BOOKS
OF THE BLACK BASS
LINKS to Bass Books
Here are a few sites with info on Bass books. There are an awful lot
of sites out there on fishing books and I'm providing a small list that you
might find interesting and useful. Amazon and Barnes & Noble have signed
contracts with an awful lot of people and you'll continually find web sites
that advertise fishing books or Bass books and you end up with details from
either Amazon or Barnes & Noble. You might as well just go to the source.
If you know of a site with access to Bass books and think it would be useful
here please tell me about it. I'm especially interested in those books that
might not get national exposure.
As you wander around my pages you'll find a lot of references to places
where you can buy books. I'd like to state up front that I am not affiliated
with any of them and am only offering free information.
50 Years of Shallow-Water
Bass Angling Texas
spinnerbait expert Jack Lewis’s recent book.
The
Advanced Book Exchange Home Page a site that lists books from
out-of-print booksellers. Much like Albris and Bibliofind listed below, there are always several
hundred Bass books listed here.
Alibris A
web site for out of print booksellers. Do a search
here for "Bass Fishing" and you'll come up with four or five hundred
Bass books being offered by booksellers from around the U.S.
and Canada.
This site was formerly known as Interloc and recently
merged with Bibliocity.com.
Allison, Lou – Bass Rigs & Lures a new e-Book that
features lures you can make from stuff in your tackle box. Modifications are well explained and
well illustrated with color drawings by the author. At 54 pages it is bigger than many of
the Bass e-Books you find on the web.
This one also allows you to make a hard copy instead of limiting you to
reading it on your computer.
Amazon
They advertise they're the biggest but that is just because they use
Books in Print as their catalog. Search here and get a big list of Bass books
at discount prices. I usually just do a search for the words "Bass
fishing." When I have a lot of time I do searches for: "Black
Bass" - "Fishing" - "Freshwater Fishing" -
"Largemouth Bass" and "Smallmouth Bass." They turn up
mostly the same books but are worthwhile because some books aren't cross
referenced into all the categories.
Barker,
Larry & Lenny Crispino –
Fishing Florida’s Top 10 Bass
Lakes Volume I Lake Tarpon
Barker,
Larry & Mark Fran – Fishing Florida’s Top 12 Bass Lakes Volume II Lake Okeechoee.
Barnes
and Noble
They
have more books on the shelf than Amazon but both use Books in Print as
their online catalog. Barnes and Noble also includes
out-of-print books from other booksellers on their Web site. Many of the prices
for out of print books seemed unreasonably high to me.
Bass Anglers Sportsman
Society In an effort to verify the information I have on
books published by B.A.S.S. I've added a page that is devoted to their books.
Bass Books This is a page I've added that is nothing but a
list of Black Bass books running from 1791 to present time along with a few
upcoming books. Books that I have copies of in my collection are marked. Not
that it means anything, just my way of keeping track of my collection. This is
the most complete list of Bass books ever published, anywhere!
Bass Wives The Truth About Being a Bass Fisherman's
Wife is a new book by Aris Whittier.
Bibliofind Nine million old, used
and rare books offered here for sale by thousands of booksellers around the
world make this the largest bookselling site on the Web.
Bookfinder Formerly MX Bookfinder. This outfit will search
Advanced Book Exchange; Antiqbook; Amazon; Bibliocity; and Powell's Books for a book title or key word
and list their findings for you.
BookCloseOuts An on-line
remainder/publishers' surplus dealer that always has some fishing books listed.
Burlington, Dave –
Dave’s book Bass Fishing Guide For Lake LBJ and an upcoming book Bass Fishing Guide For Choke Canyon. These are the first of a series of books
he plans on fishing lakes across Texas.
Catching
Spotted Bass - Lake Lanier
guide, Mack Farr's book on the Spotted Bass. So far as I know this is the
only how-to book ever published on this fish.
You can order it from his web site.
