Ken Schultz's Essentials of Fishing

Ken Schultz

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Don’t Let the Big One Get Away

Ken Schultz’s Essentials of Fishing is the new authority on the sport you love, whether you’re an expert or a beginner.

Organized by topic, this information-packed reference offers fast and easy access to all of the fishing facts, instructions, and tips you need to get more bites, land more big ones, and have a lot more fun every time you dip a line in the water. Whether you’re heading for a trout stream, the Gulf Stream, or points in between, you’ll find everything you need to know about the fish species you’ll be hunting, the fishing rods, tackle, and other gear you should pack, and the basic skills and advanced techniques that will boost your chances of success.

You’ll discover the latest advances in conventional, spinning, and fly rods and reels, and you’ll learn the essentials of knot tying, hook sharpening, and more. Schultz helps you perfect your flycasting, surfcasting, flipping, and pitching skills, and he shows you how to figure out where the fish are in streams, lakes, bays, and even the ocean. You’ll also learn a variety of retrieval methods, find tips on playing and landing fish, and get advice on measuring, weighing, storing, and cleaning your catch.

Whether you prefer wading in a rushing brook or fording pounding surf, casting from a jetty or trolling from a boat, chumming in freshwater or drifting in saltwater, you’ll find completely up-to-date information on species and tactics, special techniques, preferred rigs, lures, and bait, picking your spot, angling etiquette, and safety. You’ll learn how to approach schooling fish, angle in brush and timber, night fish, ice fish, and much more.

More than 450 exquisite drawings illustrate everything from mending fly fishing line to fishing around buoys and tuning lures, while more than fifty full-color photos depict some of the most exciting and satisfying moments in fishing.
Introduction.

PART ONE Fish.

1. Anatomy and Physiology.

2. Freshwater Fish.

3. Saltwater Fish.

PART TWO Tools.

4. Fishing Rods.

5. Fishing Reels.

6. Line.

7. Lures and Flies.

8. Natural Bait, Hooks, and Terminal Tackle.

9. Accessories.

PART THREE Basic Skills.

10. Knot Tying.

11. Hook Sharpening.

12. Putting Line on a Reel.

13. Casting.

14. Setting Drag Tension.

15. Finding Fish.

16. Retrieving.

17. Hooksetting.

18. Playing and Landing Fish.

19. Measuring and Weighing Fish.

20. Caring for and Storing the Catch.

21. Cleaning and Dressing Fish.

PART FOUR Techniques.

22. Light-Tackle Fishing.

23. Fly Fishing.

24. Float Fishing.

25. Chumming.

26. Drift Fishing.

27. Trolling.

28. Downrigger Fishing.

29. Inshore Fishing from Boats.

30. Coastal Pier, Bridge, and Dock Fishing.

31. Jetty Fishing.

32. Surf Fishing.

33. Offshore Fishing.

34. Other Situations.

PART FIVE Practical Matters.

35. Angling Etiquette.

36. Ethical Fishing.

37. Catch-and-Release.

38. Safety.

Glossary.

Index.

Sujets

• Sport
• Autres sports
• Sports de plein air
• Recreation
• Fishing
• Field & Stream
• Sports
• guide

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 29 octobre 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9780470501504
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Table of Contents
 
Also by Ken Schultz
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
 
PART ONE - Fish
 
Chapter 1 - Anatomy and Physiology
 
Body
Shape
Color
Senses
Reproduction
Food and Feeding
Growth and Size
 
Chapter 2 - Freshwater Fish
 
Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, and Spotted Bass
White Bass, White Perch, and Striped Bass
Crappie, Bluegill, and Other Sunfish
Pickerel, Pike, and Muskie
Perch, Sauger, and Walleye
Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, and White Catfish
Arctic Charr, Dolly Varden, and Bull Trout
Brook Trout and Lake Trout
Cutthroat Trout, Apache Trout, Gila Trout, and Golden Trout
Rainbow Trout and Steelhead
Brown Trout and Atlantic Salmon
Pacific Salmon
Arctic Grayling and Whitefish
American Shad and Hickory Shad
 
Chapter 3 - Saltwater Fish
 
Flounder
Atlantic Halibut, California Halibut, and Pacific Halibut
Croaker, Spot, and White Seabass
Atlantic Species
Pacific Species
Black Drum and Red Drum
Spotted Seatrout and Weakfish
Great Barracuda and Pacific Barracuda
Cobia and Tripletail
Sea Bass
Rockfish and Lingcod
Cod, Pollock, and Hake
Snapper
Grouper
Jacks and Pompano
Roosterfish and Permit
Amberjack and Yellowtail
Albacore, Bonito, and Little Tunny
Mackerel
Tuna
Dolphin, Wahoo, and Sailfish
Blue Marlin, Striped Marlin, and White Marlin
Sharks
 
PART TWO - Tools
Chapter 4 - Fishing Rods
 
Categories/Types
Functions
Construction and Materials
Features and Components
 
Chapter 5 - Fishing Reels
 
Spool Types
Body Materials
Bushings and Ball Bearings
Cantilever Supports
Lubrication
Drag
Gears
Line Recovery
Cranking Power
Two-Speed Reels
Retrieval Considerations
Baitcasting Reels
Conventional Reels
Big-Game (Lever Drag) Reels
Flycasting Reels
Spincasting Reels
Spinning Reels
 
Chapter 6 - Line
 
Nylon, Fluorocarbon, and Microfilament Lines
Fly, Wire, and Weighted Lines
Leaders and Tippets
 
