The Striped Bass Chronicles

by George Reiger

Book Overview

The striped bass sustained American colonists throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and went west with nineteenth-century pioneers. During the past one hundred years, however, Atlantic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155821478X
• ISBN13: 9781558214781
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

An addictive book about a noble fish

I found this book by chance, and as soon as I started reading it I couldn't put it down. By the time I was finished, I agreed that maybe the STRIPED BASS should be our national symbol, not the bald eagle. It's a fascinating fish, and an unknown player in American history and politics. It's also HUGE. Who knew that 150 pound monsters lurked in the East River? Reiger is a great writer, period. And he makes a compelling case for the gentlemanly art of catch and release fishing.