Chapters
A Canadian chain much like Barnes & Noble or Borders in this country.
A source for Canadian books or U. S.
books if you live in Canada
and want to buy closer to home.
DeFronzo,
Craig Click here for a link to all of his Bass fishing
e-Books. Over 15
so far with more to come.
Clay Dyer by Laney, Scot - The View from Down
Here is Just Fine:
Clay Dyer on Life, No Limbs, and Fishing. 8vo. 124 pages. 2008. SMG Outdoors/Lucky Forward Press. Hillsboro
OR.
The incredible story of Clay Dyer. Born without arms and legs Dyer went on
to become one of the top professional bass anglers in history. Soft cover. Illustrated with black
& white photos. The
biography of an extraordinary young man who has overcome amazing odds to become
a successful tournament fisherman
Books by Dan.
D. Gapen Sr. Offers the Gapen river books that are still in print including his
Smallmouth book.
Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller Deals in publishers' overstocks
and remainder books. There is a website that uses the Hamilton
catalog. You can print out an order form and mail it in with your check
and save on the shipping costs. If you want to order off the website you
can but the shipping costs will be a little higher. I've used this
one for years and they are a very reliable company.
Dr. James Alexander Henshall – The Autobiography of If you are interested
in Dr. Henshall here is his autobiography.
He led a very interesting life.
Terry
Hodges - A Rookie’s Guide to Bass Fishing A new book by a retired California
Game Warden.
Houston,
Jimmy - Hooked for Life. 8vo. 129 pages. 1999.
J. Countryman Books/Thomas Nelson Co. Nashville TN. Mentions a couple of other
species but this is definitely a Bass book. Each chapter begins with a quote
from the scriptures and ends with a prayer. Profusely illustrated with color
photos, about half of them include a Bass and the others show Jimmy in his
boat. HOOKED FOR LIFE
Houston, Jimmy - The Reel Line: An Angler's Guide to the Ultimate
Catch. 8vo. 127 pages. 2001. J.
Countryman/Thomas Nelson Co. Nashville TN. Consists of 30 short chapters of Bass
fishing tips. Fishing chapters also include spiritual thoughts by Jimmy. At the
end of each tip is a one page inspirational reading with a scripture quotation,
authored by Dr. Andy Bowman, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Keys,
Oklahoma. Illustrated with color photos, many are full page, like the above
book most of them are either of Jimmy fishing in his boat or of a leaping Bass.
THE REEL LINE
HOW TO CATCH LARGEMOUTH BASS ON LAKE OCONEE by Aaron
Batson & Jerry Whitlock. Everything you need to know about catching
Largemouth in this Georgia Lake
Hydrilla Gorilla A link to the book Your Jon Boat can be a
"Hydrilla Gorilla"
Don Iovino
- A new book by IOVINO, DON with GEORGE KRAMER - Finesse Bass
Fishing & The Sonar Connection. Soft cover. Illustrated with black &
white drawings and photos. Includes techniques such as down-shotting, splitting, dart heads and doodling, along with
sonar interpretation..
John
Hope’s Trackin’ Trophies The
2001 updated edition of John’s book, covering 16 years of research,
tracking trophy Bass electronically.
Larsen's Outdoor Publishing Larry has written some 13 books on Largemouth Bass
and some of them are still available here. In addition he has travel
books, other freshwater fishing, saltwater, deer and turkey hunting, etc.
Check him out.
Library of
Congress WWW/Z39.50 Gateway If you have a favorite author and
are interested in finding out what other books he wrote then check
here for copyright information. Remember though, that all copyrights don't get
registered so there might not be a record. You can also gain access to library
catalogs from all over the country at the LOC. If you're interested in
searching the LOC then go there in the daytime and write down their hours - they
do close at night.
Gregg Munck - Trophy Fishing Secrets. A Book by Arizona’s big Bass and Walleye expert. If you want to verify his status as a
trophy hunter just check the photos on his website.
