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The Complete Book of Surf Fishing |  | Author: Al Ristori
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 108029
Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 1602392471
Dewey Decimal Number: 799.16
EAN: 9781602392472
ASIN: 1602392471
Publication Date: May 17, 2008
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Product Description
A full color guide to catching more and bigger fish from the beachâfrom a leading expert. Fishing from beach or rocky coastline presents challenges not faced by anglers who head out to sea. Written to open new frontiers to the old hand and provide advice to novice surf fishermen, The Complete Book of Surf Fishing will be a boon to all coastline anglers. Author and licensed charter captain Al Ristori covers the basics of traditional surfcasting, with well-illustrated instruction on casting big rods in big water. He covers the gamut of tackle that does duty in the surfâconventional gear, spinning gear, fly tackle, and light tackleâand discusses the full range of bait, lures, and flies. Most importantly, he tells you how to find fish. Whether you are casting on the East Coast, Gulf Coast, or West Coast, with Ristori's tips and tricks and decades of know-how, you will know where the fish are when they are most likely to bite. Everyone needs advice from an experienced fisherman once in a while, and now no angler plying the surf will have to do without. 100 color illustrations.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good Read April 20, 2009
P. J. DeFranco
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is an outstanding book for those just getting into the sport of surf fishing. I found this to be a great reference book, good color pictures and a easy read.
An Excellent Overview of The Sport September 8, 2009
Andre De Bardelaben (Western PA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I had done some surf fishing when I was younger. Now that I'm approaching retirement I've decided to get back into it. The fish haven't changed much, but surf rods and reels have changed quite a bit since I bought my equipment in the 1970s. Everything, from rods and reels to lines and hooks, is lighter, more powerful, more specialized and more sophisticated these days. While I'm certain I could still catch fish with my old gear, I'm sure that some new stuff will make my efforts more fun and efficient. The instructions in this book are clear and the photos are sharp and very helpful. Long-time sharpys won't learn much from this book, but newcomers and casual surf anglers can pick up enough information here to get them into fish often enough that they will want to stay with the sport and become more expert at it.
Help Getting Started June 25, 2009
Thomas Grover (Naples, Florida)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is a good place to start if you are looking to fish the surf. It gives practical and useful advice to help you, but like any sport you won't read yourself to competence. You have to just get out there and do it!
 Nice pictures, few things to learn August 25, 2009
Jose I. Cañedo Torres (Baja California, Mexico)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought the book believing i will learn a lot, however i did not learn as much as expected.
Pros:
*Nice pictures and good quality paper.
*Easy to read and fun on a rainy day.
*Low cost.
*Recommendations about the tackle, the best of the book.
*A few pictures about casting
Cons:
*No drawings about fishing line or fishing strategies. Only drawings availables are at Appendix 2 and are about knots for hooks, not for lures, and are pictures no drawings.
*NOT the complete book of surf fishing. It is far from a "complete book".
If you are a beginner on surf fishing, you will hardly find a "complete book on surf fishing", you will need 2-3 books that covers different topics, but not this one.
Not recommended for surf fishing learning techniques or strategies. However
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