Customer Reviews

Texas Reds (Saltwater Strategies)

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This book is great. This book is a must have for both the beginner and the expert redfish angler. It includes all of the basics for someone just starting out, as well as some good tips and secrets for folks that grew up fishing for reds on the Texas coast. Not only is it full of excellent facts, it's Mr. Moore's writing style is very entertaining, making it a book that I had trouble putting down. Also, unlike other books on the subject, the pictures and maps make you want to take the week off and head to the coast.

This books is not just wonderful for the fishermen in your life. Chester Moore weaves lyrical writing into the fishing instruction and experience. My husband was dazzled!

I found this book superficial, not very well written, and full of useless filler (like poor quality copies of readily available maps with no added information, like target areas). I fish with both lures and bait, but prefer active fishing in the shallow bays, particularly those of the Texas Coastal Bend. I am no pro or tournament fisherman. I did hope to learn some new tricks. The book is a major disappointment in that regard and I do not recommend it to anyone but a novice and perhaps those not yet familiar with the upper Texas coast.

Another reviewer argued that this book would best serve the novice redfisher. I think that would be the case, as I am one and found this book to be useful. However, I do recognize some limits to the book straight off the bat. One, most of the detail is only skin deep. The author offers tips, but only a few. So when these fail to work one must wonder what to do next. (I know, buy the magazine for which the author writes.) Second, the author assumes that the reader is aware of the insider lingo he uses, which if you are a novice is somewhat confusing. Third, the book mentions too many locations without going into a great deal of detail in discussing anyone of them. These all served as red flags pointing out that this is a very good first book, but one not worthy of someone with more experience under their belt. Anyway, very readable, enjoyable, and only contains a few typos. More current the Sargent's book, but not at deep as that older tome. So get it if you are just cutting your teeth on this fish.

This book presents some modern views on fishing the Texas coastal waters of Galveston Bay and other local waters.