Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Freshwater Fish [Paperback]

Ken Schultz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 29, 2003

A compact, authoritative guide for freshwater fishing trips

From one of the most respected names in the world of sportfishing comes the definitive, full-color guide to 140 of the most common freshwater fish species found in North American rivers, lakes, and streams. Featuring information on identification, habitat, size, and diet, Ken Schultz's Guide to Freshwater Fish is a must for anglers and sportfishing enthusiasts everywhere.

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About the Author

KEN SCHULTZ has been a staff fishing writer and editor for Field & Stream since 1973, where his feature articles and columns appear monthly. Schultz is a former frequent author of the “Outdoors” column in the New York Times. He has written sixteen books on sportfishing and angling travel topics, including the authoritative Ken Schultz’s Fishing Encyclopedia. A widely traveled angler, Schultz is a former holder of seven line-class world records and was inducted into the Fishing Hall of Fame in 1998.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471449946
• ISBN-13: 978-0471449942
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #883,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice pictures, June 23, 2005

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Monica (Berlin, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Freshwater Fish (Paperback)

I bought this book with the intention to use it as a fish identifier. It serves its purpose well. The pictures are on almost every fish you can find around here. Well described, to the point, and informative. I would recommend this book to someone who just wants to use to to see what they have on the end of their line. Not very much information on how to find this type of fish in a lake or anyhing. Very good overall.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Informative, nice pictures, but less usefull as an identification guide, December 11, 2008

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T. Dokland (Birmingham, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Freshwater Fish (Paperback)

On the plus side, this book has good pictures and the text is full of information useful to fishermen and others. It is also less expensive than comparative guides. As an identification guide, it is considerably less useful, however, since the fishes are organized ALPHABETICALLY and not systematically. Thus, if you know you have a perch, for example, or a carp, you still have to look through the whole book unless you happen to know the name of the fish (in which case you have already identified it of course), and related and unrelated fishes are jumbled together throughout the book. It would also have been nice with maps showing the distribution of each fish.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference for Identification Purposes & More, September 26, 2007

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Madeline M. Bitzan (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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I found this book to be incredibly helpful in identifying two "mystery" fish caught this summer in an inland lake Northern Michigan. This book provides a fairly in-depth summary of each respective fish, of which there are many, and interesting facts about habitat, identification, and much more. I would highly recommend for any fisherman (or fisherwoman) who occasionally hooks the unknown fish!