Bass Fishing Books Directory
Our Bass Fishing Books directory has listings for the most popular Bass Fishing Books and some hard to find titles too. Browse through the selections to find the resource that best fits your fishing needs.
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A Rookie's Guide to Bass Fishing While it's referred to as a Rookie's Guide, it's actually much more. It explains in simple terms when and how to fish all the important baits, what a bite feels like with all the important baits, plus it provides a concise guide as to when and where to fish.
Advanced Bass Fishing  
Advanced Bass Tackle and Boats  
Advanced Bass Techniques  
Advanced Tactics for Bass and Trout  
All-Color Bass Fishing Guide  
America's Best Bass Fishing: The 50 Best Places to Catch Bass  
American Bass Angling Guide  
An Angler's Guide to Bass Patterns ... Larry has been a fisherman for many years and shares many of his experiences with us. This book is smooth reading and contains lots of helpful information and tactics.
Art of Tying the Bass Fly ... Anglers around the world love the European-bred brown trout, and even if it isn't your favorite species, chances are you still like to hook these voracious piscivores whenever possible.
Audubon Water's Edge 2006 Calendar  
Bass 2006 16-Month Wall Calendar Calendar
Bass 2007 Calendar Bass 2007 Calendar
Bass and Bugs, Crabs and Crawlers, and the Folks who Chase Them  
Bass and Bugs, Crabs and Crawlers... A humorous approach to the outdoors by an outdoorsman.If you have spent time in the great outdoors you will enjoy this funny approach to many of the experiences that have been filed away in your memory.
Bass Angler's Almanac The rapid rate at which our knowledge of bass behavior has increased in recent years makes compiling a comprehensive book on bass fishing a formidable challenge. Nonetheless, John Weiss has met this challenge admirably with The Bass Angler's Almanac.
Bass Boss ... The Inspiring Story of Ray Scott and the Sport Fishing Industry He Created
Bass Bug Fishing Before bass boats, cable television, and big-money tournaments, anglers pursued bass with fly rods and large flies made of deer hair. In his first angling how-to, Tapply, fishing essayist and author of the Brady Coyne...
Bass Fever : Fishing Cartoons  
Bass Fisherman's Bible First the book brings you into a deep introduction about the Largemouth Bass. It then goes on to explaining how to locate the fish, and how their eyes work. Then you are brought through an intense description and explanation about the lures used to catch the bass, and also tells how to use these tools of the sport.
Bass Fishing Strategy and Tactics
Bass Fishing 2006 Calendar In its 29th year, the Angler's Fly Fishing 2006 Calendar is the most popular and oldest fly-fishing calendar in the U.S. Stunning color photography and tons of helpful and interesting information like fishing tips, hatch dates and destinations.
Bass Fishing 2007 Calendar Bass Fishing 2007 Calendar
Bass Fishing Facts ... "Bass Fishing Facts" (an anglers guide to bass lifestyles and behaviors) is a quick and informative read. Larry Larsen gets right down to the basics with few frills.
Bass Fishing in California  
Bass Fishing in Georgia ... An in-depth, easy-to-use guide detailing the best spots in Georgia to catch bass, which provides profiles of the state's public waters and the bass species that inhabit them.
Bass Fishing in North Carolina Buck Paysour has fished North Carolina's waters from more than fifty years and in Bass Fishing In North Carolina draws upon his considerable experience and expertise to share techniques
Bass Fishing on Shore and Sea  
Bass Fishing: An American Tradition  
Bass Fishing: Simplified  
Bass Fishing: Stripers, White Bass, Yellow Bass and Perch  
Bass Flies The book starts with the tools and materials needed for fly tying, followed by some basic tying techniques.
Bass Guide Tips ... Tactics of Top Fishing Guides (Bass Series Library, Bk. 9)
Bass In Depth ... Complete Outdoor Books
Bass Lures : Tricks and Techniques  
Bass Master Shaw Grigsby ... Full of invaluable tactics, detailed illustrations, and never-before-revealed professional secrets, this book proves Grigsby to be a natural and gifted teacher as he focuses on the various aspects of successful bass fishing, from equipment and site selection to the importance of finding the perfect lure
Bass Masters Classic... Learn tips and techniques from fishing legends Roland Martin, Shaw Grigsby, Ken Cook, and Paul Elias in the BASS Masters Classic: Tournament Edition. Learn how to fish with 1-7 rods and which lure combination to use and when.
Bass Myths Exploded: Newest Ways to Catch Largemouths  
Bass Pro Strategies ... This book is a very good guide for those who want to become better bass fisherman. Any of the methods mentioned and followed will produce results.
