Authors: Rudy Grigar, W. R. McAfee
ISBN-13: 9780896725102, ISBN-10: 0896725103
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Rudy Grigar, one of America's most notorious characters of saltwater wade-fishing, lends the inimitable voice of experience to these yesteryarns of the coastal waters of Texas and Louisiana. A fisherman's fisherman, Grigar has caught more than a million pouds of fish in his sixty years along the coast. Yet fervent and abiding concern for those waters spawned his inviolate catch-and-release policy for all fish under three ponds and spurred his commitment to Guld Coast conservation. His tales and tips are bound to become the bible of those now wading the Plugger's favorite spots.
"à (Plugger) is a mixture of information, reflection, and wisdom à a literary seafood gumbo, a tutorial on salt water fishing with artificial lures, plus everything from safety tips to recipes thrown in."
Foreword | ||
Preface | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
1 | The Education of a Plug Fisherman | 9 |
2 | When Bays Were Filled with Redfish | 17 |
3 | The 1951 Fish Freeze | 37 |
4 | The Laguna Madre's Great Eighth Pass | 42 |
5 | Watching the Decline of Game Fish Along the Texas Coast | 50 |
6 | The Last Great Wade Fishing Spot in the Gulf | 59 |
7 | Oysters Teach Me a Lesson in Conservation | 76 |
8 | How Greed Almost Decimated the Gulf's Redfish | 79 |
9 | Why Texas Must Open the Laguna Madre | 86 |
10 | Our Coastal Wetlands Can't Take Much More Pollution | 95 |
11 | Support Your Game Warden | 103 |
12 | Shark: The Devil of the Sea | 107 |
13 | Watch Your Step in the Gulf | 112 |
14 | Boats for the New Breed of Wade Fisherman | 114 |
15 | Rules of the Road in the Gulf | 117 |
16 | How to Find Saltwater Game Fish | 123 |
17 | Good Guides Are Worth the Money | 129 |
18 | Fish with the Tides | 134 |
19 | How to Wade Fish a Shell Reef | 137 |
20 | Reels for the Wade Fisherman | 139 |
21 | Fishing Rods for Wade Fishermen | 141 |
22 | Lures for the Wade Fisherman | 144 |
23 | How to Wade Fish a Saltwater Lure | 156 |
24 | Color and Fish | 158 |
25 | The Right Fishing Line | 161 |
26 | Use Good Single Hooks | 163 |
27 | One Knot Ties Your Lures | 165 |
28 | Bucktails and Dry Rinds Catch Fish, Too | 167 |
29 | Use the Right Leader and Swivel | 169 |
30 | Wade Fishing Equipment and Clothing | 171 |
31 | My Million Pounds of Fish | 173 |
32 | Caring for Your Catch | 180 |
33 | Preparing Your Fish and Game | 183 |
Index | 194 |