Greg Schwipps - Fishing For Dummies

6 Part 4: Now You’re Fishing Chapter 15: Tying Popular Fishing Knots and Rigs The Knots You Need Snelling: How to Attach a Hook to Your Line Using the Right Rig to Present Your Offering Livebait Rigs: For Presenting Bait in Any Situation Chapter 16: Choreographing Your Cast Casting Spincast Gear: Great for Beginners Casting Spinning Gear: A Little More Difficult, a Lot Smoother Mastering (Sort of) Baitcasting Techniques Flycasting: The Beauty of Presenting Flies Caster of Disaster: How to Handle Snags and Snarls Chapter 17: Exploring Different Fishing Techniques Stillfishing (After All These Years) Casting About for Fish Fishing Calm (Nonflowing) Water Fishing Flowing Water Other Fishing Techniques Making the Most of the Latest Technology Matching Terminal Tackle, Lure, and Techniques to the Fish You're After Chapter 18: The Fun Part: How to Hook, Fight, Land, and Release a Fish Finally! How to Handle a Fish Strike Fighting a Fish the Right Way Landing, Netting, and Gaffing Fish When It’s Time to Say Goodbye: Releasing Fish

7 Part 5: After the Catch Chapter 19: Photographing and Preserving Fish for Posterity CPR: It’s about Preservation, Not Resuscitation Hurry Up and Take Your Time: Photographing Fish Come On, Everyone’s Doing It: Making a Fish Video You Want This Fish Forever: One for the Wall Chapter 20: Cleaning Fish for the Table Taking Quick Action to Preserve Taste and Texture Cleaning: A Good Meal Starts with the First Cut Freezing to Avoid an Oily, Fishy Taste Chapter 21: Biting Back: Cooking and Eating Fish Is It Done Yet? Fearless FryingTraditional Fried Fish Reddened Blackfish Crispy Fish with Asian-Inspired Dipping Sauce Poaching AllowedPoached Fish Firing Up the GrillIslamorada Grilled Speckled Trout More Favorite Fish RecipesDoor County Fish Boil Halibut Stew with Red Wine Sauce Hearty Fish Chowder Fish Salad Sandwich

8 Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 22: Ten Fishing Lessons You Don’t Have to Learn the Hard Way Avoid Making Bad Vibes Know Gimmick Lures When You See Them Cast No Shadow Choose Clothing That Blends In Reuse Home Items Pick a Bait Cooler Seek Out Advice Keep a Fishing Journal Be Open to Multispecies Angling Take Someone Along for the Trip Chapter 23: Ten Fun Ways to Get Kids Fishing Plan (and Pack) for Success, not Failure Tap into Bluegill Mania Make Bait Fun Get Gear That Works Burn Up a Spinner Canoe or Kayak into the Local Wilderness Chum Up Carp Try Fish Camping Crank Up Tourney Time Go Night Fishing

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1 Chapter 8TABLE 8-1 Fly Line Weights and Common Gamefish

1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: Meet your average fish. FIGURE 1-2: Spincast (a), spinning (b), baitcast (c), and flycasting (d) gear. FIGURE 1-3: Two anglers, well equipped for most fishing trips.

2 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Fish staging outside a marsh during a falling tide. FIGURE 3-2: Anglers bottom-fishing from a pier.

3 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: Notice the subtle differences between the black (a) and white (b) c...FIGURE 4-2: The mouth of the smallmouth isn’t that small, but its upper jaw is ...FIGURE 4-3: Notice the broad, muscled body of the blue catfish, which is built ...FIGURE 4-4: The flathead catfish is all mouth. FIGURE 4-5: The adaptive channel cat is one of the most popular gamefish. FIGURE 4-6: Bullheads aren’t big, but they sure are tough. FIGURE 4-7: The finger-preserving way to land a pike, muskie, or pickerel. FIGURE 4-8: The chain pickerel, shown here, looks similar to a miniature pike. FIGURE 4-9: Not as big as striped bass, white bass are still great sport. FIGURE 4-10: Hybrid or wiper bass, a cross between a white bass and a striped b...FIGURE 4-11: The common carp is a big, deep-bodied fish, capable of testing eve...FIGURE 4-12: The brown trout is a wily and rewarding fish when taken on rod and...FIGURE 4-13: The brook trout is universally admired for its gorgeous coloring. FIGURE 4-14: The cutthroat trout is most easily identified by red and orange sl...FIGURE 4-15: The lake trout looks like a giant brook trout with a forked tail. FIGURE 4-16: The coho (a) and chinook (b) salmon present fun big-water challeng...FIGURE 4-17: The Atlantic salmon is prized for both food and sport.

