Ken Schultz's Fishing Encyclopedia Worldwide Angling Guide

by Schultz, Ken

• ISBN13: 9780028620572
• ISBN10: 0028620577
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-15
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Ken Schultz's Fishing Encyclopedia The most comprehensive, up-to-date fishing encyclopedia in the world today Ken Schultz's Fishing Encyclopedia is the new standard for knowledge on fishing and everything related to it. With complete, insightful information for both freshwater and saltwater anglers at all levels of experience, it is the only authoritative, and up-to-date fishing encyclopedia available. More than 2,000 detailed entries and over 1,400 color illustrations and photos cover every aspect of fishing today, including fish species, equipment, places, techniques, and a wide array of other information. Ken Schultz, internationally known fishing expert and 26-year editor at Field & Stream, and his team of international experts have created the definitive fishing guide for the new millennium. Their combined expertise spans the world-from Montana to Mozambique-and is uniquely modern in scope,covering current conservation programs and issues as well as the most recent developments in technique and equipment. "Ken Schultz's Fishing Encyclopedia is the only complete book of fishing knowledge. With expert information from cover to cover, it dwarfs every fishing book on the market. This book is indispensable." -Vin T. Sparano, Editor Emeritus/Senior Field Editor, Outdoor Life "A new resource for a new century, Ken Schultz's Fishing Encyclopedia is destined to become the last word in fishing information." -Slaton White, Editor, Field & Stream

Author Biography

Ken Schultz has been a staff fishing writer and editor for Field & Stream since 1973. His feature articles and columns for that publication appear monthly, and he contributes to the magazine's nationally syndicated weekly radio show and to its Web site. Schultz is a frequent author of the Outdoors column of the New York Times, and previously was a syndicated newspaper columnist for Gannett. He has authored a dozen books on sportfishing and angling travel topics, has been a featured guest on CNBC, ESPN, and The Nashville Network, and appears regularly in assorted fishing segments for the Outdoor Life Network. A widely traveled angler, Schultz is a former holder of seven line-class world records and was inducted into the Fishing Hall of Fame in 1998. He lives in Forestburgh, New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Photo Credits	xix
Fishing Encyclopedia Entries	914	(1001)
Appendix: Conversion Charts for Weights and Measures	1915