Fishing's Greatest Misadventures
Fishing's Greatest Misadventures

Author: Paul Diamond

Publisher: Casagrande Press LLC

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0976951649

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Fishings Greatest Misadventures presents 25 larger-than-life true stories covering the spectrum of fish tales, from terrifying to comical to downright bizarre. Everyday fishermen, journalists, and pros tell their stories of freak accidents, fish attacks, sabotage, pranks, getting lost at sea, idiotic decisions, eerie incidents, and other jaw-dropping calamities. This book takes you from the freshwater to the sea with stories about every form of angling, from fly-casting for trout to noodling for catfish, and big game sport fishing to casting for the unknown.

Misadventures and Fishing Tales
Misadventures and Fishing Tales

Author: Kelly Bruning

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2009-10

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 0557139538

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A humorous collection of true short stories written by a female Boston transplant now living in the northern Michigan great outdoors. This book promises a lot of laughs about outdoor misadventures. Interwoven in the tales are humor, mischief, and a few life lessons. Join the scene as the author describes the crisp morning air and the serenity of surrounding woodlands on an ice fishing outing. Picture Michigan's mighty Mackinac Bridge as its twin white towers stand tall, welcoming visitors to the Upper Peninsula. Put yourself among the crowd of the local pub waiting to view the braggart's trophy fish, which unfortunately was eaten by the neighborhood wild cats! The author intertwines misadventure in the great outdoors with an appreciation for nature, putting readers in another scene while also leaving them with a laugh or two along the way.The author will donate $1.00 of her proceeds to fight Multiple Sclerosis. By purchasing this book, you have joined the author in fighting this disease.

Fly-Fishin' Fool
Fly-Fishin' Fool

Author: James R. Babb

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-01-28

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 149302678X

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The inimitable author of the hugely popular Crosscurrents and River Music, whom Kirkus called "one of the finest nature writers in print," comes back with a third hilarious and observant opus on the nature of knavery in the sport of fly fishing.

Jungle Fishing Misadventures 1974-2012
Jungle Fishing Misadventures 1974-2012

Author: Stephen Orndorf

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-10-25

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 147973425X

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For close to 40 years, Steve Orndorf and his brother, Dave, have traveled to the jungles of South America in the pursuit of adventure and trophy fish. While the fishing hasn t always been productive, there s been no shortage of adventures. Journeying through seven countries, they ve encountered logistical nightmares, hostile Indians, and a host of intimidating creatures piranhas, electric eels, poison dart frogs, vampire bats, caimans, freshwater rays, snakes, bullet ants, and more. The richly biodiverse Amazon and Orinoco River basins have served as backdrops for most of these trips. Here, a brief walk in the jungle can expose one to an astonishing array of different species, more perhaps than would be revealed in a month of walking in most parts of North America. For the Orndorf brothers, sportsfishing has opened the door to exploring this magnificent region, truly one of our planet s last remaining frontiers

My Life Was This Big
My Life Was This Big

Author: Lefty Kreh

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

Published: 2008-11

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1602393591

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Kreh, the Johnny Cash of fly-fishing writers ("Baltimore Sun"), takes his readers on an angling journey through the last half-century. He relates tales of fishing expeditions with Fidel Castro as well as solo battles with some of the most elusive fish in the world. 10 color photos.

Deep-Sea Fishing
Deep-Sea Fishing

Author: Christine Poolos

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2013-07-15

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1448894921

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Readers will learn everything they need to know to join in the deep-sea fishing adventure safely and successfully and land a big one. The necessary equipment, clothing, gear, tackle, techniques, etiquette, procedures, and safety precautions are all detailed, as is the incredible range of saltwater fish that can be pursued on the ocean.

On Fly-Fishing the Bear River Watershed: Essays and Exceptional Misadventures
On Fly-Fishing the Bear River Watershed: Essays and Exceptional Misadventures

Author: Chadd VanZanten

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-04-12

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1467149098

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The Bear River rises in the high Uinta Mountains and flows through Wyoming, Idaho and Utah before emptying into the Great Salt Lake. Within the watershed are scores of secluded trout streams, dozens of reservoirs and one of North America's largest populations of native cutthroat trout. Angler and author Chadd VanZanten offers a compelling portrait of the most extraordinary fly-fishing destinations you've never heard of. It's also a story of embattled but resilient ecosystems, warring factions of the American West, a dash of San Francisco counterculture, cataclysmic upheavals of the planet itself and, of course, pursuing big, elusive trout.

Jungle Fishing Misadventures 1974-2019
Jungle Fishing Misadventures 1974-2019

Author: Stephen Orndorf

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2020-02-21

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1796088749

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For close to 40 years, Steve Orndorf and his brother, Dave, have traveled to the jungles of South America in the pursuit of adventure and trophy fish. While the fishing hasn’t always been productive, there’s been no shortage of adventures. Journeying through seven countries, they’ve encountered logistical nightmares, hostile Indians, and a host of intimidating creatures—piranhas, electric eels, poison dart frogs, vampire bats, caimans, freshwater rays, snakes, bullet ants, and more. The richly biodiverse Amazon and Orinoco River basins have served as backdrops for most of these trips. Here, a brief walk in the jungle can expose one to an astonishing array of different species, more perhaps than would be revealed in a month of walking in most parts of North America. For the Orndorf brothers, sportsfishing has opened the door to exploring this magnificent region, truly one of our planet’s last remaining frontiers.

Surfing's Greatest Misadventures
Surfing's Greatest Misadventures

Author: Paul Diamond

Publisher: Casagrande Press LLC

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 0976951606

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Surfing's Greatest Misadventures contains thirty of themost engaging, humorous and unbelievable stories ofsurfing life from the past fifty years. Culled fromhundreds of submissions, the non-fiction stories selectedfor this one-of-a-kind collection run the gamut from theterrifying to the comical to the downright bizarre. Thestories ......

The Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Told
The Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Told

Author: Lamar Underwood

Publisher: Lyons Press

Published: 2020-03

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9781493039586

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The Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Toldis sure to ignite recollections of your own angling experiences as well as send your imagination adrift. In this compilation of tales you will read about two kinds of places, the ones you have been to before and love to remember, and the places you have only dreamed of going, and would love to visit. Whether you prefer to fish rivers, estuaries, or beaches, this book will take you to all kinds of water, where you'll experience catching every kind of fish.Read on as some of the sport's most talented writers recount their personal memories of catching bass, trout, bluefish marlin, tuna, and more. You'll read about all kinds of fish, and all kinds of fishermen in these pages. Explore the Pacific with Zane Grey, as he fights a 1,000-pound blue marlin, or listen as A.J. McClane explains just what it really means to be an angler. Take a step back in time when you read Ernie Schwiebert's tale of fishing a remote lake in Michigan, when he was still only a young boy. Each of these stories, selected because of its intrinsic literary worth, reinforces the unique personal connection that fishing creates between man and nature.