Incredible Fishing Stories
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Book Overview
From a grueling 37-hour fight with a Pacific salmon to the maimed fisherman whose severed thumb turned up in the belly of a Mackinaw trout. From extraordinary marlin quests to hair-raising tales of "fish catches man," here are fishing's 80 most unpredictable and spectacular tales. To get them, Shaun Morey-a fanatical fisherman and inveterate story collector-traveled from Alaska to Australia, Mexico, and the Caribbean to interview anglers, boat captains, guides and witnesses; to dig up photographs, and to confirm each tale. You'll read about Captain Jimmy Lewis who, in a moment of sheer bravado (or insanity), speared by hand-and landed-a 1,600-pound hammerhead shark. Or Bob Smith, fulfilling his twenty-year quest to catch all forty species of North America's wild trout on the bitter cold morning after his eighty-first birthday. Or the 800-pound blue marlin that made a final lunge-ripping up the deck and dragging a chair, with Paul Clause strapped in it, to the bottom of the ocean. (Paul survived; so did the marlin.) Truth is stranger than fiction.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1563056372
ISBN13:9781563056376
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:Workman Publishing
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 8.0" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Fishing Stories
Published by jeaniestidham , 3 years ago
My husband loved the funny stories! Nice book.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
purchased this as a gift for fathers day. interesting reading....good stories. very entertaining. I would reccomend it for a great gift idea for anyone who likes fishing.
Kids love it too
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I have three children ages 11,12,14. Ever since this book came, there has been "friendly fighting" over it. Any fisherman should like it.
A CREEL FULL OF AMAZING FISH STORIES
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
On their first trip to Alaska a couple also embarks on another first - a salmon fishing expedition. The novice fisherman has a strike, a hard hit that begins a struggle with a salmon that lasts more than 37 hours. Sound like a "fish story"? Well, it is, but it's a true one. Rather than putting together a collection of apocryphal fish stories, Shaun Morey has compiled a creel full of unusual amazing true fish stories in a compact 143 page volume that's fun to read. In addition to phonographs, the book is sparked with lively illustrations and little known facts about our piscatorial pals.
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