Good Saltwaters Fishing Books?

[RighttoBearArms]

In high school and College the idea of reading meant cliffnotes or Wikipedia book reports, the idea of Shakespeare and Fantasy and Fiction and all that junk never really did it for me. However, if I can't get out fishing I do enjoy trying to learn as much about fishing as I possibly Can. Whether it be watching ESPN and Versus, Tred Barta the crazy bast***, Youtube, or Reading a magazine or book. I'm currently working on The Fisherman's Ocean which I'm finding very interesting and I'm wondering if anyone else has taken up any books to try and give themselves a certain edge that they've found useful and would recommend.

[AlloyToy]

http://www.jones-river-press.com/Jar...er%20Pres.html

[backman]

I will drown you this evening w/ the home library, and again this weekend with the cape library - stand by on 68

[CindyLou]

Some that I have enjoyed:
Blues by John Hersey
On the Run by David Dibenedetto
The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass by Peter Kaminsky
In the Slick of the Cricket by Russell Drumm

[CindyLou]

While the books I listed are not "instructional," you can certainly learn from any book about fishing (I think).

[aloop]

you got to take what you can make out from these books and understand it, that's key!
I liked the book, Fishes of the Sea, by Dave Preble and the Doryman's Reflection, Paul Molyneaux.

[ElMar2530]

Doryman's Reflection, Paul Molyneaux.

Good book!!!

[Dads Dream]

Some that I have enjoyed:
Blues by John Hersey
On the Run by David Dibenedetto
The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass by Peter Kaminsky
In the Slick of the Cricket by Russell Drumm

On the Run will inspire anybody to chase bass in New England in the Fall !!!

Awesome book

Other books (more nautical in general)

Fatal Forecast- (a true Georges Bank story~ local flavor~ incredible story)~ fast read
The Finest Hours- (Michael Tougias)~ USCG story from the 1950's

[twofinbluna]

"Working on the edge" by Spike Walker is the best book on commercial fishing I have ever read and one of my favorite books in general. Not going to teach you how to tie better knots or anything like that, but worth the read. Molyneaux's books is excellent as well. And while not a fishing book, "The Grey Seas Under" by Farley Mowat is one of the better ocean-related books you will ever read. I could go on but will stop there!

[backman]

Adrift - SEventy Six Days lost at Sea - Callahan
Ten Hours Till Dawn - Tsougias
The Great Gulf - Dobbs
A Crew of One - Bentos
To Catch a Tuna - Anderson
Cape Cod - Thoreau
Crunch and Des - Wylie
Fatal Storm - Mundie
Fishing Came First - COle
Hersey - BLues
Storm Surge - Sargent
The Fisherman's Ocean - Ross
The Shining Tides - Brooks
The Enduring Shore - Shneider
Against the Tide - Carey
The Old Man and the Sea - Hemmingway
Reading the Water - Post
Tuna and Marlin - Barrett
Sharking - Barrett

That's ~ 1/3 of the library