Ice Fishing Season Coming Soon

Explains how to avoid the dangers and frustrations while fine-tuning your winter fishing skills.

This book offers folks a look into everyday life from the perspective of the author. Anecdotes from some of the sometimes funny experiences Job relates will bring laughter to your heart and joy to your soul. Other stories describe the pain of struggle we all go through from time to time. The offerings included come from a weekly column Job has written for the North Platte Telegraph newspaper over the past fifteen years. Like life, each column reflects the ups and downs of everyday life and Job’s navigation of various incidents, both funny and serious. Many are personal in nature, but the intent is to share joy, love, laughter, and sometimes tears that people experience themselves. Other offerings are stories of the history of Job’s family that immigrated to the United States in the late 1700s. Although faith is a foundational aspect of his life, the stories are written in a nonintrusive manner so as to stimulate your thought process through your own experiences.

Thorough update of Griffin’s 1985 ice-fishing guide, including all new photography Insights on tactics and species from experienced locals Includes the latest on tackle, clothing, ice conditions, shelters, and electronics Steve Griffin has been ice fishing and writing about it for more than forty years. He published the first edition of his ice-fishing guide with Stackpole in the mid-80s and now updates it to include and celebrate all that has changed in the sport including the current methods for taking walleye, pike, perch, trout, and panfish.

Nestled in a sixty-mile stretch of the St. Lawrence River between Northern New York and Southeast Ontario is an area that has been known to the native people for many thousands of years as Manitoana, or Garden of the Great Spirit. Later, it became known to the French explorers as Les Mille Isles, and today, it is simply called the Thousand Islands. It is here, more than anywhere else along its 1200-mile journey to the sea, where the St. Lawrence reaches its pinnacle of achievement. It is wide, deep, clear and pristine, teeming with wildlife and scenery that rivals any river in the world. It is an area of wondrous natural beauty and it captures the hearts of those who are fortunate enough to become its prisoner. Journey with the author from the 1950s on and share in his enthusiasm of being raised on the River in Alexandria Bay, New York. From the early fishing escapades as a young boy to eerie interludes with ghostly reminders of an ancient island past, you'll quickly feel a part of the excitement and wonder of growing up in and on the River. The post-World War II years finds a once elite abode of the rich and famous struggling to find its new place among the emerging tourist destinations of the northeast. Everyone should experience a dose of the River and Islands as an integral part of their earthly trek through life. If you haven't been there in years, it's time to go back. If you've never been there, this may be the harbinger of a tantalizing experience that waits for your call. If you were raised on the River, you'll understand...and you'll quickly rekindle an appreciation of what the author brings to mind. Discover and rediscover the awe and wonder of the Garden of the Great Spirit.

The places we fish and people we are with takes us on new adventures in Mike Yurk’s latest book, Other Waters. Follow Mike as he takes you from Costa Rico to catch marlin, to Mexico for sailfish and big bass to Canada’s Northwest Territories fishing for giant lake trout. In between are other waters; streams, rivers, ponds and lakes both big and small forming memorable fishing with unforgettable companions. There are two trout streams in northern Wisconsin from Mike’s youth to years later two other steams in North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains. Rivers such as Wisconsin’s Wolf and Fox Rivers fishing in his early years with his father and grandfather brings us to the Mississippi River today fishing with buddies near his home in northwestern Wisconsin. Another river in Missouri takes us on legendary float fishing one of Ozarks premier waters. Go trout fishing in a military training area in Germany where the weather is always challenging. Two small ponds in Alabama as well as a large impoundment lake teaches Mike about bass fishing. Join Mike during the winter when he fishes through the ice on several Wisconsin lakes. Another Wisconsin lake never disappoints with both muskies and bass. There are other waters close to his home, fishing for smallmouth bass in Lake Superior, walleyes in northern Minnesota and largemouth bass and panfish at a lake known simply as Lake X to protect its identity. Exploring other waters bring both successes and disappointments along with new sights and sounds. As important as the waters Mike fishes are those who join him on these travels and ventures along with the people he meets while fishing other waters. Other Waters is book of people and places and adventures and fishing, making a lifetime of memories.

Washington native Terry Rudnick knows the best fishing spots in the Evergreen State, from the marine waters of the San Juan Islands—just a short trip from Seattle—to the remote lakes of Northeastern Washington. Full of detailed descriptions of over 600 fishing locations, Moon Washington Fishing leads anglers to the best lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and coasts that the state has to offer, and it includes pages' worth of Rudnick's knowledgeable fishing tips and advice. Complete with helpful regional maps and thorough directions for each location, Moon Washington Fishing provides all the necessary tools to head outdoors.