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| Last year I read "The Complete Guide to Musky Hunting, Volume II." Great book, learned a ton from it.
Anyone have suggestions on some reading material for this winter?
Or, could someone point me to a thread on this as I am sure it has been discussed before.
Thanks,
Chris
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Location: On your favorite spot | Time on the Water - Bill Gardner
Compendium - History of Musky Fishing - Larry Ramsell
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Location: WI | Definately Time on the Water. Muskies on the Shield by Dick Pearson is great too. Check your local library for some of the out of print classics. |
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Location: Passaic, NJ - Upper French River, ON | "Lone Survivor " - 'nuff said.
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Location: Milwaukee | A great fiction series by Wisconsin author Victoria Houston, features a muskie fishing retired dentist and police chief solving crimes. Set in a northern Wisconsin small town. Short reads, but fills up those longs nights waiting until May 3rd!
Dead Angler
Dead Creek
Dead Water
Dead Frenzy
Dead Hot Mama
Dead Jittterbug
Dead Boogie
Dead Madonna
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| Herman Melville's "Moby Dick"... that'll get you through the winter (and maybe into next season)!!!!!  |
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Location: oswego, il | Map and area books. I am a huge map geek. Gazeteers. I ave all the fishing the north country and sportsman connection books. All the old fishing the hot spots books. What a great way to find and eliminate spots to fish. I have read all of them many times over and get teased about knowing something about most of the lakes.
Another thing to build knowledge is goto the sport shows. Meet people, talk to people. Look at everything, keep your mind open and every once in awhile the light bulb goes on. Mines a 20 watt but it still turns on once in awhile. |
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| gimo - 12/1/2007 6:27 PM
"Lone Survivor " - 'nuff said.
thats amazing man... i heard an interview with the guy who wrote that book on a fav radio program...UNBELIEVABLE story of a REAL american hero!
props to you man for pointin that out
As for my self i will be reading Pearson this year
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Location: Georgian Bay, Ontario | Not specifically muskie related but very good reads that may help with muskie angling: What Fish See
The Scientific Angler
Moon Up, Moon Down Tight lines, y'all...
TITAN
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| Thanks for all the suggestions guys! Between these books and the muskies I put in my fish tank last weekend my addiction should be well fed this winter:)
-Chris |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | I agree all of the above mentioned are very good read's! I'm particularly fond of Dick Pearson's - Muskies on the Shield. I'm into my 5th read- no I'm not slow, but I find I learn something new each time I read it.....
If you don't have the financial resources to be buy all of the afore mentioned books. give the MF Reaserch archive a shot. It's free! Start here & then progress to today. ->
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=15&...
There are some real hidden gem's here! Of course like any college course, you have to know when class is being taught by a real professer and not just an assistant who has a good memory.
Have a good winter see ya in the spring!
Al
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Location: Johnsonville, Wisconsin | I read every Muskie fishing book in the library last year. This year I'm doing Robert Parker (Spenser, Sunny Randall, Jesse Stone). The local library has a video "Muskie fishing with Dick Trickle" and it is, without question, the worst fishing video ever made. Take a look at it if you want to be horrified for a half hour.
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Location: Lake Tomahawk, WI | The obvious ones :
Muskies on the Shield
Muskies Suck - Maina
Gardner's 'Time on the Water'
Ramsell's books
Musky Hunter's book containing stories from guides/pros.
Ken Jackson's 'Don't Fish Angry'
all are worth your time.
Also, if you haven't read 'A River Runs Through it', pick it up. Thomas McGuane's '92 in the Shade', also an excellent book about about a young guide in the Keys (both fictional works).
Funny story about Vicky Houston's books, about 10 years ago she contacted me to go rowtrolling to get some notes for her books. Long story short, the weather was stormy and rough, and we lost a huge fish on Lake Tom. The fish came airborn about 15 feet off the stern and threw the bait. The bait shot back at the boat, almost hitting her in the head, and the line got all wrapped around her neck. Good times.
JS
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Location: Brookfield, WI | Thomas McGuane's 92 in the Shade? Good choice. J. Sloan you are a literate Badfish Boy. I like it.
All McGuane's books are good. Been a while since I've read them.
To the OP, don't just read fishing books this winter. Try No Country for Old Men and The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Those two will shake you up a bit. I'm going to see the Coen brothers' movie take of the former this weekend.
