This book is aimed at showing anglers how to catch, find or make the bait and how it should be presented to the fish for best results.

A comprehensive full-color guide to catching more and bigger fish. Fishing from beach or rocky coastline presents challenges not faced by anglers who head out to sea. Whether you seek striped bass along the rocky shorelines of the Northeast, bluefish on the Jersey shore, pompano in warm Southern waters, or exotics around the world, this is the indispensable guide to the world of surf fishing. Written to open new frontiers to the old hand and provide advice to novice surf fishermen, The Complete Book of Surf Fishing will be a boon to all coastline anglers. Surf veteran and expert Al Ristori covers the basics of traditional surfcasting, with well-illustrated instruction on casting big rods and big water. You’ll learn about: Choosing the best tackle Effective casting techniques Selecting and fishing artificial lures Best bait techniques Knots and rigs Surf buggy basics Fish-finding strategies Accessories for fishing afoot Most importantly, Ristori shows you how to make the best use of your time on the water to catch more and bigger fish! Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Want to catch more and bigger carp? From understanding carp behaviour and location through to trying the latest rigs, The Fox Complete Guide to Carp Fishing is packed with step-by-step sequences and illustrations to help you catch more carp than ever before. Drawing on decades of experience from Fox's team of carp consultants, this book is an invaluable guide to every aspect of modern carp fishing - offering clear, detailed advice on everything from knot tying and rig principles to terminal tackle, PVA bags, spodding, surface fishing, bait choice and carp care. Starting with the basics and taking in the top tips and tactics that have helped keep Fox's consultants catching big carp year after year on the most demanding waters, this book is a wealth of information for beginners and experienced carpers alike.

Geoff takes a selection of fishing knots and explains exactly how to apply them to a series of rigs for situations that the angler will encounter. Cover is made from a rugged soft grain laminate and the paper is water resistant. Covering situations from light line fishing, which a novice may find incomprehensible as they start, to the more elaborate game fishing and stronger fishing requirements, this book is a wealth of practical fishing instruction.

The Field & Stream Baits and Rigs Handbook is devoted to rigging baits and lures for any fishing situation. It includes valuable tips on choosing hooks, sinkers, lines, and floats, plus: useful knots and splices; effective bait and lure rigs; freshwater and saltwater fishing tactics; and bait selection. (6 X 9, 128 pages, b&w photos, diagrams)

From legendary fisherman and outdoors writer Nick Kara comes a comprehensive look at every aspect of the striped bass. It’s essential reading for beginners and anyone whose spent a lifetime casting for stripers. Striped bass - in fresh and salt water - are one of the world's greatest gamefish, and The Complete Book of Striped Bass Fishing is the fullest, most authoritative, most helpful book ever written on the species. Nick Karas, one of the world's great experts on the striped bass, offers proven techniques for more successful fishing. He details fishing from the surf; from boats; from bank, pier, jetty, and bridge - with all kinds of tackle and methods. And he takes an especially careful look at the growing popularity of fly rodding for stripers, fishing at night, and even how to catch striped bass in fresh water. An entire section of the book is devoted to tackle - where he takes a thorough look at the best rods, reels, lines, hooks, live and natural baits, artificial lures, accessory equipment of all kinds, bass boats, and the most innovative and practical beach vehicles. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Don't cast this one aside. Anglers now have the ultimate fishing reference providing complete coverage of new gear, tackle, and equipment from the fishing industry and a directory of more than 1,400 leading fishing guides and charters. Provides fishing license fees and regulations for each state to help enthusiasts eliminate confusion when traveling. This comprehensive catalog lists rods, reels, depth finders, tackle boxes, boats, trailers, and other vital equipment available for fresh water, salt, and deep-sea fishing. It includes essential information for the traveling angler, such as top fishing resorts, state and national parks, and tourism resources for every state. Also included are contact information and brand names for every major manufacturer in the fishing and boating industries. Entertaining and information-packed articles report on salmon fishing, busting bass on the pro tour, saltwater success, Great Lakes trolling, Canadian getaways, recipes, fly-tying secrets, and more.

In its first edition, published in 1993, The Complete Book of Tackle Making became the reference of choice for builders of fine tackle and casual craftsmen alike. It saved countless anglers thousands of dollars, and now, with this new edition—revised, updated, and expanded to accommodate the many developments in tackle making methods, equipment, and materials made since then—it can continue to do so for years to come. Twenty-seven chapters and helpful appendixes include everything readers need to know about tools, spinners, bucktails, jigs, sinkers, plastic lures and plugs, wire leaders, painting and finishing methods, basic and advanced rod building, basic and decorative wraps, necessary knots and splices, tackle care and repair, suppliers and manufacturers, and much more. With more than eight hundred photographs and clear, step-by-step instruction throughout, this book is the ultimate reference for the tackle tinkerer.

This antiquarian book contains a complete compendium of practical advice to guide those who angle for all fishes in fresh and salt water. The object of this book is to inform anglers about every kind of fresh-water and especially marine fish native to American waters. Complete with a wealth of interesting practical information, as well as being profusely illustrated, this text will be of considerable utility to those with an interests in angling in America, and it would make for a worthy addition to any collection of allied literature. The chapters of this volume include: 'Popular Fresh-Water Game Fish', 'Popular Salt-Walter Game Fish', 'Popular Bottom Fresh', 'Water Fish', 'Popular Bottom Sea Fish', 'Where to Get Them', 'How to Get Them', 'When to Get Them', 'With What to Get Them', 'How to Play and How to Land Them', et cetera. This book was originally published in 1917, and it is being republished now complete with a new specially-commissioned introduction on the history of fish.