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The Highway Angler IV [Paperback]

Gunnar Pedersen (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)


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Book Description

May 25, 2003
The Highway Angler is the most comprehensive and informative guide book yet published on the subject of sport fishing Alaska's roadside waters. Packed with facts, cross-referenced, and easy to read, The Highway Angler tells you everything you need to know -- locations, access, species available, terminal gear, techniques, timing, and much more! It lists in detail more than 750 rivers, creeks, lakes, and saltwater hot spots along the state's major roads and highways from the U.S.-Canada border and the highland drainages of Yukon and Tanana rivers to Kachemak Bay and the popular Kenai Peninsula, and from the frigid coast of the Arctic Ocean to the surf-swept shores of Prince William Sound.

For well over a decade, The Highway Angler has successfully guided thousands of people, both novice and expert alike, in discovering some of the best fishing in the world. This book is a must for any angler, whether local or visiting, who hopes to wet a line along Alaska's vast road system. These pages provide a thorough look at the opportunities available and the sport fish that inhabit the cold waters of The Last Frontier.


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About the Author

Gunnar Pedersen came to Alaska in 1979. As an avid fisherman since childhood, the passion for angling increased with the introduction to the abundant sportfishing opportunities available in The Last Frontier.

Having resided in Alaska for over 25 years, personally fished over 750 waterways, caught every game fish (including numerous trophy specimens), and keeping exhaustive records of field trips, Gunnar has been widely recognized as the leading authority and expert on fishing the state's road-accessible waters. In addition, he has written dozens of articles on roadside fisheries as field editor of an outdoor magazine, worked as a fishing guide for several years, established a successful publishing company, and teaches martial arts at the University of Alaska.

Gunnar lives in Anchorage with his wife, Shayla.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 330 pages
  • Publisher: Fishing Alaska Publications (May 25, 2003)
  • ISBN-10: 0962155144
  • ISBN-13: 978-0962155147
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #909,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive location atlas for road-trippers to mainland, January 4, 2006
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PhD86 "PhD86" (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Highway Angler IV (Paperback)
This book is best used as a tactical guide for determining stops on a road fishing trip. The author uses some of the same acronyms and tabular formats in his other books (including the 2005 Alaska fishing co-compiled with Limeres). Requiring the reader to learn this layout is not the most user-friendly format; but was intended for cramming as many locations into the book (and onto the maps) as possible. Once familiar with the terms, the book is very easy to use and, I believe, has resulted in cleaner maps and descriptions than otherwise.

What you get out of this book is basically where the rivers are, how to access them, and the types of fish that might be caught, and occasionally (e.g. Delta Clearwater River), location-specific timing. It does not tell you what to do when you get there, but is enough to get you there, which I believe is the purpose (maybe pederson assumed the reader would be driving when reading his book?). The gear and tackle designations (e.g., flies, bait, spin) are not as helpful as would other factors that are not mentioned (like wadeability). But I can see how the book can be very useful in being carried along on impromptu road trips as a directional fishing guide. The tables supplement the fishing descriptions with information on camping and boating access. I wouldn't be alarmed by the large number of fair-poor designations for rivers in the book. While the good-excellent rated locations are quite limited (and not disputed), the others do have their good days(Byers Creek, for example), and it is useful to have a comprehensive book that includes them. The book is limited to the intereconnected mainland roadways and does not cover island roadways of the southeast or kodiak, (these are covered in detail in Haugen's recent book, Flyfisher's Guide to Alaska), nor as I recall, the isolated "highway" which goes from Cordova to Million Dollar Bridge (the local Alaska Department of Fish and Game has issued a guide for this).

I strongly recommend this book, as a complement to both Alaska Fishing and Flyfisher's Guide to Alaska. I found it to be the most comprehensive (although not most individually detailed) treatment of road fishing available.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Resource for Fishing Alaska's Road System, August 27, 2003
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Rejane Rivera (Anchorage, Alaska) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Highway Angler IV (Paperback)
Another great job by Mr. Pedersen in describing angling opportunities from the road. Bought all of the previous Highway Angler editions, as well as the ice fishing book and Alaska Fishing (co-authored by Rene Limeres). I have lived in Alaska for many, many years and fished a great number of the locations described in the latest edition and found the information given to be very accurate. For anyone planning to fish Alaska's road system, this book is an absolute must. The price is a tremendous bargain, actually. You would have to spend an enormous amount of time and money to get this information elsewhere. Come to think of it, you won't find some of the information anywhere else, including the Department of Fish & Game and the most popular websites on fishing Alaska. A truly "insider" job!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good reference, July 29, 2003
This review is from: The Highway Angler IV (Paperback)
Gunnar has written a comprehensive book in which he covers a *lot* of different fishing across a *huge* state. No matter where you are in the great state of Alaska, if you can drive to a water with fish in it, Gunnar tells you about the fishing there. The descriptions of access to certain streams is very good, especially for someone who wants to find easy access in unfamiliar territory. I just did a road trip from Seward to Homer to Denali and back to Anchorage, and although I couldn't stop very often, I was able to use this book to pinpoint several nice spots to try.

The only shortcoming is that while the seasons of fishing are described for each water, that is, he has charts listing what are the prime species to target at what time of the year, he doesn't give enough detail on how to target them in each type of water. It's a bit too broad. I have seen another book that covers fewer streams/bays/etc. but gives a bit more detail on fishing strategies for different species at different times of the year.

So, perhaps this and another resource are best. I'm glad I had Gunnar's book. Don't hit the Alaskan road without a book like this unless you are going with a guide, or are only going to one specific lodge.

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