Born to Fish
eBook - ePub

Born to Fish

How an Obsessed Angler Became the World's Greatest Striped Bass Fisherman

  1. 198 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Born to Fish

How an Obsessed Angler Became the World's Greatest Striped Bass Fisherman

About this book

From RattleSinker inventor Grey Myerson, "an extraordinary story of one man's obsession, a tale of passion, brutality, tragedy, and redemption...a book about a love of fishing that tackles the deepest themes of life" (Helen Macdonald, author of Ā H is for Hawk).
Born to FishĀ tells the tale of a man who led a harrowing, sometimes dissolute life until he turned himself around, thanks to his rod and reel. Overcoming learning disabilities, substance abuse, and the violence associated with a father in the mob, Greg Myerson, a lifelong sport-fisherman, caught an 82-pound striped bass in 2011, shattering a world record that had stood for 29 years.Ā 
Without any training in biological research, he began studying the striped bass like a scientistā€”examining how it hunts, the food it eats, how its behavior is affected by moon phases and the cycles of the tidesā€”which led to the creation of the RattleSinker, the lure that helped him catch the record-setting bass. During an appearance on the TV showĀ  Shark Tank,Ā Mark Cuban bought a 33 percent share of Greg's company, World Record Striper Company.
Yet at the very instant he achieved his crowning glory as a striped bass fisherman, he had a staggering epiphany and instantly regretted killing the fish. Greg is now at the forefront of the effort to save the big striped bass, the most prolific breeders, and actively promotes no-kill catch-and-release tournaments.
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Information

Publisher
Mariner Books
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9780544787452
Print ISBN
9780544787247
Subtopic
Zoology

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Introduction
  6. At the Turning of the Tide
  7. Born to Fish
  8. Married to the Mob
  9. Trapper Greg
  10. A Big Fish
  11. Gridiron Glory
  12. El Cid
  13. Mob Justice
  14. Busted
  15. Herbā€™s Illness
  16. The Phantom
  17. The Rattler
  18. Wild Man
  19. Rasta Mon
  20. Into the West
  21. The Deerslayer
  22. After the Storm
  23. Wounded Tiger
  24. Rock Bottom
  25. Itā€™s Over
  26. Arrowhead
  27. Tournament Angler
  28. One More Drift
  29. Anatomy of a World-Record Catch
  30. Aftermath
  31. The Striped Bass Dilemma
  32. Entrepreneur
  33. So You Want to Be a TV Star?
  34. Into the Shark Tank
  35. The Pendulum Swings
  36. Epilogue
  37. Acknowledgments
  38. About the Author
  39. Connect with HMH

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