It's true I tell ya....

Here are Remarkable Catches—like the time Billy Sandifer caught a 1,000-pound tiger shark in the surf (he released it after nabbing a souvenir tooth). Grueling Battles—like Bob Ploeger’s record-breaking 37-hour fight with a Pacific salmon. Hilarious Feats of Bravery, like the exploits of Matt Watson, who leapt out of a helicopter to land on the back of a marlin. And, in what can only be considered poetic justice, Shocking Acts of Fish Aggression, like Mitchell Lee Franklin’s visit to the emergency room with a 5-pound catfish attached to his chest via an impaled dorsal fin. Includes illustrations, photos, and links to videos on the author’s website.

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10 things no one tells you before you take up fishing

Rob Beattie explains everything that no one bothers to tell you before you join the throngs on the riverbanks.

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‘The Full Moon Beckons Like a Crack Pipe'

"This is an eye-opening account of the black market striped bass industry, and a vivid portrayal of one man's fishing addiction that contributed to it. With chapters like 'The Full Moon Beckons Like a Crack Pipe,' the reader is drawn into the world of obsessive striped bass fishing and this angler's eventual descent into the underground market to support the ever-growing expenses of his fishing habit. But it's the Striped Bass as a species that suffer the most, as stocks are - once again - pushed into decline." --John Skinner, Noreast.com, author of "A Season on the Edge"

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Angling and War: The Collision of Big-Game Fishing and WWII

During the 1930s, big-game fishing emerged from obscurity to become the new passion of American sportsmen.  By decade's end, the capture of gigantic fish on the flimsiest of tackle had become the stuff of front page news.  Suddenly ... war.  This is the remarkable andd untold story of how the newly emerging sport of big-game fishing was plunged headlong into the defining event of the 20th century: World War II.  That big-game fishing was severely impacted by the war is no surprise, but the contributions of the angling community to the Allied war effort were equally vast.  The story of how each affected the other is both surprising and compelling, and here it is.

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A Train to Catch - A review by Nick Small

Warren Zevon, Frank Zappa and teenagers engaged in marathon, anaerobic snogging sessions are not necessarily what you’d expect to find in a fishing book (or a book about railways for that matter). However, Jon Berry’s odyssey, around a rail network which once catered for itinerant anglers rather more handsomely than it does now, is full of such colour.

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What Fish Don't Want You to Know

10. Mayflies taste like chicken.

9. Caddis? Chicken

8. Stoneflies? Chicken

7. Midges? Tiny chicken

6. San Juan Worms? Yummy chicken

5. Scuds? Shrimp flavored chicken.

4. Mysis? See above

3. Ants? Ass

2. Hoppers? More chicken.

1. Wooly Buggers? Fuzzy chicken.

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