Ken Schultz's Field Guide To Saltwater Fish Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
The definitive field guide to North American saltwater fish-from the absolute authority on sportfishingBefore you head out to the open seas, listen up: Your tackle box is not complete without Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish! Written by one of the foremost experts in sportfishing, this colorful reference provides anglers and fish enthusiasts of all levels an easy-to-use, indispensable guide to help you identify and learn about the most common species found off the North American coastlines-from albacore to yellowtail.Based on the award-winning reference book Ken Schultz's Fishing Encyclopedia, this handy field guide compresses the essence of its bestselling predecessor into a more manageable, compact size. Arranged alphabetically by species, each entry covers the identification, size/age, distribution, habitat, life history/behavior, and feeding habits of each fish. This fully illustrated, full-color guide makes it easy to identify what's at the end of your line. You'll learn how to distinguish an Atlantic mackerel from a Spanish mackerel, for instance; why you might mistake a cobia for a shark or a remora; how the red grouper's saddle spot will help you tell it apart from a Nassau grouper; and so much more.Written for the 16 million people who enjoy saltwater fishing, Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish features:* 227 of the most common saltwater fish* Large, full-color illustrations to help you identify your catch* Approachable organization in a compact, take-along size* A comprehensive glossary that explains the terms used in the species profiles* Overview and anatomy sections written in layman's termsKen Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish is a must-have for any fan of America's favorite pastime: fishing!
Paperback: 284 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December 29, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620458462
ISBN-13: 978-1620458464
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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This book has great pictures with each fish description, making it easy to determine the fish based on sight. Gives you the perfect amount of basic information about each fish, which is all we really wanted. We love this book and we take it with us when we go fishing in Mexico so we can figure out exactly what we just caught! It's great!
This is not a field guide at all. There are no fish identification tables, etc. If you don't know the name of the fish you have (and this is why someone would want a field guide, right?) you are lost. This book is just an alphabetical listing of some saltwater fish, that's all. If you are trying to identify a fish you would have to browse page by page, hoping not to miss a picture similar (but not necessarily the same) to your fish. As someone who needed a real field guide, I can not recommend this book to anyone.
I do volunteer guide work in a local aquarium. I was looking for a guide related to salt water fish, their range and eating and breeding habits. I purchased the Kindle edition because I can carry it in the pocket of my cargo pants and it is always readily available. Although this guide is designed for anglers it has served my requirements very well. Though the aquarium has over 1100 species inclusive of some mammals, birds and many invertebrate marine creatures it is primarily dedicated to saltwater fish. It is reassuring to know that when a guest asks a question related to fish I have an easy quick means by which I can accurately respond. This book has proved to be an excellent resource even though my use differs from its' intended use.
My husband is a lifelong fisherman from Florida and we bought this as a birthday gift for a friend's son who is 8 and loved fishing with my husband before we moved. He loved it! Lots of photos and good info.
Has mostly game fish with limited information. Doesn't address morphology variations in adolescent and mature specimens. Missing a few key species popular with anglers and spearos in Florida as well as commonly encountered shark species.
I own several printed versions of Ken Schultz's books and I would recommend all of them. This book is well written and organized.HoweverI bought this e version to keep on my iPhone and iPad when fishing for classification, but all of the prints are in black and white (as mentioned by several other reviewers) making classification difficult. I really wish the publisher would issue an update in color.I saw another reviewer say the same thing, but I went ahead and downloaded it just to see if it would display differently on the iPhone or the iPad, apparently the plates are B & W on all devices, what a disappointment.Unfortunately I cannot recommend this book based on the lack of color plates
good book for the person that wants basic information about fishing. I am a shore saltwater/freshwater fisherwoman and really enjoyed the basic knowledge the book has. I would have liked to have scene REAL pictures of the fish though instead of illustrations
Didn't have some of the fish we'd been catching here off the coast, but helpful just the same as we are newbies at saltwater fishing!
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