pacific fish book?

[joens]

I am trying to find a good book on sport fish in the pacific [well the US/mexico side of the pacific].I dont want one written for scientists .If anyone knows of a good one let me know .
Joens

[Blackfoot]

are you looking for a book that gives full descriptions (birth to death... spawning, migration etc?) or something with pictures and good spots to find them? some more clarification... there are many books in dive shops that have info on pacific fish.

[Rick Dawg]

Hey sask, where do you usually hit it up at? Ever get any yellowtails or white seabass?

[joens]

I was thinking more like where to find them .and pictures would be nice so I can work on fish ID.
Joens

[O2fsh]

Whils I was finishing my degree in marine biology out here, I relied on the National Audubon Society Nature Guides;

PACIFIC COAST

ISBN number 0-394-73130-1

It is a great book that has photos of every organism described. It also has a section on habitat, range, and other comments. The book includes not only fish but inverts, birds, mammals, and algae found along the Pacific coast.

The book cost me around $23.00 on Barns and Noble.com

Hope this helps.

Mike

[O2fsh]

Also, if I can assist you further with any other books/info just let me know. I have a pretty good library of marine books for the Pacific.


Mike

[seahunter]

The best book I have seen was written for scientists, but is very easy to read. It is called something like "the rockfishes of the pacific northeast". It only covers rockfish and only from Baja to Alaska, but it has the best pictures (mostly taken with submersibles) and a great deal of life history information as well as fisheries management tactics. It makes DFG's ID pictures look pathetic. There is on average 6 pictures of each species. Since fish colors vary so much having more then 1 picture is important. Fish colors also change when they die and fade when preserved so dead fish don't make the best subjects for ID photos. The book is about 400 pages, but about 100 of them are for science Id purposes.

[Nate Baker]

In order of preference, I would go with:

1) "Probably More Than You Want To Know About the Fishes of The Pacific Coast" by Milton Love. $20 on Amazon. It's written by a scientist for laymen.

2) Supplementally, for Mexico, "The Baja Catch" by Gene Kira.

3) If you can find it, an old copy of "How to Fish the Pacific Coast" by Ray Cannon. It was written 50 years ago and is out of print, but copies turn up periodically. It's a classic, and while the fishing techniques are archaic, the fish descriptions are great.

Nate in O.C.

[no tanks]

tomol Wrote:
"Probably More Than You Want To Know About the Fishes of The Pacific Coast" by Milton Love. $20 on Amazon...

Great book!

Phil

[Deeez-Nutz]

Check out, Hustler's guide to pacific coast Tuna by Larry Flint. Great color picture's:)

[Ben Dover]

Check out, Hustler's guide to pacific coast Tuna by Larry Flint. Great color picture's:)

Sh*t yeah man, can you get that book on Amazon.cum?

[Stinkey Fish]

Hustle's got a great pic's of a little man in a canoe.

[Deeez-Nutz]

Is that a canoe or a panga?

[Oldsarge]

I'm right along side Ray Cannon. Try www.abebooks.com or www.alibris.com for location of copies. No, I won't share mine.

[seahunter]

I was wrong about the cost of "The fishes of the northeast pacific" and I made some changes to my original post.

It is only $25. I bought it last week. It makes DFG's ID pictures look pathetic. There is on average 6 pictures of each species. Usually the pictures are taken with a submersible and the fish are alive. Since fish colors vary so much having more then 1 picture is important. Fish colors also change when they die and fade when preserved so dead fish don't make the best subjects for ID photos. The book is about 400 pages, but about 100 of them are for science Id purposes. Great book if you like rockfish! If you look closely there are scallops in the background behind alot of the fish pictures.