Fishing For Dummies
3rd Edition

I am a brand-new angler late in life and this book has down-to-earth, practical advice on how to go about this avocation. Kaminsky and his co-writer, Schwipps cover knot-tying, the variety of baits, how and what to look for, the various ways to rig a line and get it in the water. I appreciated his i......more

Covering my bases I have been on a few fishing expeditions off of charter boats. These expeditions consist of a big boat with other anglers and a crew that tells u to drop ur lines. There's not much to it. I thought I knew how to fish because of these experiences. I caught fish but whenever I tried i......more

My 3rd edition book had 392 pages. I haven't really been fishing in over 30 years and as I'm getting closer to retirement, I wanted to get back into the hobby. What I really enjoyed about the book was the organization. I thought the differentiation between fresh and salt water, fly and casting fishing......more

Very good reference book, that taught me all the basics about fishing when I was a kid, in easy language that even a kid can understand. I learned more about fishing than I ever wanted to know, even considering I was living on the coast where everyone went fishing. I never caught anything, but that’......more