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Summary: Padded & Stretched: Better Books Exist
Review: I must give credit to the staff of In-Fisherman magazine, the authors of this book. They really know how to pad and stretch 100 pages into over 200! First off, they spend 50 pages discussing various types of lakes and reservoirs. Unfortunately, knowing this won't help me catch a fish. Sure, a little bit of background material doesn't hurt, but 20% of the book? Then they divide each season in multiple periods. Using this padding technique "Summer" is turned into "Pre-Summer, " "Summer Peak," The "Summer Period," and "Post-Summer." To the beginner this may imply a higher level of detail, but once you hit the water you won't remember these subtle variations. How many ways can you say, "As the water warms the fish move offshore into deeper water?" Another stretching technique is the way they toss in many diagrams that are not easy to read and don't add any value. Maybe I'm dense, but seeing a topographic sketch of a lake point with eight different "X's" on it has yet to help me catch a fish. To summarize, if you're an angler who wants to catch fish there are better books, such as Smallmouth Bass by Sternberg, part of the Hunting & Fishing Library series. At 160 pages, it is chock full of solid information, helpful tips, and informative color pictures, and even has an index!
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Summary: Its Simple....
Review: If it says IN Fisherman on it, Buy it! They produce some of the best books and videos on freshwater fishing. Period! Full of current, scientific, and practical advice on the species you are after. If you don't learn from this book, then you probably helped write it.
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Summary: Excellent book, very detailed and useful !
Review: This book discusses fish movements and strategies for the different times of the year. You find out why you may have caught fish in the Summer then caught nothing in the Fall. Lots of diagrams. Teaches you what the fish are doing throughout the year and where they are doing it.
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