No Secrets On Lake St. Clair – volumes
1 & 2. Wayne
Carpenter’s books. He
also publishes The Lake St. Clair Combat
Fishing Weekly Newsletter.
Jack Noon's book The Bassing of New Hampshire covers the
coming of Black Bass to New Hampshire and how they are doing today. Good
history, with lots of old Bass photos, art, ads, etc. Be nice if we had
one of these for every state.
Ken Penrod
Publishing Bass
guide, author, publisher, Ken Penrod. Ken's books cover Bass Fishing in the
Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania area. Penrod has published six Bass books so
far (five he has authored) and three of those books are still in print and
those are described on his web site. Ken's newest book is Pursuing
River Smallmouth Bass.
Pond Boss - New book Raising Trophy Bass by Bob
Lusk & Mark McDonald is now described on their web site.
If you're into pond management or pond fishing then this and their
other books, including Basic Pond Management are for you.
Jim Porter Outdoor Adventures - Outdoor writer and guide Jim Porter's three books are
available here. The Fabulous Swimming Worm tells how to rig and fish the
Swimming Worm and includes a sample worm rigged by Jim. Jim says
there are only two skills involved in fishing the Swimming Worm. The proper rigging and knowing when to set the hook. So,
You Want To Be An Outdoor Writer, is exactly as
the title suggests with coverage of the subjects you need to know about and
also includes sample articles written by Jim. THE HUNGRY, but lazy, MAN'S
RECIPE BOOK and other assorted stuff is a great cookbook. Humorous with a
running commentary by Jim, illustrated with cartoon drawings, with lots of
artery clogging recipes. I've had a copy of the draft to this one that Jim gave
me since 1997 and I've just about worn it out paging through it.
Powerhand Baitcasting -- you can only buy this book
direct from the author, Richard Forhan, and here is
his web site. Not just a casting book, this is a complete book on Bass
fishing.
Ray Scott Outdoors You can
order his book Bass Boss here. He seems to have spent a lot of
money with a commercial site builder. Includes background wildlife sounds
but the thing loads to slow for me. Maybe someday when I can afford a
better system I'll go back. Every Bass angler should have a copy of his
book because of the historical aspects. I ordered a copy of the
limited edition before the book was released and still ended up with #1,143.
Don't know if he saved a lot for his personal appearances or if his
office personnel just didn't care. I've never met Ray but have been told
he is very personable. He took about five minutes to hold a conversation
with my eight year old grandson before personalizing his copy of Bass Boss.
All this while the line to shake his hand and get his autograph was
steadily growing longer. Andrew's school has an extra credit reading
program and he recently told me he is going to recommend they add Bass Boss
to the approved reading list.
Shoal Bass A New Species of Bass, Micropterus cataractae (Teleostei: Centrarchidae), from the Apalachicola River Basin in
Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. A new book published by Florida Museum
of Natural History.
Smallmouth! America's Top Bass Waters.
A new Smallmouth book by Russ Warye.
Fishing Hot Spots also says they have several new Bass books coming so
you might want to check this one out once in a while. The first of those
several has arrived. Big Bass!
by Steve Price you can get details here.
Tim Tucker's Bass Sessions 2004 Tim Tucker's Home Page which has links to his book
catalog, videos, etc.
Dave Whitlock's books and prints Includes books written and illustrated
by Dave including his Bass book, L.L. Bean Fly Fishing for Bass Handbook.
Also offered are signed prints by Dave including prints of both the Smallmouth
and Largemouth Bass.
Wilderness Adventures Sporting Books
Wilderness Adventures maintains a large supply of hunting and fishing books
including some they have published themselves.
How to Fish Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits. A new booklet by Gary.
Rich Zaleski/Advanced Bass Techniques Autographed copy of Rich's book, Advanced Bass Techniques, direct from
him.
Links to my other webpages
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Updated April 25, 2008
