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 enlarge | Author: Limeres
Publisher: Publishers Design Group
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 173022
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.4 x 1
ISBN: 1929170114
Dewey Decimal Number: 799.109798
EAN: 9781929170111
ASIN: 1929170114
Publication Date: March 1, 2005
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Most Excellent! November 3, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This fishing guide to Alaska is in the "Must Have" for an angler visiting Alaska. It is comprehensive and is an excellent starting point whether you plan on hiring a guide or exploring the waterways on your own.
This is THE book to have September 19, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Living in Alaska and being an avid fisherman, I have purchased and read every Alaskan fishing guide that has been published since the mid 80's.
This book is the best guide on Alaskan fishing in my collection. If you are going to buy one book for your Alaskan fishing trip, this is the one to get.
Great book on Alaska fishing August 23, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the best fishing book about Alaska I have ever read. It beats 99% of all fishing books I have seen.
Charles
A thoroughly comprehensive tour of Alaskan fishing by the state's top fishing experts April 3, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Now in a deluxe, updated third edition, Alaska Fishing: The Ultimate Angler's Guide is a thoroughly comprehensive tour of Alaskan fishing by the state's top fishing experts. Featuring full color photography throughout, Alaska Fishing covers all seventeen Alaska sport species (including both fresh and salt water fish), all fishing methods (fly, spin, and bait), and all six regions of the state, with in-depth details on over 300 of the most productive fishing locations. Tips on regional climate and conditions, run timing, visitor service costs, trophy and record fishes, USGS map references, fishing regulations, flies for Alaskan fish, a cross-referenced index and more make Alaska Fishing as friendly to novice fishers as it is valuable to seasoned experts. An absolute "must-have" for anyone intrigued by the Alaskan fishing experience.
The "ultimate" masterpiece of fishing literature and art December 22, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
What distinguishes this book from all other fishing books (actually, from most non-fiction books of any kind) is a combined excellence in state-of-the-art visuals and literary presentation. Every photograph, chart, chapter, and paragraph has been thoughtfully constructed and meticulously interwoven in a way that makes it very difficult to put the book down. Photos of rippling water that seems that it is moving, of sheefish that appear they would jump off the page, and a herd of caribou that is clustering from fright. Small lithographs of rafts and fish inserted into maps for interest. Pictures and accounts of state/world record fish, and the people who caught them. Alot is new in the 3rd edition with no sacrifices to content. For the skimming readers - there are two new rating systems (top star rating, and table) --- which include a fishing pressure rating. For the saltwater reader, there are now new or greatly improved chapters on rockfish, halibut, and salmon shark. More seasoned fishermen can learn, for example, about remote areas of the north and northwest regions, the peninsula area, or less traditional fly techniques such as the use of monofilament and slinky-weight to present to sockeyes. Many of the area descriptions have been updated or expanded, some new ones added, and all of the maps have been expanded with the right amount of detail (with additional coarse and finer scale inserts where needed for detail or reference). Not only is the book comprehensive, but very accurate in its accounts of fishing technique and right on the mark as to what to expect at the locations described, and where to go. With the hundreds of locations covered, there is not a huge amount of detail on any one site, but basic features of fish runs, water conditions, locations, and/or wildlife, are economically included.
The location accounts section is organized slightly differently than earlier editions (fishing timing information is at the beginning of chapters, and contact information is at the end of chapters, instead of included for each location). This takes just a little more patience to pull information together, but eliminates redundancy and allows more locations to be covered. What I enjoyed most about the book is how the visuals (maps, tackle) meshed almost seamlessly with the writing, and the nearly error-free publishing and editing.
Overall, this is one of the best fishing books ever published and certainly the best concerning Alaska. This is a must-buy book for every fisherman with an interest in Alaska or as a gift to them from their friends. The wait since the 1997 edition (which sold out about 5 years ago) has been well worth it.
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