Successful Bass Fishing [Paperback]

Ken Schultz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1996

This guide to largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing includes all the information needed to catch America's favorite gamefish: where to find them, natural history, feeding behavior, rods and reels, lines, lures, boats, accessories, and techniques. The latter include night fishing, spring fishing, working the vegetation, fly fishing, trolling, and conservation,

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"Bass fishing has evolved into what may be the quintessential American angling form. It's a pretty good story line: aggressive, scrappy, widely distributed fish . . . a ravenous predator, susceptible to a wide range of lures and fishing methods . . . pursued by people of all means, fishing as simply or as elaborately as their interests and wallets desire. No wonder bass are king in the collective hearts of North American fishermen."--Ken Schultz

Successful Bass Fishing is the definitive book on playing and landing large- and smallmouth bass in every kind of water--a practical, user-friendly, and vividly illustrated book for both beginner and expert. Schultz describes the sensory capabilities, mating habits, water temperature preferences, and feeding behaivor of bass, and he emphasizes the importance of resource protection through catch-and-release.

By providing the latest information on lines, rods, reels, lures, boats, and sonar, Schultz helps you get the most out of your equipment. Most important, he shares his proven techniques for casting, retrieving, playing, and landing bass, telling you not only what to use but where, when, and how to use it. And he devotes a special chapter to catching trophy bass.

Wherever you fish for bass, and no matter what your skill level, Successful Bass Fishing will help you become a better, more knowledgeable bass angler.

About the Author

Ken Schultz, one of the best-known fishermen in America, has been a staff writer for Field & Stream for 23 years. A former holder of seven world fishing records and author of numerous books, including The Art of Trolling (Ragged Mountain Press, 1996), he has also written about angling for many publications, including the New York Times. He resides in the Catskills region of New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 166 pages
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1 edition (August 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070572364
• ISBN-13: 978-0070572362
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,386,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete coverage for the bass angler, May 6, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Successful Bass Fishing (Paperback)

A while back I was involved in a thread on the Internet discussing bass books. Several of the participants agreed that Bass Fishing Fundamentals was one of the best, if not the best, bass book ever published. Those anglers will be happy because here is a newly revised version of that book. It has been extensively rewritten, new photos added, and has all new illustrations. He begins with a short chapter on bass habitat and follows that with one on bass biology. Included is coverage of the different types of lures and how to fish them. Boats, rods, reels, and line are all here, along with playing, landing and releasing bass, and fishing in vegetation. Schultz has covered it all, including a chapter on taking the big one. He ended the Bass strike motivation section with this great thought:

Bass are not high-class jewel thieves. They are thugs, the street toughs of the underwater world. Their nature is to be compulsively aggressive. They are repeat offenders, unreformable. And it is this aspect of their feeding behavior that so endears them to anglers.

If it is possible for a book to contain everything you need to know to catch bass, this could be it

3.0 out of 5 stars Workmanlike, uninspired, April 7, 2004

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D. Weisberg "kayak angler" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Successful Bass Fishing (Paperback)

I've been reading a lot of bass fishing books lately and this one is mediocre, especially compared to the author's work on trolling. His book The Art of Trolling is excellent, especially if you're interested in downriggers.

2 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Worth It! Boring!, May 3, 2000

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Pete (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Successful Bass Fishing (Paperback)

This book is too bore to read. Hard to understand (maybe I am dumb) and unclear pictures. Too few pictures & not to mention all of them are black & white. A good fishing book should have many color picture or photo, it can helps you understand easier and better. There are many better & cheaper fishing books in the market to buy. This is the book that you won't want to 'LOOK' at it for a second time.