Using articles from "Salt Water Sportsman" magazine along with new materials, this book offers a combination of hard how-to information and general interest information. The format of the book focuses on selected popular species in four subject areas: general information, on-shore, off-shore, and in-shore techniques. 50 illustrations.

This no-nonsense guide is the culmination of years of professional guiding and countless personal angling experiences. It is an A to Z guide for everyone from beginner to pro. Put simply, it will make you a better fisherman.

Learn where to find and how to catch over 40 species of inshore fish that swim in the waters of the coastal United States. This book provides a wealth of information from the editors and authors at Salt Water Sportsman Magazine. These are the guys who are out there doing it, and they pass their knowledge on to you in the pages of this book.

This all-encompassing guide to saltwater fishing covers boat and shore fishing on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts of the United States. Extensive line art and color photos enable readers to visually appreciate the techniques, tackle, methods of fishing, and species of fish and how they relate to each other. A book for the whole family, it concentrates on involving every member of the family. Milt Rosko covers everything from fishing to cleaning to cooking, while stressing the contemplative side of fishing, not the competitive side.

A fascinating full-color tour of the premier saltwater fishing locations around the globe, concentrating on locations most renowned for their outstanding sport fishing action. Featured are the east and west coasts of North America and the unparalleled fishing grounds of the Caribbean, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Europe.

Ron Arra, five-time winner of the United States surfcasting championship, reveals the techniques that made him a casting champion, and explains how to apply these skills under genuine fishing conditions on the beach, as well as on the tournament field. Arra fully explains techniques for the off-the-beach cast, the overhead beach cast, the modified pendulum cast, the light-tackle cast, and many more. The helpful recommendations for lure and rig selection, tackle, and tuning reels for maximum distance will help any surf fisherman to cast and fish with authority.

Ross clearly explains how marine science can help saltwater anglers catch more and bigger fish. The book's first and second parts describe, respectively, oceans and fish. In the final section, Ross, an oceanographer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, takes the scientific concepts from the first two parts and applies them to fishing for a variety of species along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf Coasts.

Expert Peter Goadby offers invaluable information and guidance on billfishing in all waters, telling how to rig bait, troll lures, handle a gaff, and select rods, reels and tackle.