Striper book review

Saltshaker · 12-30-2003, 10:24 PM

Got a good book in my Christmas stocking,ON THE RUN by David DiBenedetto. It's a chronicle of an angler's journey down the Atlantic Coast following the Fall Run. I enjoy this type of reading more so than the "how to books." How would you like to take 3 months off from work and follow the bass from Maine to North Carolina? For you extreme types you should check out a method of fishing they call "skishing." Skishing is swimming in the ocean in a wet suit and casting while you drift in the current. When you hook up to a large fish it pulls you like a water-skier. This book is a very good winter read.

Tight Lines & Safe Returns,
Saltshaker

Brian E. Mullaney · 12-30-2003, 10:47 PM

Salt - I read it after Dave Skok recommended it to me. I highly recommend it as well.

egghead · 12-31-2003, 01:47 AM

Never heard of it.

Bucketman · 12-31-2003, 02:15 AM

I got a copy for my birthday in Oct. I agree a very interesting book.
Geo.

Blue5 · 12-31-2003, 03:55 AM

I just got it for x-mas. It's very good.

YoungGun24 · 12-31-2003, 09:43 AM

I read it this fall and I agree it was a good book. Not too crazy about that night wetsuit fishing, little to nuts for me.

Ardmore Bill · 12-31-2003, 12:21 PM

Egg, good answer

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I wish there was more on NJ than big Al - but overall it was very readable.

Bridge Kid · 01-02-2004, 12:33 AM

Night Tides is an excellent book....you can order off the barn...book is my inspiration

Ardmore Bill · 01-02-2004, 01:41 PM

A couple of other books worth the read are: Milt Rosko's, The Striped Bass Book. I enjoyed reading his first edition, Secrets of Striped Bass Fishing, as a kid and this book is really like a 2nd or 3rd edition but with new info. and a new name. He is a NJ legend as far as I'm concerned.

Daignault's Eastern Tides is on the level of Striper Surf but is more ethnographic in nature, covering the life of a family surfcasting for fun and profit.

McPhee's The Founding Fish is a american shad book served with lots of striper side dishes of info. since the two are tied somewhat during spawning. Great book for the history buff also as it delves into the truth and myth of Washington at Valley Forge and whether the shad played a part in saving his troups from starvation. My favorite is the description of Ben Franklin's arrival to Philadelphia at the wharf on Market Street where he buys two loofs of bread and proceeds to drink a draught from the Schyulkil River.

Great books all around...

egghead · 01-02-2004, 02:14 PM

Bill,
Our schedules did not permit us to do a proper SJ sodbank trip. We got together in the morning and went out on the sod around IRI.

Since it was daytime it was hard to get the full effect of walking the sod and catching fish at night.

Oh well.

Ardmore Bill · 01-02-2004, 03:43 PM

How does IRI sods compare with our NJ ones? That inlet is moving with current - it is amazing to see such flow!

Ardmore Bill · 01-02-2004, 03:45 PM

[ 01-02-2004, 01:45 PM: Message edited by: Ardmore Bill ]

egghead · 01-02-2004, 06:37 PM

Once you get past the inlet proper it is very similar to our bays. We went a good ways back into the marsh and even walked across the bay in one area. The bays are shallower and lack seem to lack the deeper holes we have but the area is definitely 'fishy'.

Stalker Charters · 01-02-2004, 10:49 PM

I got this book for Christmas too, just waiting til the fishing is done to read it. It looks like a good one though.

I really like "Trophy Striper" too.

Got Bass? · 01-03-2004, 11:01 AM

Bridge kid, where can you order the book Night Tides on this site? Thanks

12-30-2003, 10:47 PM	#2
Brian E. Mullaney Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 20,334	Salt - I read it after Dave Skok recommended it to me. I highly recommend it as well. __________________

12-31-2003, 02:15 AM	#4
Bucketman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Vineland N.J. Posts: 143	I got a copy for my birthday in Oct. I agree a very interesting book. Geo. __________________ Geo.<br />member;RFA, N.J.RFA, ALS,NRA,NSCA,QSC,IGFA

12-31-2003, 09:43 AM	#6
YoungGun24 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Abington, PA Posts: 1,395	I read it this fall and I agree it was a good book. Not too crazy about that night wetsuit fishing, little to nuts for me. __________________ www.hinchmarina.com