Bass Wars... Angling for fame and fortune in big-league bass fishing, Bass Wars vividly portrays one full and fascinating year in the high-stakes, high-pressure sport of professional bass angling.
Bass Wisdom This book is truly a volume of wisdom, culled from a life dedicated to fishing and studying these wiley creatures....A book not to be missed by any bass angler
Bassin' in New England :  
Bassin' With a Fly Rod:  
Bassin' With the Best ... It is surprising that a book with such a simple formula--take nine top money winners on the pro largemouth-bass fishing tournament trail and have them all talk about their favorite lures or methods for catching the fish--has...
Bassin' With the Pros  
Bassing of New Hampshire ... In 1866 the New Hampshire legislature authorized the governor to appoint two commissioners on fisheries. The commissioners were to work towards restoring salmon and shad to the Merrimack River and the Connecticut River, but were also ^Sauthorized to introduce into our waters as they may deem best suited therefor, the spawn of the black-bass, land-locked salmon, and other varieties
Best Bass Tips: Secrets of Successful Lure Fishing  
Bethune on Bass This book is a great read whether you're just learning to fish for the Australian Bass or if you've been fishing for them for years.
Big Bass! In Search of Trophy Largemouth  
Big red/channel bass fishing  
Big-Bass Secrets... This book contains articles on how to catch the biggest largemouth in any lake, where to find summer-time smallmouth, and why bass strike some lures but ignore others. It also contains an angler's firsthand account of catching and releasing what may have been the biggest largemouth bass of all time!
Bill Dance on Largemouth Bass Also as you see on TV, Bill is an easy-going fun guy and he doesn't introduce the pressure of tournament fishing into his show or this book.
Black Bass and the Fly Rod  
California Bass Angling Guide  
Catching Bass Like a Pro Whether you dream of hitting the tournament trail as a full-time professional, or would just like to put more fish in the livewell on weekends, tournament pro Guy Eaker and veteran writer Steve Price share the secrets of...
Caught Me A Big 'Un:  
Chesapeake Stripers "Chesapeake Stripers" details a 30-year history of striped bass fishing in Chesapeake Bay, including tackle, tips, recipes, the fishing, the politics, and the recovery effort after a crash in the early 1980s. 110 Photos + 20 Line Drawings
Circle on Bass: Bass Wisdom from a Master  
Complete Book of Striped Bass Fishing A through guide to the baits, lures, flies, tackle and techniques, for America's favorite gamefish.
Comprehensive Guide to Largemouth Bass Patterns  
Connecticut's Bass Fishing: Guides to the Best Bass Lakes & Ponds  
Diary of a Bass Pro This diary of one angler (Joe Thomas) for a year in high profile professional tournament fishing offers something to everyone from the weekend fisherman to the local tournament trail angler.
Doug Hannon's Big Bass Magic Doug Hannon is the most well thought out big bass master today. His holistic approach to bass fishing is logical and explained from the basses view, not a human's.
Falcon Best Bass Tips: Secrets of Successful Lure Fishing  
Field & Stream Bass Fishing Handbook How to understand and catch America's most popular game fish in rivers, creeks, ponds, and lakes, with dozens of helpful schematic drawings. Line drawings & photographs
Fishing Bass-Ackwards ... Having glanced at a friend's copy of this book, I have decided to buy TWO copies of it: one for myself and one for my father, a grizzled old fisherman if there ever was one. The man is a difficult laugh, but I can generally guess his reation from mine. This book, particularly the "Know Thy Enemy" section should get a few REAL laughs...
Fishing for Striped Bass It will get you up and running whether you're learning to fish from the beach or a boat, with spinning, conventional, trolling or fly tackle. There are chapters on getting outfitted, picking the right tackle, using lures, a wide variety of dead and live baits, rigging eels, trolling with wire line and/or downriggers, and much more.
Fishing Vermont's Streams & Lakes ... Being a Vermont resident, it's nice to have a guide that is so complete and detailed for rivers and lakes in the state. The author gives personal accounts of his experiences in different bodies of water; where the best trout or bass fishing is, what time of year to catch specific types of fish, what lures or flies to use
Flies for Bass & Panfish ... If you want a recipe book for lots of flies, this is a very good one. What is missing is tying instructions and any of the author's thoughts on effectiveness or what a well-stocked box should hold.