4 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: The bluefish has extremely sharp teeth, a white belly, and usually ...FIGURE 5-2: The winter flounder is right-eyed and right-mouthed. FIGURE 5-3: Opposite of the winter flounder, the fluke’s mouth and eyes are loc...FIGURE 5-4: The seatrout has a torpedo shape and spotted skin. FIGURE 5-5: The weakfish has telltale coffee-bean-like spots. FIGURE 5-6: Like other members of its family, the Atlantic cod has a goatee-lik...FIGURE 5-7: The goliath grouper can weigh up to 1,000 pounds. FIGURE 5-8: The yellowtail snapper has canine teeth. FIGURE 5-9: The bonefish has a large eye and downturned mouth. FIGURE 5-10: The snook has bright silver sides and a clearly defined lateral li...FIGURE 5-11: Like all members of the shark family, the mako shark is highly str...FIGURE 5-12: The distinguishing feature of all marlin is their sword, a dangero...

5 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: A range of modern life jackets. FIGURE 6-2: This fishing boat carries the necessary safety gear.

6 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: Rod anatomy. FIGURE 7-2: Fast, medium, and slow rod action. FIGURE 7-3: Anatomy of a reel. FIGURE 7-4: The spincasting reel is good for kids and beginners because there’s...FIGURE 7-5: A standard spinning reel with the reel mounted under the rod. FIGURE 7-6: A low-profile baitcasting reel. FIGURE 7-7: The fly reel is a very simple machine.

7 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: Your rod and reel will tell you what kind of line to buy. FIGURE 8-2: The arbor knot. FIGURE 8-3: If you double over the heavy fly line, stringing up your rod is eas...FIGURE 8-4: A typical leader.

8 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: The standard J hook (a) and circle hook (b). FIGURE 9-2: The anatomy of a hook. FIGURE 9-3: A typical range of hooks the general-species angler should carry at...FIGURE 9-4: Getting a J hook out. FIGURE 9-5: Several sinkers. FIGURE 9-6: Examples of a swivel (a) and a snap (b). FIGURE 9-7: Examples of a variety of floats, including slip floats and popping ...

9 Chapter 10FIGURE 10-1: Popular non-motorized boats: Kayak (a) and the float tube (b). FIGURE 10-2: The jonboat is a common motorized boat. FIGURE 10-3: The deep-V is suited to bigger water. FIGURE 10-4: The bay boat is a good choice for fishing calm water, such as shal...FIGURE 10-5: A center console boat is suited for big water and big fish.

10 Chapter 12FIGURE 12-1: Four ways to hook a nightcrawler. FIGURE 12-2: Two ways to hook a minnow or small baitfish. FIGURE 12-3: A hooked crayfish. FIGURE 12-4: Hooking a grasshopper. FIGURE 12-5: A leech hooked below the sucker. FIGURE 12-6: Hooking a salmon egg. FIGURE 12-7: Hooking a grass shrimp. FIGURE 12-8: Hooking an eel.

11 Chapter 13FIGURE 13-1: The Hula Popper is great in freshwater. FIGURE 13-2: The Arbogast Jitterbug, a great American wobbler. FIGURE 13-3: The Devil’s Horse is a stickbait with fore and aft propellers. FIGURE 13-4: The Big O (a), Rat-L-Trap (b), Rebel Wee-R (c), and Berkley Flicke...FIGURE 13-5: The Norman Deep Diver 22 (a) and Bomber Model A (b)have long lips ...FIGURE 13-6: Worden’s Rooster Tail: good for nearly any fish that swims. FIGURE 13-7: A spinnerbait attracts fish by creating flash and vibration. FIGURE 13-8: A buzzbait has turbine-like blades. FIGURE 13-9: The Hammertail, a typical bucktail jig, and a Z-Man Finesse TRD. FIGURE 13-10: Spoon-like jigs: A Hopkins (a), a Kastmaster (b), and a Diamond j...FIGURE 13-11: A range of soft plastics. FIGURE 13-12: Strike King Shadalicious: a great soft jerkbait. FIGURE 13-13: The amazingly detailed LIVETARGET swimbait.