What's the best Muskie Book to read?
Mike D
Posted 11/25/2013 4:20 PM (#675472)
Subject: What's the best Muskie Book to read?




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What's the best book you've read for the average, experienced muskie angler?

Thanks
Emptynet
Posted 11/25/2013 7:21 PM (#675506 - in reply to #675472)
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Location: WI		Time On The Water by Bill Gardner. I read it every other year & it never gets old.
muskellunged
Posted 11/25/2013 7:56 PM (#675517 - in reply to #675472)
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Location: Illinois
Spoonplugging Buck Perry
Siddhartha Hermen Hesse
The Art of War Sun Tzu
Compendium if Muskie Angling Larry Ramsell
Muskies on the Shield Dick Pearson
Flambeauski
Posted 11/26/2013 9:56 AM (#675588 - in reply to #675472)
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Location: Smith Creek		Gelb's book is good. Non-muskie but fishing related:
Old Man and the Sea
Islands in the Stream
Big Two Hearted River
The River Why
A River Runs Through It
The Longest Silence



Edited by Flambeauski 11/26/2013 10:15 AM
muskybites
Posted 11/26/2013 1:42 PM (#675631 - in reply to #675472)
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The Quest for Girthra by John Minich. His writing style is unique, his observations are very poignant and humorous. And I second The Old Man and the Sea!
Matt DeVos
Posted 11/26/2013 5:34 PM (#675693 - in reply to #675472)
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Another vote for Muskies on the Shield by Dick Pearson.
ILmuskie
Posted 11/28/2013 7:03 AM (#676051 - in reply to #675693)
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Location: Dixon, IL		Tom Gelb's musky book is pretty good and Jim Saric's book is nice. I like to read Larry Ramsell's two big books. Fun to read about giant musky and history.
Fishen-ski's
Posted 11/28/2013 8:40 AM (#676061 - in reply to #675472)
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Location: Northern Illinois		"Muskies Mainia Style" Pete's my hero.
Mike D
Posted 1/20/2015 4:17 AM (#749488 - in reply to #675588)
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Flambeauski - 11/26/2013 9:56 AM

Gelb's book is good. Non-muskie but fishing related:
Old Man and the Sea
Islands in the Stream
Big Two Hearted River
The River Why
A River Runs Through It
The Longest Silence



Well it's a little over a year since my original post and I'm looking for something to read again. I had already read Old Man and the Sea 10 times and A River Runs Through it 2 or 3 times. I think I'm going to look for "Time on the Water" and purchase it. Thanks for the recommendations.

Follow up post. $80 for Time on The Water? Guess it's hard to come by. Not going to buy it for that price. But I'll spend that on my next 3 muskie lures...

Edited by Mike D 1/20/2015 4:21 AM
vegas492
Posted 1/23/2015 2:28 PM (#750035 - in reply to #749488)
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I liked Tony Rizzo's, "Secrets of a Muskie Guide". Read it a ton as a kid, even got Tony's autograph.
ToddM
Posted 1/24/2015 10:20 AM (#750141 - in reply to #675472)
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Location: oswego, il		Anything Dr. Seuss.

now if there was a book that could tell me what the best reel is for double tens.....
horsehunter
Posted 1/24/2015 12:14 PM (#750150 - in reply to #675472)
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Location: Eastern Ontario		Todd first you have to figure out who makes the best double 10 http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=10... because the best reel is lure dependent.

In the winter I'm bored enough to read anything muskie related but especially like tracking studies and seeing how differently muskies seem to behave in different water bodies
CiscoKid
Posted 1/27/2015 1:31 PM (#750567 - in reply to #675472)
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI		Tom Gelb’s book. It’s a really easy read, and is pretty straight forward but he has all kinds of nuggets hidden in there. I enjoyed Dick Pearson’s Muskies on the Shield although I do not find it applying to where I fish. Still a good read though.