Fly Fisher's Guide to Warmwater Lakes ... A Natural System for Finding Bass, Pike, and Panfish
Fly Fishing Bass Basics: Bass Basics  
Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass This is probably the most comprehensive discussion of smallmouth bass fishing on the fly. The techniques are very well described and easy to implement. The fly discussion is great, and is what is most often neglected in other books. Most other books seem to concentrate on top water poppers and crayfish imitations.
Fly Fishing for Striped Bass (Masters on the Fly series) The average angler can enjoy the sport of fly fishing for the rebounding populations of striped bass as they migrate from the Carolinas to Maine with this practical guide to tackle, casting and retrieving techniques, striper behavior and biology, and habitat-specific fishing tactics.
Fly Fishing With A. K.  
Fly Tying and Fishing for Panfish and Bass The only color in this "how-to book" was on the front & back cover, and two pages of color photos of flies. I firmly believe that color is essential when creating a book about fly tying. This book was basic and bland.
Fly-Fishing Techniques for Smallmouth Bass Fly-Fishing Techniques for Smallmouth Bass (Paperback)
Fly-Fishing Techniques for Smallmouth Bass Fly-Fishing Techniques for Smallmouth Bass (Paperback)
Freshwater Angler... Contains tips and techniques that cover all types of water where largemouth bass live. Features amazing underwater photography that clearly demonstrates how to fish for bass in weeds, on rocks or near man-made structures. Contains a detailed discussion of how weather affects bass behavior. Helps you become a better bass angler.
Gone Fishin' ... for Hybrid Bass: Or As Well Call 'em ... Rockets! Hybrid bass are stocked in 29 states in America but no book has been written specifically about this wonderful game fish until now. This book discusses in easy-to-read langauge the fish that the author considers, pound-for-pound, to be the best fighting fish in all the land.
Green Heads & Black Bass ... 60 Years of Hunting & Fishing in South Louisiana
Guide to Successful Bass Fishing:  
High-Percentage Bass Casts Pocket Guide Saw this listed as pre-publish offer and thought it might be interesting. Wrong. Wish I saw that it was a single 8 1/2x 11" laminated sheet of paper folded twice. (Although I think the discription I saw at the time listed it as "booklet")
Hooked : America's Passion for Bass Fishing Given the demongraphies of angling, the bass book market should be even more crowded than the effusive trout market bass fishermen are more numerous, distributed almost evenly across the country
Hot Bass Flies  
How to Catch More Bass  
In Pursuit of Giant Bass If you are serious about bass fishing, this is a must have for your library. Bill knows what he is talking about. His explinations make sense and ring true. Does not rehash the same old cliches of other outdoor writers because he knows it and does it. Bill is a master at what he does and this book will make you a better fisherman if you pay even half attention to what he has to offer.
Ken Cook's Bass Logic:  
Kevin Vandam's Bass Strategies ... This book sheds light on the real life of a professional bass angler. Kevin Vandam lets you into his world for a brief moment. He talks about mental strategies for changing conditions, and various confidence related issues. The book is very well written and informative. The ideas are a mixture of old school practices, and new scientific based therories. Hey, if you don't read it the next guy probably will!
Knowing Bass Knowing Bass is a book about the science of bass fishing, with particular emphasis on the bass itself: What bass can sense, how they use their senses to feed, how they relate to fishing lures, and ultimately how they interact with anglers. Understanding why bass do what they do will greatly improve anyone's chances of being a better and more successful angler, no matter the angler's present skill level. And that's the purpose behind this book, to improve everyone's chances of success at catching bass.
L.L. Bean Fly Fishing for Striped Bass Handbook The book presents clear and informative instructions on where to find striped bass and how to catch them with fly fishing equipment. The illustrations and presentation are very well-done.
Lamar Underwood's Bass Almanac  
Largemouth Bass The purpose of this book is to make you a better bass fisherman. It leads you through the world of bass fishing with clear, concise text and spectacular color photographs. Most bass fishermen know how to catch largemouth in their favorite lake when conditions are right. But if the weather changes or if they try a different lake, they fail to make the necessary adjustments.
Largemouth Bass Fly Fishing... Beyond the Basics
Largemouth Bass in the 1990s  
Largemouth Bass... Largemouth Bass in the 1990's by In-Fisherman Magazine is another fine reference for the avid or occasional bass fisherman. Along with excellent information on every aspect of bass angling the book speaks to history, philosophy, and management of America's bass resources. Bass behavior and locales are expertly outlined.
Larry Larsen on Bass Tactics:  
Larry Larsen's Guide to ... Central Florida Bass Waters
Lucas on Bass Fishing Lucas on Bass Fishing
Lunker!  
Maine Bassin: A Complete Guide to Catching Bass in Maine  
Modern Book of the Black Bass  
Monte Burch's Black Bass Basics:  
Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass... A Flyrodder's Odyssey at Montauk Point... The East Coast migratory striped bass has the same trans-species attachment with Long Islanders as the blue crab does with the Chesapeake region, and the cod with New Englanders; striper fishing is nowhere more exciting, or more socially complicated, than in early fall off Montauk, New York
Ode to Bass and Trout... An Illustrated Treasury of the Best Angling Literature
Oldtime Bass Fishing Tales  
Orvis Pocket Guide to... Fishing for Striped Bass and Bluefish, Lou Tabory condenses his years of experience into a handy guide that presents the best fly-fishing techniques for day or night, high tide or low, in estuaries and on the coast, in all seasons; and he shows the best flies, casts, and retrieves for all occasions.
Peacock Bass & Other Fierce Exotics Where, When & How to Catch Latin America's Most Exciting Freshwater Fish!
Peacock Bass Addiction  
Peacock Bass Explosions! I can't say enough about how helpful Mr. Larsen's book is. Peacock Bass Explosions is so comprehensive. Mr. Larsen has been to nearly every place in the world that you can catch a Peacock.
Perfect Catch... Does Norm Wright love to fish? You be the judge. He once brought a box of crawdads on a cross-country flight and plopped them in a hotel bathtub just to surprise a fishing buddy. This is a man who’s found a way to “fish” in the bathroom when bad weather keeps him off the lake. A man who trained his golden retriever how to sight fish.
Pocket Guide to ... Largemouth bass live within a two hour drive of 95% of the U.S. population. They are great fun to catrch on a fly! Largemouth bass are extremely adaptable. They are primarily lake fish but are also found in slow moving streams, swamps, sloughs, brackish lagoons, canals, estuaries and golf corse ponds.
Practical black bass fishing  
Productive Tactics for Shallow Water Bass ... How to Find Them, How to Catch Them
Quest for the World Record Bass The Quest for the World Record Bass includes profiles on the individual states that stock the Florida Largemouth Bass, including a history of their stocking programs and State Reocord catches.
Redfish Book  
Roland Martin's 101 Bass-Catching Secrets Roland Martin certainly outdid himself this time. I read this book cover to cover and enjoyed every moment of it. Martin's extensive experience in pro bass fishing is put succinctly into words and angler's can truly relate to the situations he describes.
Secrets of America's Best Bass Pros  
Serious Pacific Bass Anglers ... Advanced Secrets of the Eagle Claw Fishing School
Sight-Fishing for Striped Bass ... Fly-Fishing Strategies for Inshore, Offshore and the Surf Alan Caolo's Sight-Fishing for Striped Bass: Fly-Fishing Strategies for Inshore, Offshore and the Surf is a superior reference guide for the sport. With full-color photography and artwork illustrating its topics of striped bass behavior, fly patterns, spotting the fish, angling strategies, tackle equipment, and much, much more, this comprehensive book is a "must" for anyone who aspires to land striped bass.
Small Stream Bass: A Complete Angler's Guide  
Smallmouth Bass ... If it says IN Fisherman on it, Buy it! They produce some of the best books and videos on freshwater fishing. Period! Full of current, scientific, and practical advice on the species you are after. If you don't learn from this book, then you probably helped write it
Smallmouth Strategies for the Fly Rod Stream fishing for smallmouth is more popular than ever, yet the best fish often live in large rivers and lakes beyond the reach of the fly fisher's traditional tactics. This guide to taking smallmouth on the fly rod in all types of habitat, throughout the year and up and down the water column, offers strategies and techniques that truly work. 50 line drawings. 45 photos. 4-page color section.
Smallmouth! America's Top Bass Waters  
Sowbelly : The Obsessive Quest for the World-Record Largemouth Bass Burke's engaging, informed account of the sport, which began as an article for Forbes, explains just why bass fishing has become so popular: the proliferation of largemouth bass in lakes nationwide, their fight on the rod, and a professional circuit that supports some 500 bass fishers.
Sporting Road... Colorado outdoor writer Fergus' essays celebrate bird hunting, friends, dogs, fishing, Native American culture, and the American countryside. Hunting and fishing are his primary concerns, and the majority of the pieces are about hunting turkeys, geese, grouse, partridge, and quail and fishing for bonefish, tarpon, bass, and trout.
Striped Bass Karas has made a bold attempt at laying out the history and biology of the striped bass as well as a guide for the avid striper fishermen. However, by the end of the first chapter it is evident the book needs a good editing job. Not being sarcastic, the sentence structure (or lack thereof) and grammatical/spelling errors make reading more a chore than anything else.
Striped Bass and Other Sport Fish  
Striped Bass Chronicles ... The striped bass, Morone saxatilis, aka the ocean rockfish, is one of the more common U.S. game fish, readily available to anglers on both coasts. Its range has shrunk since a century ago, but in the past decade it began swimming in many of the country's largest reservoirs. It is known for its fierce fighting ability on hook and line and its excellent comestible qualities
Striped Bass Fishing: Salt Water Strategies Learn what it takes to catch the aggressive and powerful striped bass. Striped Bass Fishing: Salt Water Strategies includes invaluable advice from experts like as Nick Karas, Al Ristori, Vin Sparano and Lou Tabory and editors at Salt Water Sportsman magazine, like Rip Cunningham, Tom Richardson and Barry Gibson.
Striper : A Story of Fish and Man This book has an interesting story and is in fact well written. It is important for the purchaser to understand that it is written about early commercial fishing and not about the fish as one might expect.
Striper Hot Spots I recently started fishing quite a bit of the cape and found this book to be an excellent resource. There are some parts where directions are somewhat vague, but it basically gets you in the area. I have also fished a little bit of Ct and NJ, and found most of the information accurate and insightful. Cross reference with other resources and you should find fish and parking
Stripers : An Angler's Anthology Strong, shrewd, and stout of heart, striped bass evoke among fishermen a reverence and appreciation few other fish inspire. This collection-the first to celebrate this extraordinary fish-features writers such as T.C. Boyle, John Cole, Nelson Bryant and Ian Frazier. The 23 stories reflect on the romance, history, diversity and lore of striped bass fishing.
Stripers and Streamers ... Author Ray Bondorew presents a lifetime of knowledge about fly-fishing for striped bass, a favorite quarry among saltwater anglers. Bondorew covers technique, fly selection, and even related pleasures such as bird watching. As Lefty Kreh says, "we are lucky [Bondorew] shares his hard-earned lessons with all striped bass fishermen."
Stripers on the Fly Only the name Lou Tabory stands with Lefty Kreh's when it comes to imparting wisdom and inspiring trust in the complex and still relatively young arena of angling saltwater with flies. Tabory certainly understands the daunting challenge: "The first look at big water will unnerve most who have never fished the ocean."
Successful Bass Fishing Ken Schultz has won universal praise for his insightful ruminations on fishing for bass, the most popular quarry of America's 40 million anglers. Now, he has written the definitive book on capturing both large- and smallmouth bass, covering all techniques and every kind of water.
Superior Fishing... Or, the Striped Bass, Trout, and Black Bass of the Northern States
The Art of Tying the Bass Fly:  
The Bass Angler's Almanac: More Than 650 Tips and Tactics  
The Bass Angler: An Advanced Fishing Guide  
The blackbass in America and overseas  
The Complete Book of Striped Bass Fishing  
The Field & Stream Bass Fishing Handbook  
The Freshwater Angler: Luring Largemouth Bass  
The Perfect Catch:  
The Quest for the World Record Bass  
The Striped Bass Chronicles : The Saga of America's Great Game Fish Common on the dinner tables of sixteenth-century colonists, the fish has been through many boom-and-bust cycles. At present, it may be headed toward a very serious bust because of pollution and overharvesting. Besides the hard info, he recounts plenty of his early fishing exploits with the species, ...
The Truth About Being A Bass Fisherman's Wife  
The Ultimate Guide to Striped Bass Fishing : Where to Find Them, How to Catch Them In The Ultimate Guide to Striped Bass Fishing, noted angler and author Eric Burnley has compiled everything any angler needs to know to be successful at catching this wonderful fish.
The World of Fishing for Largemouth Bass  
Think Like a Fish ... The Lure and Lore of America's Legendary Bass Fisherman
Tight Lines:  
To Catch a Bass  
To Catch a Largemouth  
Triggering Bass Pocket Guide  
Trophy Striper This otherwise well written book seems to spend too much time with information incidental to fishing itself. It also is almost totally devoted to Surfcasting and Fly Fishing, which is fine if that is what you are into. I expected it to cover boat fishing as well- it didn't and made the book far less useful for my purposes.
Trophy Stripers & Hybrids... I am new to Striper fishing and really had no idea where to begin. This book gives you everything you need to know to fish for striped bass and hybrids. I would recommend it to anyone.
Tying Bass Flies : 12 of the Best  
Ultimate Bass Boats  
World of Fishing for Largemouth Bass