Foghorn Outdoors : Alaska Fishing [Paperback]

Rene Limeres (Author), Gunnar Pedersen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1997 | Series: Foghorn Outdoors: Alaska Fishing

Information on fish species including run timing, life cycles, and distribution as well as climate data, safety tips, gear analysis and fish and game regulations Authors tell anglers where, when, and how to fish in the state of Alaska.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Now one comprehensive volume gives you all the information you'll need to catch every major sport fish in the region." -- Sports Afield, January, 1996

Our rating: **** -- L.A. Daily News

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Pub; 2 edition (December 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0935701516
• ISBN-13: 978-0935701517
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,772,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best guide yet available -- and we still need more, May 2, 2000

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PhD86 "PhD86" (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Foghorn Outdoors : Alaska Fishing (Paperback)

Given its coverage of over 300 rivers, this book is rich in information, economically written, and an ambitious undertaking by the author. In a subject area where many authors deal with the most common (and combative) fishing opportunities in Alaska only, Limeres and Pederson go far beyond that, including many remote and lesser-known areas as well. The format was not only efficient, but useful, making it easy to identify the fish timing and transportation information for each system. If there were areas of improvement, it would be in updating the flight and lodging information (there are many more such areas than indicated in this guide), providing additional outfitting contacts (i.e., for rafts/motors etc.), rating rough-camp opportunity of the systems (his category "no developed facilities" isn't as constructive as it could be), and re-checking the fish timing (silver salmon runs are generally longer than Limeres would indicate). Other than that, the authors are only slightly guilty of over-doing warnings about bears and weather, and recommending more fly patterns than one would ever bring to a given situation. Overall, this book is so comprehensive and well-written that I recommend you buy this book, and only this book -- other books offer much less information (and much more mis-information). I will definitely buy the next edition. What a bargain.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alaska Fishing, February 6, 2000

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Alan Paul Mchugh "BassMan" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Foghorn Outdoors : Alaska Fishing (Paperback)

A thorough book with a good appendix which allows the reader to find info about streams which are mentioned in other text such as the Milepost. This is not as much of a how to fish but rather where to fish book. Gives good info about fishing conditions, types of fish available and camping etc in the vacinity. Very good resource.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well Done, Extremely Thorough, Tantalizing....., October 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Foghorn Outdoors : Alaska Fishing (Paperback)

Having visited (on "do it yourself" trips) many of the rivers and regions described, I found the descriptions to be very accurate reflections of the conditions encountered. Certainly appears to be a reliable resource guide. Very thorough.....the most definitive general guide to Alaska's remote fishing regions I've found. Worthwhile for trip planning, or just contemplating (daydreaming?) next year's trip as a diversion to the cold and snow......