Virginia Fishing Guide

by Bob Gooch

Overview

In this second edition of Bob Gooch’s Virginia Fishing Guide, M. W. Smith offers an updated version of a classic work of Virginia outdoor literature. Providing a new preface and appendices, Smith also recasts the volume’s introduction and site listings to reflect such changes as new "catch and release only" designations and stocking schedules (for trout streams). This edition features a fresh design with new maps and photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813931258
Publisher:	University of Virginia Press
Publication date:	08/29/2011
Edition description:	second edition
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	1,040,350
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Bob Gooch (1919–2006) was a freelance outdoor writer whose many publications include Lake Fishing in Virginia and Enjoying Virginia Outdoors (both Virginia). M. W. Smith is Professor of English at Bluefield State College and the author of a number of fishing guides, including Fishing the New River Valley,Fishing the Roanoke Valley, and Fishing the Shenandoah Valley (all Virginia). He is the proprietor of Greasy Creek Outfitters, a fishing guide service and retailer based in Floyd, Virginia.

Editorial Reviews

"Until now, no book covered the state’s major fishing waters from the mountains of Southwest Virginia to the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.... Anglers who want to fish water they aren’t familiar with sing [Gooch’s] praises, because the Virginia Fishing Guide is the road map to both the obscure and the best-known places to fish in the Old Dominion.... A book that should be on the car seat of every Virginia angler."

Richmond Times-Dispatch

"If it swims in the waters of his home state, award-winning outdoor writer Bob Gooch tells you where to find it, what it will eat, and how big it will grow in this comprehensive look at fishing in Virginia.... If you’re fishing Virginia for the first time, this book will get you pointed in the right direction."

Salt Water Sportsman

"If it swims in the waters of his home state, award-winning outdoor writer Bob Gooch tells you where to find it, what it will eat, and how big it will grow in this comprehensive look at fishing in Virginia.... If you’re fishing Virginia for the first time, this book will get you pointed in the right direction." "—Salt Water Sportsman

"Until now, no book covered the state’s major fishing waters from the mountains of Southwest Virginia to the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.... Anglers who want to fish water they aren’t familiar with sing [Gooch’s] praises, because the Virginia Fishing Guide is the road map to both the obscure and the best-known places to fish in the Old Dominion.... A book that should be on the car seat of every Virginia angler." "—Richmond Times-Dispatch

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