of Disaster: How to Handle Snags and Snarls
Chapter 17: Exploring Different Fishing Techniques
Stillfishing (After All These Years)
Casting About for Fish
Fishing Calm (Nonflowing) Water
Fishing Flowing Water
Other Fishing Techniques
Making the Most of the Latest Technology
Matching Terminal Tackle, Lure, and Techniques to the Fish You're After
Chapter 18: The Fun Part: How to Hook, Fight, Land, and Release a Fish
Finally! How to Handle a Fish Strike
Fighting a Fish the Right Way
Landing, Netting, and Gaffing Fish
When It’s Time to Say Goodbye: Releasing Fish
7 Part 5: After the Catch Chapter 19: Photographing and Preserving Fish for Posterity CPR: It’s about Preservation, Not Resuscitation Hurry Up and Take Your Time: Photographing Fish Come On, Everyone’s Doing It: Making a Fish Video You Want This Fish Forever: One for the Wall Chapter 20: Cleaning Fish for the Table Taking Quick Action to Preserve Taste and Texture Cleaning: A Good Meal Starts with the First Cut Freezing to Avoid an Oily, Fishy Taste Chapter 21: Biting Back: Cooking and Eating Fish Is It Done Yet? Fearless Frying Traditional Fried Fish Reddened Blackfish Crispy Fish with Asian-Inspired Dipping Sauce Poaching Allowed Poached Fish Firing Up the Grill Islamorada Grilled Speckled Trout More Favorite Fish Recipes Door County Fish Boil Halibut Stew with Red Wine Sauce Hearty Fish Chowder Fish Salad Sandwich
8 Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 22: Ten Fishing Lessons You Don’t Have to Learn the Hard Way Avoid Making Bad Vibes Know Gimmick Lures When You See Them Cast No Shadow Choose Clothing That Blends In Reuse Home Items Pick a Bait Cooler Seek Out Advice Keep a Fishing Journal Be Open to Multispecies Angling Take Someone Along for the Trip Chapter 23: Ten Fun Ways to Get Kids Fishing Plan (and Pack) for Success, not Failure Tap into Bluegill Mania Make Bait Fun Get Gear That Works Burn Up a Spinner Canoe or Kayak into the Local Wilderness Chum Up Carp Try Fish Camping Crank Up Tourney Time Go Night Fishing
9 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 8TABLE 8-1 Fly Line Weights and Common Gamefish
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: Meet your average fish. FIGURE 1-2: Spincast (a), spinning (b), baitcast (c), and flycasting (d) gear. FIGURE 1-3: Two anglers, well equipped for most fishing trips.
2 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Fish staging outside a marsh during a falling tide. FIGURE 3-2: Anglers bottom-fishing from a pier.
3 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: Notice the subtle differences between the black (a) and white (b) c...FIGURE 4-2: The mouth of the smallmouth isn’t that small, but its upper jaw is ...FIGURE 4-3: Notice the broad, muscled body of the blue catfish, which is built ...FIGURE 4-4: The flathead catfish is all mouth. FIGURE 4-5: The adaptive channel cat is one of the most popular gamefish. FIGURE 4-6: Bullheads aren’t big, but they sure are tough. FIGURE 4-7:
