your equipment.
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 FISH Professional fishing guides from across the country tell you how and where to find lunker bass, trophy walleyes, huge trout, and 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.
Whether you're a beginner, a weekend angler or a serious sport fisher this book has the information you need to hook’em.
Synopsis
From the most trusted brand in outdoor sports, Field and Stream, this book fills a market gap in the same way the strong-selling
Total Outdoorsman (200,000 copies in print) has done. Easy-to-use advice from the world’s top fishermen and fishing guides will enlighten and delight everyone from experienced fly-fishermen to deep-sea anglers to parents looking to catch that first fish with their kid.
While the market has a number of successful fishing books, there’s nothing out there like this. Much as the Total Outdoorsman revolutionized outdoor recreation titles, this book brings a whole new level of design and content expertise to one of America’s most popular pastimes.
Packed with insider tips and tricks from the world’s top fishermen, and lavishly illustrated with handy step-by-step how-tos and beautiful photographs, The Total Fishing Manual covers fishing in ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams, as well as the wide and yet underserved world of saltwater fishing. Hints cover everything from how to properly put a worm on your hook (it’s harder than you think to do it right!) to how to nab the best spot on a big-bucks party fishing boat, and land the fish of your dreams.
Fish stories? This book has them! And soon, the reader will be able to regale friends with his or her own takes . . . not of the one that got away, but the one that didn’t.
Synopsis
From the most trusted brand in outdoor sports, Field and Stream, this book fills a market gap in the same way the strong-selling
Total Outdoorsman (200,000 copies in print) has done. Easy-to-use advice from the world’s top fishermen and fishing guides will enlighten and delight everyone from experienced fly-fishermen to deep-sea anglers to parents looking to catch that first fish with their kid.
While the market has a number of successful fishing books, there’s nothing out there like this. Much as the Total Outdoorsman revolutionized outdoor recreation titles, this book brings a whole new level of design and content expertise to one of America’s most popular pastimes.
Packed with insider tips and tricks from the world’s top fishermen, and lavishly illustrated with handy step-by-step how-tos and beautiful photographs, The Complete Fishing Manual covers fishing in ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams, as well as the wide and yet underserved world of saltwater fishing. Hints cover everything from how to properly put a worm on your hook (it’s harder than you think to do it right!) to how to nab the best spot on a big-bucks party fishing boat, and land the fish of your dreams.
Fish stories? This book has them! And soon, the reader will be able to regale friends with his or her own takes . . . not of the one that got away, but the one that didn’t.
About the Author
Joe Cermele started his career in outdoor journalism in 2004, covering fishing tournaments for a local magazine in his home state of New Jersey. In 2005, while attending Rider University, he became an intern at Salt Water Sportsman magazine, joining the editorial staff full time that same year after graduation. In 2008, he moved to sister publication Field & Stream, where he was named Fishing Editor in 2011. His writing appears monthly in the magazine, he blogs weekly on the magazine’s website, and also hosts and produces Field & Stream’s Hook Shots, an award-winning web-based fishing show with a punk-rock edge. Cermele has fished all over the country and abroad, but when he’s not traveling on assignment, you can find him on his boat chasing tuna and striped bass off the Jersey coast, pitching tubes to smallmouth bass on the Delaware River, or flyfishing for trout in New York’s Catskill Mountains.