If you read McCarthy you will be entertained and people will think you're smart. It's a win win.
Kevin
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| Cormac McCarthy....I am still recovering from reading The Road - that is an awfully dark book, that somehow lingers in mind daily. I gave it to my Dad to read and when he finished questioned why I had given it to him, if you read the book you'll understand!
Surprised no has brought up the Eli Singer books. There is a wealth of info in those books - The Big Fat Musky book is my favorite musky specific book to date, with the first three pretty awesome as well. |
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Location: Rhinelander | Musky Chronicles I, II and III and That Big Fat Musky Book...by Eli Singer.
I read the four of these and found them very entertianing and informative You'll find that some of it is opinionated and repetitious (I skimmed over this stuff) Other parts are somewhat disturbing like the way some of the 'old timers' talk abuot all muskies that were killed and literally hundreds of photo's of big, dead muskies. I guess we have to accept that in those days for the most part a caught musky was a dead musky  But...otherwise there is tons of good read. History, biology, humor, technique...you name it. And then the interviews. Bucher, Ramsell, Shumway, Saric and on and on! Oh...and even the host of the M 1st Presque Isle outing...Adam Johnson. I knew he was a good guy before I even met him.
This is some of the best stuff I ever read, hard putting it down at times.
I could possibly loan these out If you want to stop by in Rhinelander. Send a PM.
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Location: Brookfield, WI | davidd unlogged - 12/3/2007 4:39 PM
Cormac McCarthy....I am still recovering from reading The Road - that is an awfully dark book, that somehow lingers in mind daily. I gave it to my Dad to read and when he finished questioned why I had given it to him, if you read the book you'll understand!
Terrific! Another reader. If that's who I think it is, it doesn't surprise me. M1st-The literate fishing site.
I hear you. I read it not long after it came out, and I also still think of it almost daily. When my wife finished it she was sobbing. Very, very powerful. Sparse language that packs a tremendous wallop. I'm not sure I have read another piece of fiction that has stuck with me the way that book has, and that would be a pretty big pile of books. Maybe Sophie's Choice.
Here's a good non-fiction book that will shake you up a bit, too. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer.
Kevin
The M1st Book Club-Improving Fishermen's Minds through reading.
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| reading is for the winter? lol...
fiction:
Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms
"I don't believe in victory anymore."
"I don't. But I don't believe in defeat. Though it may be better."
"What do you believe in?"
"In sleep."
war, manhood, love, loss. it leaves you hopeless, helpless, adrift - has a sadder ending ever been written?
it's that novel you know you should read, but haven't yet.
Tolkien - The Children of Hurin
"I would be one of his knights, to ride against Morgoth..."
compelling back-history to the Ring series.
non-fiction:
Winchester - Krakatoa
"And then, without warning, from out to sea in the west - a sudden sound."
a very readable blend of history, sociology, geography, and geology. entertaining and educational all at once. one of the best books i've read in a long long time.
Bryson - A Walk in the Woods
"Normally, I slept through everything--through thunderstorms, through Katz's snoring and noisy midnight pees--so something big enough or distinctive enough to wake me was unusual."
a man who sets out to do something, and fails. but succeeds. lots and lots of analogies here to muskie fishing.
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| Maybe there should be a Muskie First Book Club... At the very least, a book exchange? Thanks for all the suggestions guys, this will keep me busy for a while this winter. FYI, if any of you fall into the winter blues this year, try reading "Endurance - Shackleton's Incredible Voyage" by Alfred Lansing. One of my favorites and sure to make you appreciate all you have, especially in the middle of winter. Or you could just go with Lolita, that is sure to light a fire within one way or another...
Did I just say that?
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Location: Hugo, MN | gimo - 12/2/2007 2:27 AM
"Lone Survivor " - 'nuff said.
I second that nomination. Marcus Luttrell is a STUD. Unfortunately this book is a sad statement of the things our soldiers have to deal with. Here's a great interview with Matt the Commie.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/19173935/
If you're looking for a Fish book my vote goes to Through the Fish's Eye by Mark Sosin. I read it or some portion of it every winter.
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Location: The desert | Reading? They have TV's now.....
Ok, kidding, I dont have much time for 'interesting reading' as most of my reading is out of a text book.....but I would definatly recommend Ken Jackson's 'Dont Fish Angry'. I really enjoyed that one. |
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Location: Passaic, NJ - Upper French River, ON | Found these two by Bill Holm :
"The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth: Minneota, Minnesota."