01-02-2004, 12:33 AM	#8
Bridge Kid Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: on the bridge Posts: 1,224	Night Tides is an excellent book....you can order off the barn...book is my inspiration __________________ Banks Bridges Beaches

01-02-2004, 10:49 PM	#14
Stalker Charters Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Pierce's Point & docked in Cape May, NJ Posts: 3,644	I got this book for Christmas too, just waiting til the fishing is done to read it. It looks like a good one though. I really like "Trophy Striper" too. __________________ Capt. Jeremy OPEN BOAT/PRIVATE CHARTERS Cape May,NJ 34' Calvin Beal Calendar,Reports & Pictures. BOOK ONLINE-Visa/MC. NOW BOOKING FLUKE & TUNA SPOTS EVERYDAY! stalkerfishingcharters.com stalkerfishingcharters@yahoo.com (609)231-9611 AFTCO/BLUEWATER SHIMANO FISHING COMPANY BUCKTAIL BOB'S

12-30-2003, 10:24 PM	#1
Saltshaker Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Flourtown,Pa/Ventnor,NJ Posts: 268	Got a good book in my Christmas stocking,ON THE RUN by David DiBenedetto. It's a chronicle of an angler's journey down the Atlantic Coast following the Fall Run. I enjoy this type of reading more so than the "how to books." How would you like to take 3 months off from work and follow the bass from Maine to North Carolina? For you extreme types you should check out a method of fishing they call "skishing." Skishing is swimming in the ocean in a wet suit and casting while you drift in the current. When you hook up to a large fish it pulls you like a water-skier. This book is a very good winter read. Tight Lines & Safe Returns, Saltshaker

12-31-2003, 01:47 AM	#3
egghead Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: South Jersey Posts: 5,940	Never heard of it.

12-31-2003, 03:55 AM	#5
Blue5 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 8	I just got it for x-mas. It's very good.

12-31-2003, 12:21 PM	#7
Ardmore Bill Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Ardmore, PA 19003 Posts: 1,060	Egg, good answer . I wish there was more on NJ than big Al - but overall it was very readable.

01-02-2004, 01:41 PM	#9
Ardmore Bill Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Ardmore, PA 19003 Posts: 1,060	A couple of other books worth the read are: Milt Rosko's, The Striped Bass Book. I enjoyed reading his first edition, Secrets of Striped Bass Fishing, as a kid and this book is really like a 2nd or 3rd edition but with new info. and a new name. He is a NJ legend as far as I'm concerned. Daignault's Eastern Tides is on the level of Striper Surf but is more ethnographic in nature, covering the life of a family surfcasting for fun and profit. McPhee's The Founding Fish is a american shad book served with lots of striper side dishes of info. since the two are tied somewhat during spawning. Great book for the history buff also as it delves into the truth and myth of Washington at Valley Forge and whether the shad played a part in saving his troups from starvation. My favorite is the description of Ben Franklin's arrival to Philadelphia at the wharf on Market Street where he buys two loofs of bread and proceeds to drink a draught from the Schyulkil River. Great books all around...

01-02-2004, 02:14 PM	#10
egghead Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: South Jersey Posts: 5,940	Bill, Our schedules did not permit us to do a proper SJ sodbank trip. We got together in the morning and went out on the sod around IRI. Since it was daytime it was hard to get the full effect of walking the sod and catching fish at night. Oh well.

01-02-2004, 03:43 PM	#11
Ardmore Bill Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Ardmore, PA 19003 Posts: 1,060	How does IRI sods compare with our NJ ones? That inlet is moving with current - it is amazing to see such flow!

01-02-2004, 03:45 PM	#12
Ardmore Bill Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Ardmore, PA 19003 Posts: 1,060	[ 01-02-2004, 01:45 PM: Message edited by: Ardmore Bill ]

01-02-2004, 06:37 PM	#13
egghead Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: South Jersey Posts: 5,940	Once you get past the inlet proper it is very similar to our bays. We went a good ways back into the marsh and even walked across the bay in one area. The bays are shallower and lack seem to lack the deeper holes we have but the area is definitely 'fishy'.

01-03-2004, 11:01 AM	#15
Got Bass? Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Waterford Works Posts: 634	Bridge kid, where can you order the book Night Tides on this site? Thanks __________________ Captain John Ware, member South Jersey Coastal Fly Anglers

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