Best/Favorite Book?

[OkobojiEagle]

"What Fish See:"; Colin J. Kageyama -- will give you much of what Keith Jones gave us of bass vision in "Knowing Bass".

 

I'll 2nd "Big Bass Magic"; Doug Hannon... "Them Ol' Brown Fish"; Billy Westmorland...  and "Charlie Brewer on Slider Fishin'" and add "Finesse Fishing with Mike Iaconelli".

 

Two of my favorites: "Tony Bean's Smallmouth Guide" and "The Last Smallmouth"; both by Tony Bean.  The first of these two is out of print.

 

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[scbassin]

Knowing Bass by Keith Jones is a tough read but has good information in it, but is it worth $100?  This topic has mention many other excellent books.

[WRB]

The word scientific applied bass behavior should be taken with caution including Keith Jones studies. Dissection and analytical study of physical body parts usues scientific methods but doesn't scientifically prove how the brain inturprets the input affecting behavior. Observing bass in a controlled environmemt to determine how their brain functions becomes subjective not sceintific. Read books and take away what is supported by your own experiences and observations.

When we think we know bass behavior the fish proves us wrong.

Tom

[WRB]

I was going to reference some archived threads on bass books but couldn't locate them?

The following are a few worth reading and having in your collection;

Book of Black Bass by Dr. Henshaw

Black Bass Fishing by Lincoln

Hannons Field Guide for Bass Fishing by Doug Hannon

Think Like a Fish by Tom Mann

Sow Belly by Monte Burke

Big Bass Zone by Bill Siemantel

Tom

[Logan S]

I'll second the In-Fisherman book on Largemouth Bass (and Smallmouth too).  I've had my copy since high school and still try to re-read it every so often.  Some of the references will seem a bit dated now, but the knowledge and core content is evergreen.  

 

I'm a little surprised more people haven't recommended it honestly.  

[Bankbeater]

The first books I ever read about bass fishing were put out by Bassmaster. They were Seasonal bass fishing, and Advanced bass fishing tactics. Very general but they did help me get started. 

[Bass Rutten]

Joe Buchers crankbait secret’s, the first fishing book that blew my mind.

[jpurdue]

Keith Jones wrote Knowing Bass in 2002 with information he acquired from the Berkley Fishing laboratory while working for the company.  Since then the company was sold to Pure Fishing in 2007.  Sometime after 2007 the book went out of print.  I have reached out to Dr. Jones directly to get the full story, but I have never been able to get him to respond.  I can only assume that Pure Fishing deemed the contents of the book to be the intellectual property of Berkley and forced Jones to remove it from print.  Since 2007 Berkley has been sold two additional times with no re-release of the book.  I doubt it'll ever go back into print.  Luckily I got a copy back in 2006 for 16 bucks at Barns and Noble!  My how times have changed! 

 

-Josh Alwine   

[DogBone_384]

On 11/14/2019 at 1:06 PM, WRB said:

In Pursuit of Giant Bass

This ^^^^^^