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About Fishing: A Guide To Fresh And Salt-Water Fishing
About the Author George S. Fichter contributed to nature guides from Golden Guides and St. Martin's Press.Phil Francis contributed to nature guides from Golden Guides and St. Martin's Press.Tom Dolan contributed to nature guides from Golden Guides and St. Martin's Press.Ken Martin contributed to nature guides from Golden Guides and St. Martin's Press.Harry McKnaught contributed to nature guides from Golden Guides and St. Martin's Press. Product Description This compact guide to both salt-and fresh-water fishing will help you to:-Identify the principal sport fishes of North America-Select baits and tackle-Hook and land a fishA basic guide for the novice and a handy reference for the experienced angler, it's packed with useful information and helpful tips on when, where, and how to fish most successfully. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. FishingA Guide to Fresh- and Salt-WaterBy George S. Fichter, Phil Francis, Herbert S. Zim, Tom Dolan, Ken Martin, Harry McnaughtSt. Martin's PressCopyright © 1987 St. Martin's PressAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-1-58238-141-1ContentsSport Fishing, Its past and present, Fishes, External anatomy and senses, Sport Fish, Salt-water fishes, Fresh-water fishes, Natural Baits, Fresh water, Saltwater, Artificial Baits, Spoons, spinners, plugs, flies, Tackle And Its Use, Reels, rods, lines, Spinning, Fly fishing, Bait casting, spin casting, Surf casting, Salt-water tackle, Leaders, Hooks, Other methods, Accessory tackle, Knots, Terminal rigs, When, Where, And How To Fish, Fishing methods, Streams, Ponds, shallow and deep lakes, Piers, bridges, Bays, lagoons, Surf fishing, Rocky shores and jetties, Party boats, Charter boats, Hooking, landing, Care of catch, cleaning, Trophies, records, Navigation charts, Fish conservation, Boats, Other Sources Of Information, Index, CHAPTER 1SPORT FISHINGSport fishing — catching fish for fun — began in ancient times. Man fished first for food, of course, then made a sport of it. Primitive man used a gorge, forerunner of today's fishhook. It consisted of a piece of bone, wood, or shell sharpened at both ends. A line was tied to its center, and the gorge was hidden in a bait. When a fish swallowed the morsel, the line was pulled tight, lodging the gorge crosswise in the fish's gullet.Barbed hooks are mentioned in the Bible, and the Red Hackle, an artificial fly first described by the Romans, is still used to this day. By 1496, when Dame Juliana Berners, a Benedictine nun, published "The Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle" in The Book of St. Albans, fishing had definitely become a sport.Then came Izaak Walton, patron saint of modern fishing, whose classic book, The Compleat Angler, first appeared in 1653. A truly contemplative angler, Izaak Walton enjoyed a day by the stream as much as the catch. His descriptions of the art of fishing are still inspiring.Approximately 30 million fishing licenses are sold annually in the United States, and an estimated 30 million additional anglers fish where licenses are not required, as in most salt-water fishing areas. Every year anglers take some 500 million pounds of fish from fresh waters and about 700 million pounds from salt. Roughly 25 billion dollars are spent annually on this popular sport. In the United States, there are some 100,000 lakes and more than a million miles of streams and rivers for the freshwater fisherman and more than 90,000 miles of coastline on which the salt-water fisherman can try his luck. Most important is the immeasurable pleasure enjoyed by each of these millions of fishermen.CHAPTER 2FISHESFishes are a varied group of some 40,000 species, most of which have skeletons of bone. The few hundred species of sharks, rays, and lampreys have skeletons of cartilage. Most bony fishes are covered with overlapping scales over which there is a thin skin that secretes a coating of slime. This aids the fish in slipping through the water and protects it from parasites. A fi
