You don't have to be a skilled craftsperson to create your own highly effective fishing lures. This book will show you how to craft your own plugs, spoons, spinners, metal squids, jigs and many other fresh, and salt-water lures. Not only is making your own lures an enjoyable hobby in the winter months when fishing is slow, but using your own lures in highly likely to increase your catch, for psychological reasons you'll learn about in this unique book.

Of all the different kinds of salt-water fishing the most difficult is surf fishing. It requires more skill, experience, and knowledge than almost any other type. It takes a great deal of time and effort to become a skilled surf angler. Many beginners become discouraged when they find that it takes years to acquire the technique necessary to surf fishing, but it doesn't have to be that way, when you have the kind of knowledge you can access in this guide. The purpose of this book is to cover surf fishing broadly and at the same time to bring out those small details which are often overlooked in most written material on the subject. Thus this work is designed to equip the beginner with surf-fishing skills and equally to offer extra tips and tricks to the veteran surf anglers who wish to improve their technique.

Want to catch more fish? Want to save cash and even make cash while doing so? You'll be amazed at the scope of this book, which offers a complete and practical guide to a huge range of insects, fish and even mammals that you can use as baits I guarantee that surprises await you, but with one warning: this book is not for the sqeamish You'll learn what you can use as bait (and some of this will surprise you): insects, fish, eggs, crustaceans, amphibians, mammals and much more- Nothing is safe if it can be used as bait You'll learn exactly how and where to find, catch and cultivate these baits yourself, cheaply or for free and you'll discover which baits to use to catch which types of fish, fresh, or salt-water species. In every case, you'll be given detailed, illustrated directions on how to prepare and hook the various baits for maximum effectiveness. Written by one of the most prominent and experienced writers on the subject of fishing, Natural Baits For Fishermen will prove a valuable and useful addition to any fishing library. You can even raise bait for profit, as shown in the book. Also recommended: How To Make Your Own Fishing Lures by the same author.

Success in salt-water fishing depends on many factors which all play a part in the final result. Fishing tackle, lures, baits and other equipment used all have a bearing on the ultimate success or failure of a fishing trip. The author feels that the methods and techniques used in salt-water fishing are also very important, yet they are often neglected, overlooked or unknown to many salt-water anglers. After all, it's a simple matter to go into a well-equipped fishing-tackle store and get a rod, reel, line, lure or bait which will catch fish. But the secret of using this equipment is the key to successful salt-water fishing. So while this book does include sections on fishing tackle, lures and baits, the main emphasis is on the lesser-known methods, techniques and tricks used by the most experienced salt-water anglers. This know-how usually takes years to acquire the hard way?picking it up bit by bit as you spend many hours bottom fishing, drifting, trolling or casting in the ocean. However, by owning this book, you will have all this information at your finger tips whenever you need it. Some of the material in this book appeared earlier in the leading outdoor and fishing magazines in the country, which means that several editors selected and bought these articles for their magazines. They felt that they were helpful to their readers. The other sections were written especially for this book. The combination of this material, the author feels, results in one of the best books he has written to date. After you have read this book, I hope you will feel the same way and that it will help you to have more fun and catch more fish in salt water.