Rhyming text and illustrations describe the ways fish are caught in various locations around the world.

If you think fishing is a simple matter of casting off from a river bank with a rod and reel then you are about to find out it is much more than that. Obsessive fisherman Kevin Ireland recounts how the sport is a passionate love affair with the natural world. Since getting hooked as a boy, Ireland has punted on wild Irish lakes, clambered over medieval abbeys, trawled through old texts, and spent several thousand hours actually fishing. This book he says, is the sum total of all he now knows, or will ever know about catching a fish.

Bestselling storyteller David Shannon instantly hooks readers with this stunning, highly entertaining tour-de-force--his best book ever! Breathtaking oil paintings bursting with energy pullreaders along into Big Lake, the home of Jangles, thebiggest fish anyone has seen. Fishing alone at dusk,a boy feels a tug on his line and comes face-to-facewith the gigantic trout--whose enormous jaw is coveredwith so many lures and fish hooks that he jingles andjangles when he swims. Terrified by the sight, the boy isshocked when Jangles befriends him and takes him on anadventure to the bottom of the lake. A surprise endingwill leave readers laughing and shaking their heads. Hereis Shannon at his very best-in a wild and witty story thatbegs repeated reading.

"Covers the full range of spoon fishing techniques for the full year, going into finishes, sizes, weights, spoons, spoon parts suppliers, and reading water"--Page 4 of cover.

The indispensable guide to catching fish. Author Mike Rendle draws on more than four decades of experience as a professional and recreational fisherman, as a fishing magazine editor and as an author, to teach you the fundamentals of fishing in New Zealand. This is a book for everyone who wants to know how to fish. It will teach you the basics, explain the equipment, introduce you to the techniques, but most of all it will inspire you to learn more and begin your own fishing career.