Reading Material (Fish/Ocean Related)

Red Beard · Post by **Red Beard** » April 29th, 2020, 9:06 pm

Does anyone have any good recommendations for fishing or ocean related books?

Besides Spring Creek Chronicles. (Read them all twice)

I’ve burned through all the videos one could watch. And watched all my favorite fishing/ocean movies.

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Post by **silverking** » April 29th, 2020, 9:38 pm

Just finished two...

The 10,000 Islands classic by Peter Matthiessen, Killing Mr. Watson. Great story of the early subsistence settlers in a special place. I also thoroughly enjoyed Jimmy Buffet's A Piece of Salty Land. Lots of connections for me with fly fishing in the Yucatan, Cuba, baseball and Key West.

Red Beard · Post by **Red Beard** » April 29th, 2020, 9:47 pm

silverking wrote:Just finished two...

The 10,000 Islands classic by Peter Matthiessen, Killing Mr. Watson. Great story of the early subsistence settlers in a special place. I also thoroughly enjoyed Jimmy Buffet's A Piece of Salty Land. Lots of connections for me with fly fishing in the Yucatan, Cuba, baseball and Key West.

Thank you. I will look into these.

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rammerjammer · Post by **rammerjammer** » April 29th, 2020, 10:23 pm

Look for books by Frank Sargeant for a good read!

onthechew · Post by **onthechew** » April 29th, 2020, 10:41 pm

Totch - life in the Everglades. Picked it up and never put it down till i finished it. Great read true story.

PhishingNole · Post by **PhishingNole** » April 29th, 2020, 11:06 pm

The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea

The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise

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Red Beard · Post by **Red Beard** » April 29th, 2020, 11:27 pm

Thank y’all for the input, a lot I’ve never heard about. Definitely looking up each one.

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Post by **Salty Gator** » April 30th, 2020, 7:29 am

If you haven’t read land remembered(should be required reading for any Floridian) or old man and the boy( a lot about fishing, hunting and outdoors). They are both excellent reads.

FlyrodC · Post by **FlyrodC** » April 30th, 2020, 10:15 am

I recently read Mangrove Lightning by Randy Wayne White. It's my first Doc Ford read but I'd pick up more of the books. It's a light, mystery type book that follows a wildlife biologist, his pot smoking pal and his flyfishing guide girlfriend. I

Post by **silverking** » April 30th, 2020, 12:24 pm

All of the RWW's Doc Ford novels are great. Fun, fast read with a zany, Hiassen-style Florida slant. He was a guide in Charlotte Harbor before he started writing.

I'm currently also working through his tarpon compilation. Title is the Ultimate Tarpon Book. I'm only reading it for an historical perspective, though. Tarpon never swim beyond Homosassa.

Srbenda · Post by **Srbenda** » April 30th, 2020, 2:03 pm

PhishingNole wrote:The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea

This is an EXCELLENT book.

Post by **Cranfield** » May 2nd, 2020, 5:42 am

silverking wrote: Tarpon never swim beyond Homosassa.

I love this comment, just needs a winking smilie.

Every fisherperson should read The Old Man and the Sea, by Hemingway.

Post by **GaryDroze** » May 2nd, 2020, 12:22 pm

I remember a scene from a Randy Wayne White novel wherein thugs toss a victim into a saltwater canal, figuring the alligators would take care of the body. But then RWW offers that the criminals miscalculated, as gators only inhabit freshwater.

Well, I DID find that book in the fiction section...

Pirate · Post by **Pirate** » May 2nd, 2020, 6:38 pm

Killing Mr Watson was an awesome read

Red Beard · Post by **Red Beard** » May 2nd, 2020, 8:24 pm

Pirate wrote:Killing Mr Watson was an awesome read

I’ve started reading it. The only issue is in my head it all takes place in Panacea.

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