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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Fishing Success under Power or Sail: A Preview | |
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| Trolling in the South Pacific | |
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| Adrift Way Offshore | |
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| Anchored in Different Latitudes | |
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| Dinghy Adventures | |
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| Beneath the Waves and along the Shore | |
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| What's Best for You? | |
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| With Power Comes Responsibility | |
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| Gear, Tackle, and Connections for Hook-and-Line Fishing | |
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| Handlines | |
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| Rail-Mounted Reels | |
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| Stand-Up Outfits | |
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| Wire-Line Gear | |
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| Spinning Tackle | |
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| Fly-Fishing | |
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| Selecting Tackle | |
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| Connections | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Gear Checklist | |
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| Offshore Trolling | |
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| General Preparations and Perspective | |
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| Rigging for Trolling | |
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| Deploying Trolling Gear | |
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| Safely Boating Your Catch | |
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| Selected Trolling Specialties | |
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| A Few Last Tricks and Tips | |
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| Gear Checklist | |
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| Adrift or Anchored | |
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| Attracting Fish to Your Boat | |
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| Fundamental Techniques of Stationary Hook-and-Line Fishing | |
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| Fishing Scenarios | |
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| A Word of Caution | |
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| Gear Checklist | |
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| Dinghy Techniques | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Fishing from Shore | |
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| Wading the Shallows | |
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| Intermediate Depths near Shore | |
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| Offshore Dinghy Specialties | |
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| Rigging Tips for Dinghy Fishing | |
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| Gear Checklist | |
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| Walking, Wading, and Diving | |
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| Where Do You Start? | |
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| Walking and Wading | |
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| Diving for Dinner | |
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| Gear Checklist | |
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| Hand Tools, Traps, Nets, and Other Assorted Gear | |
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| Gathering by Hand and with Simple Tools | |
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| Harpoons | |
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| Shooting through the Air | |
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| Stunning Methods | |
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| Using Animals | |
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| Hookless Line Fishing | |
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| More Tricks for Attracting and Aggregating | |
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| Single-Event Snares and Traps | |
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| Catching Seafood in the Air | |
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| Long-Handled Dip and Bully Nets | |
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| Traps | |
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| Dredges and Beam, Bottom, and Midwater Trawls | |
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| Nets for Scooping and Lifting | |
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| Seine and Encircling Nets | |
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| Gill and Entangling Nets | |
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| Cast Nets | |
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| Making and Repairing Nets | |
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| Gear Checklist | |
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| Modifying Your Vessel for Fishing | |
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| Clamps, Mounts, and Lanyards for Line Dispensers | |
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| Rod Holders | |
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| Securing Downriggers, Upriggers, and Outriggers | |
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| Superstructure | |
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| Afterdeck, Bowguard, and Rubrails | |
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| Fish-Cleaning Tables | |
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| Small Conveniences That Make a Big Difference | |
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| That All-Important Barbecue | |
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| Dive Tanks | |
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| (Mostly) Horizontal Racks and Holders | |
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| Fish Boxes and Bags | |
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| Interior Storage | |
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| The Wide World of Live Bait Wells | |
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| Cold Storage for the Avid Fishing Cruiser | |
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| Fishing Electronics | |
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| Gear Checklist | |
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| Processing Your Catch | |
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| The Biochemistry of Seafood Quality | |
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| From Ocean to Cleaning Table | |
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| General Handling | |
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| Tools of the Trade: Get 'Em and Keep 'Em Sharp | |
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| Gutting and Gilling Fish | |
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| Cleaning Fish | |
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| Processing Invertebrates | |
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| Preparing for Cold Storage | |
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| Chilling, Freezing, and Thawing | |
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| Canning | |
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| Curing Seafood by Drying, Salting, and Smoking | |
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| Alternative Seafood Processing | |
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| Gear Checklist | |
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| Medical Considerations for the Cruising Fisher | |
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| Common (and Not So Common) Fishing Injuries | |
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| Other Ailments Caused by Fishing | |
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| Review of General Fishing-Tool Safety Measures | |
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| Diving-Related and Other Injuries | |
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| Galley Injuries and Ailments | |
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| Keeping Everything in Perspective | |
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| Getting the Most from Your New Cruising Skill | |
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| Sink Everyone's Boat but Mine | |
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| Respect and Conservation Revisited | |
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| Replenishing the Cruising Kitty | |
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| Survival Fishing | |
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| Catch-and-Release and Light Versus Heavy Tackle | |
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| Social Facilitation | |
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| Intellectual Stimulation | |
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| The Successful Cruiser-Fisher | |
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| A Guide to Edible Fish and Invertebrates | |
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| Bony Fishes (Phylum Chordata, Class Osteichthyes) | |
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| Sharks and Rays (Phylum Chordata, Class Chondrichthys) | |
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| Sea Turtles (Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia, Family Chelonidae) | |
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| Invertebrate Seafood | |
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| More Seafood Recipes | |
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| Starters | |
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| Soups and Chowders | |
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| Main Courses | |
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| Construction and Use of an Umu, or Underground Oven | |
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| The Simple Approach | |
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| Sources for Fishing and Related Gear | |
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| Saltwater Fishing Specialists | |
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| Major Boating-Supply Companies | |
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| Commercial and Heavy-Duty Equipment Suppliers | |
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| Unique Hand-Operated Winches | |
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| General Outfitters | |
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| Diving and Spearfishing Supplies | |
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| Cold-Storage Equipment and Installation | |
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| Custom Marine-Metal Fabrication | |
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| And If You Just Happen to Be Out in the Middle of the South Pacific | |
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| International Gear Sources by Country | |
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| Sources for Miscellaneous Products | |
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| Further Reading and Information | |
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| Books | |
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| Periodicals | |
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| Organizations and Associations | |
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| Other Sources | |
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| The Wonderful World of Fly-Fishing | |
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| Inexpensive Gear That Will Catch Just about Anything | |
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| Assemble Your Gear and Load the Line | |
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| Stretch Your Fly Line | |
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| Practice Casting | |
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| So You Want to Learn More | |
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| Fishing-Reel Maintenance and Repair | |
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| Spinning Reels | |
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| Penn International Big-Game Reels | |
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| Other Reels and Winches | |
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| A Few Last Tips | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |