The Fisherman's Boating Book [Paperback]

Bob Stearns (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Winchester Pr (April 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941130894
• ISBN-13: 978-0941130899
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,685,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best book I've seen for small outboard fishing boat owners, August 1, 2001

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This review is from: The Fisherman's Boating Book (Paperback)

In fact I came to this site hoping to find similar books. A comprehensive DIY book for the small boat fisherman with chapters on trailering, electrical (including a simple and effective battery-charging system), anchoring, theft-protection, weather forecasting, taking a bassboat to saltwater, onboard rod/tackle/gaff etc. storage, "Building A Custom Fishing Machine" (out of a bare 16 foot utility skiff in the book's example), and a chapter on modest but useful projects such as simple transom-mounted baitwells (with optional rudimentary trimtabs attached) that require no circulating pump.

Although the chapter on electronics is now behind the times except as a basic overview, the rest of the book is very useful. None of the projects or modifications described in the book take a great deal of skill or know-how; and the simpler your boat is now (in terms of design features and equipment) the more valuable you will find these DIY projects. After fifteen years I still refer to this book from time to time, and I wish Stearns would compile enough new info to write a sequel.