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The 2nd Edition of "Kayak Fishing: The Ultimate Guide" follows up on the best-selling success of the original with a completely updated look at the sport, which includes 50 per cent more content, stunning new photography, and segments from the 20 most influential pros. It helps you learn about: the necessary equipment; the fundamentals of kayak fishing; the essential strokes and paddling techniques; bait and lure fishing from a kayak; fly fishing from a kayak; fighting and landing fish from a kayak; freshwater kayak fishing; saltwater kayak fishing; and, kayak fishing safety.

In saltwater and fresh, kayaks are the hottest craft for fishermen. Inexpensive and versatile, they enable fishermen to reach waters and fish that cannot be reached otherwise. This book delivers all the practical knowledge the beginning kayak fisherman needs to know, from outfitting the kayak to specific angling techniques.

This guide gives you a quick, clear understanding of the essential information youll need to get started in the growing sport of kayak fishing. Routh covers everything you will need to know for safe, fun and successful kayak fishing, including choosing the right kayak for fishing, kayak safety, basic paddle strokes, choosing the right fishing gear, tides and currents, finding fish, and more. Also includes kayak fishing instructor and guide listings.

Skill is determined by ability and attitude, and people at all skill levels, with and without disabilities, can find enjoyment in canoeing and kayaking. All that paddlers need are the willingness to accept instruction and be challenged and the ability to adapt to new situations. Canoeing and Kayaking for People With Disabilities presents strategies that give people of all abilities the opportunity to discover the challenge, freedom, and renewal found in paddling. The book, written by adaptive paddling pioneer Janet A. Zeller, will help you build on your existing knowledge of paddling techniques so you can share the sport with a variety of people with disabilities. Zeller presents best practices based on her years of experience as a paddler with a disability and the experiences of other instructors and recreation and health care professionals. The text includes tested instructional techniques and equipment adaptations as well as safety information and rescue protocols. By focusing on each person's ability, outdoor professionals, paddling instructors, and recreation providers can learn how to make paddling available to those with disabilities. These topics are presented in the text:

From drowning to ear infections, the author covers everything a paddler needs to know to stay alive and well on the water. Emergency Medical Procedures for Paddlers is an indispensable resource whether out for a Class-I float or a whitewater journey.

Clayton Klein has put together this collection of short stories by five authors and four poets. The fifteen selections describe true-to-life adventures spanning the North American Continent from Labrador to Colorado to the Arctic Ocean. A Passion for Wilderness features: - Catching huge trout and Atlantic Salmon - Canoeing under the midnight sun - Enjoying large herds of caribou - Smashing the kayak in a wild rapids - Soloing down the Des Moines River - Canoeing the savage South Nahanni River - Traveling with an Eskimo dog team - Descending Quebec’s De Pas River - Canoeing the awesome St. John River - Surviving an unexpected July blizzard - Enjoying beautiful Monument Mountain - Seeing breathtaking Virginia Falls - Visiting the desolate Torngat Mountains A Passion for Wilderness will delight and thrill the senses. The reader will SEE the birds and animals, the rivers, lakes and mountains. HEAR the rain, wind and thunder, the fish as they fry. SMELL the pure forest air, the smoke of the campfire, the steaming coffee. TASTE the bacon and eggs, pancakes and syrup, the cold wild...

One Incredible Journey takes the reader along on the record-breaking 7,000-mile journey of Verlen Kruger and Clinton Waddell in their home-made canoe as they crossed the North American continent during the summer of 1971. This is an action book! And action Kruger and Waddell did have as they battled the elements and at the same time enjoyed nature at its wildest. The reader will experience adventure, beauty and hardships beyond belief.

Let two expert kayakers guide you through some of the most exciting kayaking to be found on Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario. In this guide you will find full descriptions of 41 trips, each carefully rated so that any kayaker can safely and confidently paddle on these inland seas. In addition, mile-by-mile descriptions and detailed maps will help you navigate with ease some of the most beautiful and rugged habitats on the planet. Whether paddling along the St. Lawrence River in search of whales, exploring castles in the Thousand Islands, navigating around shipwrecks and protected marshland, this book is a must for sea kayakers of all levels.

Over two years, Greg Breining set out to circle Lake Superior by kayak. Paddling more than one thousand miles, he camped on the lake’s islands and shorelines, visited its places of rare beauty and solitude, experienced its wildly varied moods, and explored remote historic sites and isolated communities. The result is Wild Shore, a tale of outdoor adventure, colorful characters, memorable stories, and personal discovery.

Revised and updated boating guide to the Apostle Islands located in Lake Superior, off the northern coast of Wisconsin.

Let three expert kayakers guide you through some of the most exciting kayaking to be found on Lakes Superior and Michigan. In this guide you will find full descriptions of 49 trips, each carefully rated so that any kayaker can safely and confidently paddle on these inland seas. In addition, mile-by-mile descriptions and detailed maps for each route will help you navigate with ease some of the most beautiful and rugged habitats on the planet. Whether exploring quiet cobble beaches or the coastlines of sandstone cliffs, navigating sea caves or exposed rocky headlands, this book is a must for all sea kayakers.

Doc Fletcher characterizes twenty-one navigable rivers to canoe or kayak throughout Michigan. As in his previous book, Weekend Canoeing in Michigan, Doc describes river hazards and landscapes, some cool history about the region and the best taverns for sipping a cold one after the river journey. Doc brings his own brand of humor to his narration, along with his crack research team who add to the fun with their River Quote witticisms.

Twenty rivers in Michigan are featured in detail for the weekend canoeist (novice to veteran). No canoe? No problem. Doc Fletcher gives information on area canoe liveries and writes a play-by-play account of his experience in the river leaving few hazards unmentioned. The rivers selected by Doc are less popular ones but are no less beautiful to canoe or kayak. Four of the rivers are in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and included is the Two Hearted River of Hemingway fame near Two Heart Michigan. Bonus information about nearby towns and local taverns makes this book fun to read, and the less paddled rivers exciting to explore.

The most complete and up-to-date guide available to canoeing and paddling destinations in Michigan. Includes more than 70 whitewater and flatwater trips in both the Upper and Lower Peninsulas.

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