Fishing Books and Magazines

Dateline 12/21/98

Reading about fishing was always the next best thing to actually going fishing while I was growing up. Outdoor Life, Field and Stream and Sports Afield all let me dream about fishing and helped me learn about my favorite past time. I joined BASS in the early 1970's and their magazine taught me a lot about fishing for bass, and provided many hours of enjoyable reading.

Now there is a tremendous amount of information here on the web. Sometimes I wonder if print magazines are on the way out, although I still subscribe to at least a dozen. And I write articles for Georgia Outdoor News and Georgia Sportsman almost every month, so I have a vested interested their survival. And it is hard to take you computer to the bathroom!

Lots of specific ezines are available online, and you can get excellent info from the ones listed below. You can even try your hand at writing for several of them, and on new one, "Bass Castin'", is asking for your articles.

Books about fishing are very interesting, informative, fun, and I like to keep a good library of them. Some are very specific, like "Bass Fishing In Georgia" by Jimmy Jacobs, editor of Georgia Sportsman Magazine. I got a book "Muriel Foster's Fishing Diary" from a relative, a hardback book beautifully illustrated and published by Viking Press in 1980. And Larry Leonard Books include "Sturgeon Fishing" and "The Meanest Fish On Earth!" Both are excellent and great additions to any library.

Maybe the net won't replace all books and magazines too soon!

The links below are in my library of links to Magazines and my library of links to On The Bank - things to do while not fishing.

Adventurous Travler Bookstore
Every kind of book and fishing publication available

Anadromous Page
An international fishing e-zine from the United Kingdom - Scotland.

AnglersChoice
Magazine of the AnglersChoice tournament trail.  Tournament info as well as how to and where to go articles.

Bass Castin' Tournament Series and Magazine
New online magazine in December 1998 - they are asking for people to write for them.

Bassmaster
Publication of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society.  Includes back issues through July 1995.

Field and Stream
National magazine with fishing stories and information.  Shows information from the current issue.

The Fishernet Magazine
This is actually an online magazine rather than a magazine online. Very interesting

The Fishing Network Magazine
Articles written specifically for this internet magazine as well as copies of paper magazine articles are included

Georgia Outdoor News
How to articles, tips and specific information about Georgia. Includes several fishing articles each month.  

Internet Bass Magazine
Bass fishing from Japan, with English and Japanese versions. Includes some interesting feedback from people who have read the page. Also see fishing trip results.

Matthew Biscotti & Company
Book seller specializing in out-of-print fishing books.

Meadowrun Press
Publisher and designer of fine sporting books

North Georgia Magazine
A guide to fishing in north Georgia for rivers, streams and lakes. Includes fishing regulations

Ontario Out of Doors
Fishing information for Ontario from steelhead hotspots to license requirements

Orphanage Press Outdoors
Larry Leonard Books include "Sturgeon Fishing" and "The Meanest Fish On Earth!"

Outdoors OnLine
Check out this article on hydrilla problems and then review this magazine for other interesting fishing articles.

Outdoors Network
This is actually an online magazine rather than a magazine online. Read articles on fishing and make connections to other sites.

Sports Afield
Many fising stories from this national magazine that has been on sale for over 100 years.

U K Fishing World
Europe's largest internet angling magazine.

ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK - Christmas Memories - Some of my favorite memories about fishing about during the holidays.

Got any good Christmas memories about fishing? Tell me about them. If so, you can also post information about it for others on my message board - you must register to post but can read the board as a guest. Also, if you have a story about fishing during this time of year, let me know about it at fishing.guide@about.com. for a "Fishtale"or discuss it in the chat room on every night at 8:00 EST. Tell others what you like.

Check out Coming Next Week - Next week's column topic, contest prize and new additions to the resources lists.

Previous Features