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Interesting book on pickerel |
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Posts: 258 11/21/06 14:48:24 Registered Member |
Anyone ever see this one?
 Found it at a used book store in Long Beach, California during a business trip last week. I've never heard of this fellow or this book. It's got to be one of the only full books devoted to pickerel in the lexicon. Joe C. |
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Flytackle |
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Posts: 1687 11/21/06 16:16:08
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Hi Joe - thats a good find! I have that book too - it was Bob Gooch's first book, and the only title devoted entirely to pickerel. He also wrote a very good book on squirrel hunting - the best one on the subject. It was out of print for many years and only recently reprinted. He is quite old now but still around - I think he lives in MD. or DE. This is a great time of year for pickerel fishing! Alec
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Cornmuse |
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Posts: 258 11/21/06 16:53:17 Registered Member |
It certainly makes me wish I were back in New England - I haven't caught a chain pickerel in better than 10 years. A few pike, yes. No chains. Did take one red-fin out of the Great Miami River, though.
I may make a pickerel pilgrimage one of these days. Joe C. |
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Posts: 41 11/21/06 20:39:27 Registered Member |
I don't know anything about pike and pickerel. I catch bass, bluegill and sunfish. I occasionally catch a catfish---I'd love to catch one of the big carp I see.
Where would I find pike and pickerel? Thanks, Don |
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Cornmuse |
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Posts: 258 11/22/06 06:41:15 Registered Member |
Don
You don't say where you live, but you should know that the natural range of pickerel is almost entirely east of the Adirondacks. Pike, of course, are much more widely spread in the nothern latitudes. If you live south of the Mason Dixon line and west of the big hills you're S.O.L.  Two good resources - Pike on a Fly by Barry Reynolds is an excellent book to help you know where to look for and how to present to pike and musky. Carp on the Fly by Barry Reynolds, Brad Befus and John Berryman is the definitive work on fly fishing for carp. Once you read that and put the ideas into practice you'll find carp to be the most powerful and challenging target in fresh water. Joe C. |
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Flytackle |
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Posts: 1687 11/22/06 06:57:49
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Joe - check out the thread on the pickerel forum:
"06 season has begun" Alec |
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FlyCoach |
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Posts: 61 11/22/06 09:52:46 Registered Member |
Bob Gooch is from Virginia. He is a prolific and very popular outdoor writer of both books and magazine articles. His work covers fishing and hunting subjects and often appears in
Virginia Wildlife and other regional publications. -Coach |
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Posts: 58 11/22/06 10:47:55 Registered Member |
I wasn't aware of that book. Sounds interesting. What are your impressions of the book?
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DonGrundy |
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Posts: 41 11/22/06 10:57:35 Registered Member |
I live in Liberty, MO; on the northeast edge of the Kansas City, MO metro area.
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Cornmuse |
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Posts: 258 11/22/06 11:40:05 Registered Member |
Quote: I haven't really given it a read, just a quick page flip. It looks interesting but not necessarily ground breaking. Some great pics of big chains, though. Joe |
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Posts: 570 11/22/06 12:56:20 Registered Member |
Thanks on the head's up on the book. Ground breaking or not a neat addition to the library. Copy ordered and at a whopping 8 bucks with shipping. |
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