A Boundary Waters Fishing Guide (Paperback)

by Michael J. Furtman (Author), Alan Linne (Illustrator), Michael Furtman (Author)

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Product Description
Updated and revised, this is an indispensable part of any serious fishing trip to the Boundary Waters or Quetico. With more information, this latest version incorporates new fishing techniques, new equipment and an updated index of nearly every lake. Even seasoned anglers will want this book! --This text refers to the Perfect Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Adventure Publications(MN); Rev Sub edition (1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916691004
• ISBN-13: 978-0916691004
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #764,907 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fishermen: Read this before you go to the BWCAW, September 28, 1997

By	[e-mail] (Brighton, MI, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Boundary Waters Fishing Guide (Paperback)

This book always goes in my pack. It has a listing of most lakes in the BWCAW and Quetico that gives you size of the lake, species of fish in the lake, and relative amount of fishing pressure, among other things. It also has a chapter for each major species of fish. Also valuable is the step-by-step procedure for cleaning fish.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A CONCISE AND INFORMATIVE BOOK ON THE BWCA, June 30, 1999

By A Customer

A DOWN TO Earth and useful book on the BWCA.I take north with me every time I go canoeing.i totally recommend this book to any who canoes and camps in the BWCA and for that matter anywhere else.Furtman has the local expertise and knowledge to make your trip safer,better,and more enjoyable.The FURTMAN name is well known and respected in the northern Minnesota region.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A bit advanced for a newbie, but very useful, April 17, 2006

By	Peter G. Scholtz - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Let me first say that this is one fantastic reference book. It's almost worth the purchase price just for the lake data at the back, which includes among other things the species that inhabit almost every fishable lake in the BWCA and Quetico. The book has some occasionally confusing illustrations of underwater land formations, as well as diagrams of how to fillet the fish you catch. Furtman clearly knows his stuff.

I read through the whole text as a canoe guide who didn't know much about fishing and who had never even cleaned a fish. I still haven't filleted my own catch, but I feel confident I could do it if the situation called for it. As a tenderfoot fisherman, I had to read and re-read the book to absorb all of the valuable details, and I am going to purchase my own copy to bring on trail as a reference this summer. Like I said, the lake data, combined with the best lure types for each species, is worth the purchase price and will improve your results 100%.

*Note - I understand there is now a new version of this book.