Chapter 7 - Lures and Flies
 
Flies
Lures
 
Chapter 8 - Natural Bait, Hooks, and Terminal Tackle
 
Natural Bait
Terminal Tackle
 
Chapter 9 - Accessories
 
General Accessories
Boating Accessories
Electronics
Trolling
 
PART THREE - Basic Skills
Chapter 10 - Knot Tying
 
Terminal Knots
Line-to-Line Knots
Double-Line Knots
 
Chapter 11 - Hook Sharpening
Chapter 12 - Putting Line on a Reel
 
Filling Non-Flycasting Reels
Filling Flycasting Reels
 
Chapter 13 - Casting
 
Practice
Spincasting
Spinning
Baitcasting
Types of Casts
Casting Distance Issues
Flycasting Technique
Surf Casting
Flipping
Pitching
 
Chapter 14 - Setting Drag Tension
Chapter 15 - Finding Fish
 
Environmental Factors
Visual Observation
Reading Water and Habitats
 
Chapter 16 - Retrieving
 
Retrieving Surface Lures
Retrieving Crankbaits
Retrieving Sinking Lures
Retrieving Jigs
 
Chapter 17 - Hooksetting
Chapter 18 - Playing and Landing Fish
 
Playing Fish
Landing Fish
 
Chapter 19 - Measuring and Weighing Fish
 
Measuring
Weighing
 
Chapter 20 - Caring for and Storing the Catch
 
After the Catch
Bleeding and Eviscerating
After Cleaning
Storing for Transportation
 
Chapter 21 - Cleaning and Dressing Fish
 
First Steps
Methods
 
PART FOUR - Techniques
Chapter 22 - Light-Tackle Fishing
 
Pros and Cons
Necessary Components
Playing and Landing Fish
 
Chapter 23 - Fly Fishing
 
Principle
Pros and Cons
General Techniques
Mending
Dapping
 
Chapter 24 - Float Fishing
 
Float Fishing with a Pole
Float Fishing with Rod and Reel
 
Chapter 25 - Chumming
 
Saltwater Chumming
Freshwater Chumming
Stillwater Chumming
Flowing-Water Chumming
 
Chapter 26 - Drift Fishing
 
Freshwater
Saltwater
 
Chapter 27 - Trolling
 
General Methods
Speed Considerations
Flatlining
Special Techniques
 
Chapter 28 - Downrigger Fishing
 
Fishing Depth
Lure Distance (Setback)
Line-Setting Patterns
Boat Manipulation and Lure Behavior
Clearing Lines
 
Chapter 29 - Inshore Fishing from Boats
 
Primary Species and Tactics
Fishing around Buoys
Fishing from Party Boats
 
Chapter 30 - Coastal Pier, Bridge, and Dock Fishing
 
Rigs, Lures, and Gear
Fishing with Bait
Casting from Bridges and Piers
Casting from Docks and Bulkheads
 
Chapter 31 - Jetty Fishing
 
Fishing with Bait
Fishing with Lures
Footwear and Other Gear
General Tactics
I nlet Jetty Tactics
 
Chapter 32 - Surf Fishing
 
Surf Tackle
Fishing with Bait
Fishing with Lures
Picking a Spot
Night Fishing
 
Chapter 33 - Offshore Fishing
 
Trolling
Kite Fishing
Stand-Up Fishing
 
Chapter 34 - Other Situations
 
Angling for Schooling Fish
Fishing Tailwaters
Fishing Brush
Fishing in Timber
Night Fishing
I ce Fishing
Tuning Lures
Unsnagging
 
PART FIVE - Practical Matters
Chapter 35 - Angling Etiquette
Chapter 36 - Ethical Fishing
 
Casting Lures
Fishing for Spawners
Fishing/Catching to Excess
Receiving Assistance
Foul Hooking
Using Mismatched Tackle
Selling Fish
Killing Fish
Pollution
Competitions and Equipment
 
Chapter 37 - Catch-and-Release
 
I njury and Stress
How a Fish Is Hooked
Playing and Landing Fish
Special Circumstances
Releasing Particular Species
 
Chapter 38 - Safety
 
Wading Issues
Boat Operation Issues
Thunderstorms
 
Glossary
Index
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This book is printed on acid-free paper. ♾

  Copyright © 2010 by Ken Schultz. All rights reserved
Fish illustrations © 1999 by David Kiphuth
 
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey Published simultaneously in Canada
 
All photos copyright © 2010 by Ken Schultz, all rights reserved, except on pages 139, 152, 172: Daiwa; pages 153, 168: Zebco; pages 158, 163: Penn Fishing Tackle; pages 162, 173: Fin-Noir; page 170: Shakespeare.
 

 
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
 
Schultz, Ken.
Ken Schultz’s essentials of fishing / Ken Schultz. p. cm.
Includes index.
eISBN : 978-0-470-50150-4
1. Fishing—Encyclopedias. I. Title.
SH411.S34 2009 799.103—dc22
2009006820
 

 
Introduction
I once worked for an editor at Field & Stream who eschewed articles about the basic elements of fishing because, in his eyes, it was stuff everyone knew. I disagreed, and always felt that not only were we writing to a constant influx of new anglers who did not know many basic things, or who were misinformed, but that we were writing to many people with years of experience who had never received good tutelage in the fundamental skills and techniques that make for more productive and more enjoyable angling.
Knot tying, line care, fish preparation, and species behavior are topics that immediately come to mind as being prone to widespread lack of understanding. And there are many more. Often, when speaking with anglers, I’ve discovered that they lack a fundamental knowledge about some key aspect of fishing, which may have hindered their efforts or detracted from maximum success or angling enjoyment. “I never knew that” has been a common response to my explanation or demonstration.
As a writer, I’ve often been disappointed to learn that something I’ve written extensively about, su