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07-11-2002, 03:56 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Corvallis
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Required reading?
I am interested to hear about any good books about the ocean, fishing, history, lore etc. I've read Robinson Crusoe, Moby Dick, Lost at Sea, and I know there are other books out there that are interesting or entertaining or, heaven forbid, educational, but I would like some recommendations. Thanks,
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07-11-2002, 03:59 PM
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Mr. Carkington
Join Date: Aug 2000
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Re: Required reading?
'Islands in the Stream', Ernest Hemingway
'Old Man and the Sea', Ernest Hemingway
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07-11-2002, 05:08 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Vancouver,WA
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Re: Required reading?
Perfect Storm
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07-11-2002, 07:37 PM
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Cutthroat
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Re: Required reading?
KON TIKI 
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07-11-2002, 07:39 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Apr 2000
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Re: Required reading?
"the river why" is good
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07-11-2002, 07:55 PM
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Cutthroat
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Required reading?
The Sea-Wolf
Ship of Gold
Two Years Before the Mast
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07-11-2002, 08:09 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Portland/Garibaldi
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Re: Required reading?
'Coming Back Alive"
by Spike Walker
A recent book about a truly amazing rescue by the Coast Guard in Alaska. A true story.
a real nail biter.
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07-12-2002, 01:43 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Portland & Oceanside, Oregon
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Re: Required reading?
"Blues" by John Hersey. More than any other book, this one made me understand why I love to fish.
"Song for the Blue Ocean" by Carl Safina. This is a hard-hitting nonfiction work about marine conservation and fisheries mismanagement, with an emphasis on salmon and bluefin tuna. It will break your heart, and might make you mad enough to get involved politically
"The River Why" and "My Life as Told By Water", both by James David Duncan.
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07-12-2002, 04:13 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Rogue Valley
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Re: Required reading?
Especially, but not only for our female salty dogs:
The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey
by Linda Greenlaw
This is written by the female captain that is mentioned in the perfect storm. It's a great story about swordfishing in the North Atlantic.
Saltwater Gamefishing, Offshore and Onshore
by Peter Goadby.
Lots of good stuff in here but it's spendy at $45. The pictures alone are probably worth the price of admission. Throw it on the coffee table for display after reading.
avid
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07-12-2002, 08:03 PM
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Cutthroat
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Aloha
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Re: Required reading?
"The Longest Silence" by Thomas McGuane
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07-12-2002, 09:42 PM
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is on the big blue pond again
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Re: Required reading?
The Voyage by Sterling Hayden. A surprisingly good read, especially since it was written by an actor. Might be hard to get now. I've never forgotten the section about "40 South to 40 South." Vivid.
This is pretty good. I've seen a lot of books mentioned that I've read over the years, and a few new ones that I've *got* to read.
Skein
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07-13-2002, 08:52 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Corvallis
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Re: Required reading?
I have to say I'm a little surprised at the amount of responses from this post! I think it is great to hear from all you with reading recommendations, and if I come across any others I will post about them. Thank you very much for all your input!
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07-16-2002, 09:45 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Rogue Valley
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Re: Required reading?
DUH! I can't believe I forgot this one:
What Fish See: Understanding optics and color shifts for designing lures and flies.
By Colin Kageyama, O.D. published by Frank Amato.
Very difficult to read because of detailed explanations about fish optics, color theory and editing strangeness. IMHO well worth the effort. A must read and then discuss with fishing buddies.
avid
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The whole idea of fishing, it
seemed to me, was to hook a
thrashing sea monster of some
kind and actually boat the
******* . And then eat it.
Hunter S. Thompson from The Great Shark Hunt
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07-16-2002, 12:20 PM
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Mr. Carkington
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Not all that wander are lost.
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Re: Required reading?
Short stories ...
'Finca Vigia', the short stories of Ernest Hemingway. The villa where Papa lived in Havana, Cuba is called Finca Vigia. The Cubans have the 'Pilar' stored there as a sort of shrine to the writer and his life in Cuba. This book includes over 50 of Ernests' best short stories, magazine excerpts and a few stories never before published anywhere else.
Try "The short happy life of Francis MacComber", "Cat in the rain", "Black ass at the crossroads", "Soldiers Home" and "The snows of Killimanjaro".
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07-16-2002, 11:54 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Halfway between the Boondocks & Timbucktoo
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Re: Required reading?
" Billfishing: The Quest for Marlin, Swordfish, Spearfish & Sailfish by Peter Goadby
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07-18-2002, 01:46 AM
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Member at Large
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: 9 degrees north latitude...
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Re: Required reading?
"The River Why" by Duncan is a must read set on an unnamed Oregon coastal river. His book, "The Brothers K' is one of my all time favorites but not fishing related.
"Ship of Gold" is another fantastic read: A true adventure tale of the wreck of a steamship full of gold and gold seekers returning from San Francisco right after the '49 gold rush and the modern day genuis who found the wreck and developed the equipment and technique to recover the gold from deep water.
I agree, Pilar, just about anything by Papa is worth reading.
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