Fishing's Greatest Misadventures

by Paul Diamond (Editor)

"Fishing's Greatest Misadventures" presents twenty-six true stories which cover the spectrum from terrifying to comical to downright bizarre. In these pages everyday fishermen, pros, and journalists tell their stories of freak accidents, fishy attacks, pranks, idiotic decisions, eerie or unexplained incidents, and other jaw dropping, adrenalin-pumping calamities. The stories bring to life the strange possibilities that await us once we cast our lines into known and unknown waters.Inside these pages you'll a sport fisherman who gets taken on harrowing underwater ride by an angry white shark; an adventure angler whose boat is over turned by a 200 lb Amazon-river catfish; a group of ice fishermen who lose their cabin, gear and pride to a single sturgeon; a teenager who sabotages a fish farm and frees 300,000 salmon; and a charter boat operator who gets speared through the chest by a leaping marlin. From lakes to rivers to the ocean, this book covers every form of angling, and all that can go wrong.

204 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Mike]

Fun read. This book has 26 true stories which range from bizarre to terrifying. True stories about fish attacks, rough seas, pranks...all sorts of stories. They take place on the ocean, in lakes, rivers, and on ice. As with most true-story books, there is quite a range of stuff that happens to fishermen. My favorites include "Fresh Mongolian Prairie Dog Bait", "Noodling for Flatheads", "Marlin Catches Man", and "Aussie Sleigh Ride".