( An Icelandic appreciating his small-town world view)
"The Music of Failure"
( More along the lines of doing things "the hard way")
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| How to Catch Game Fish by Jack Lamb, copyright 1937. A GEM.
Speaking of Gems, or "Jem" to be correct, maybe read To Kill a Mockingbird. Boo Radly ain't so spooky, ask Scout. |
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA | John Sandford's Prey series. Set in the twin cites, but scenes all over MN and WI. Main character also fishes for muskies and he throws in the occassional mention. |
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Location: Michigan | The Sea Wolf~Jack London First Light~Al and Ron Linder |
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Location: Lake Tomahawk, WI | This whole thread got me thinking a little bit (no it doesn't happen often:)), and the thread has gotten away from the intent, I think, of finding muskie-related books. But I enjoy the way it's going.
Two authors I forgot to mention are Jim Harrison and Larry McMurtry. Harrison's 'Due North' was the last one I read, and loved it. Harrison is from Upper Midwest and his books always have an outdoor edge to them. He also spends a lot of time in Montana, so I personally can relate to many of his settings. While running a search I found he has a new one out, 'Returning to Earth', and can't wait to pick it up.
McMurtry is probably known best for the 'Lonesome Dove' series, and his 'Texasville' trilogy is still one of my all time favorites, along with King's 'Dark Tower' series. Abbey's 'Monkey Wrench Gang' is also a classic.
Kevin, I'm always looking for new authors to read and just ordered several of McCarthy's books. Thanks for the tip.
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| Funny this thread happened. I just said to my wife last night that I have not had a good read in along time. I love it when books are referred because I hate wasting time on bad ones.
You guys got me so intrigued about “The Road” that I am stopping by the library today on my way to town.
Keith
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| Professional Edge - 12/4/2007 12:00 PM
Funny this thread happened. I just said to my wife last night that I have not had a good read in along time. I love it when books are referred because I hate wasting time on bad ones.
You guys got me so intrigued about “The Road” that I am stopping by the library today on my way to town.
Keith
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| Lonesome Dove is a great read for sure, as is the prequil (sp?) when the two just join the Rangers.
More fish books.....
Fishes, An Intro to Ichthyology, second edition, Moyle and Cech.
Musky Country by Willow Creek Press (amazing pics, most by Steve Heiting)
Crankbait Secrets, Bucher
Musky Mastery by Steve Heiting
1996 Musky Hunter's Almanac, Ramsell and Hamblin
Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Told, Underwood editor
Fishing Lessons, Quinnett
Fishing's Best Short Stories, Staudohar editor
Walleye Tactics, Tips and Tricks, Strand
Non-fishing fiction....again
Every Calvin and Hobbes Book Ever Published, all by Waterson
Dune, Herbert,
My Life and Welcome to It, Thurber
William Burroughs, A Portrait, Miles
Non-fishing non-fiction.....
Everything written by Joseph Juran
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Location: Brookfield, WI | JS, I have never read Jim Harrison, and I don't know why. If you like westerns, try McCarthy's Blood Meridian. Set in Texas and Mexico in the late 1840's. A much tougher read than the previous two I mentioned, long paragraphs with little punctuation, etc. I also like McMurtry, but aye caramba, McMurty's books are like children's books compared to Blood Meridian. Absolutely brutal violence. Does not romanticize that time period in the least. I once read a review of McCarthy's No Country for Old Men by Larry McMurtry. He couldn't praise it more than he did.
If anybody out here in M1st land likes hard boiled detective/private eye fiction, you owe it to yourself to read James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux series. There must be twelve or thirteen of them now. Dave's a former New Orleans police officer and a recovering alcoholic working as a sheriff's deputy in New Iberia parish outside N.O.
Let's put it this way, Dave is one tough Cajun, and he mixes it up with some pretty unsavory and downright evil characters. His buddy is a guy named Cletus that is pretty unsavory himself. Tommy Lee Jones is going to play Dave in an upcoming movie of the fourth or fifth book in the series, In The Electric Mist with the Confederate Dead.
I could go on all day. I've been reading my whole life and amassed enough English credits for two separate degrees during my SEVEN years as a college student. LOL. If anybody has a genre they specifically like, westerns, crime, sci fi, classic lit, etc., just ask, I probably have suggestions.
I'll throw in two more non-fiction history books. The Path Between the Seas and The Great Bridge by David McCullough. The stories of the building of the Panama Canal and The Brooklyn Bridge. Tremendously captivating books. Amazing what this country could accomplish when it decided it wanted to get something done.
I'll stop now, but I have a lot more in my mind right now.
Kevin
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Very cool suggestions, I'm taking notes.
Here are a couple that probably not many have heard of:
'Dahl Sheep Trails' or 'Mountain Goat Challenge' both by Ace Sommerfeld.
Just plain entertaining stories about hunting in Alaska whether with rifle or camera. Ace is a great photographer too. These aren't "how to" books although you do learn along the way. These are tales of the hunt from the perspective of a novice turned expert through hard knocks. You can read one in a night or two.
Ace lives in Eau Claire and belongs our local M.I. chapter.
I've never been to Alaska so I wasn't sure how appealing I'd find them. Now, I want to go. Thanks Ace just one more thing added to the "to do" wish list.
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'Truck' or 'Population 485' by Mike Perry. Awesome reads about all sorts of life's facets. Perry is a New Auburn, WI native. These books are creative non fiction.
Jono
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | Spoonplugging Your Guide to Lunker Catches by Buck Perry
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| This is probably one of the best threads on this site! This is also timely for me as next semester I'm heading off to study abroad and need some good reads. "The Road" I picked up the other day and after reading the comments on this thread can't wait to pick it up.
Some other really good fiction novels, anything by Louise Erdrich gets my vote. I'm surprised "Double Whammy" by Carl Hiassen hasn't been mentioned yet. REALLY FUN READ for fishermen (murders, cheating bass fishermen, good stuff). If you haven't seen the movie yet, I highly recommend John Krakauer's (sp?) "Into the Wild" recently made into a movie by Sean Penn. Terrific read for all ages. Thought provoking. Makes you reflect on the TRULY important things in life.
If I think of some more I will post again. Keep em coming guys! |
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| I know this sound weird, but a few years ago I become a "Parrothead." If you need a defintion that is someone who is a Jimmy Buffett fan.
That said, he is one of 6 authors to have a number 1 on the New York Times best sellers list in fiction and also non fiction.
If you love the Caribbean, beaches, tiki bars, sea planes and colorful characters then check out these two.
A Salty Piece of Land
Where is Joe Merchant
If you want to read about an amazing individual then check out this one.
A Pirate Looks at Fifty
All are written by Jimmy Buffett and are great reads. He does have a VERY unique writing style that took some getting used to, but now I enjoy it.
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| Oneida Esox - 12/5/2007 9:56 AM
I know this sound weird, but a few years ago I become a "Parrothead." If you need a defintion that is someone who is a Jimmy Buffett fan.
If you love the Caribbean, beaches, tiki bars, sea planes and colorful characters then check out these two.
A Salty Piece of Land
Where is Joe Merchant
If you want to read about an amazing individual then check out this one.
A Pirate Looks at Fifty
All are written by Jimmy Buffett and are great reads. He does have a VERY unique writing style that took some getting used to, but now I enjoy it.
John
Don't forget "Tales from Margaritaville" - it's a collection of short stories- probably a bit easier of a read to get used to Buffett fiction...
A Pirate Looks at Fifty is a great read - That was the book I was reading during my first musky trip (and my first trip to Minoqua/Northwoods!). And don't forget, Jimmy is a fisherman too!
Other reads that have been mentioned and I agree with:
Time on the Water - Gardner (I'm reading it for the 3rd time this year)
Don't fish Angry - Jackson (Fun to hear fishing from a guide's perspective)
Just b/c it's a cool hardcover book - Northern Pike and Muskies - Freshwater Fishing Library |
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Old Man and the Sea - Hemingway! |
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| The Sanctity of Human Blood. "Vaccination is not Immunization" by Tim O'Shea
Will change your life and boggle your mind...
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| I know it has been said but John Sandford and his prey series are good books. They take place all over Minnesota. I usually sit down on a nice day to myself and read the entire book in a sitting. Lucas Davenport is one tough cop.
Enjoy the series. I recommend reading them in order.
http://www.johnsandford.org/index-books.html
And yes Baldy.....I can read without pictures.
Keith
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