Fishing yesterday's Gulf Coast /
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| Author / Creator: | Farley, Barney, 1894- |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2002. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 148 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gulf Coast studies ; no. 3 Gulf Coast studies ; no. 3. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11244536 |
| Summary: | Renowned fishing guide Barney Farley worked the Texas coastal waters out of Port Aransas for more than half a century. In these stories and reflections, Farley imparts a lifetime of knowledge about fish_silver trout, sand trout, speckled trout, redfish, ling, catfish, jack, kingfish, you name it_and gives advice about how to fish, where to fish, and when to fish. <br> Perhaps no one could chronicle the changes in sport and commercial fishing along the Central Texas Coast more ably and more passionately than Farley. When he came to Texas in 1910, he reported that he could get in a rowboat and using only a push pole, make his way "to the fishing grounds and catch a hundred pounds or more of trout and redfish" in a few hours. A couple of years later, the shrimp trawlers arrived. As they plied the Gulf in increasing numbers, they depleted the shrimp populations in the bays, and Farley watched the fish move farther and farther offshore, following their ever more elusive food source. <br> From his perspective in the mid1960s, Farley was not satisfied simply to lament the disappearance of onceabundant species. He also strongly voiced his views on the need for conservation. Many of the problems he identified are still with us, and some of the solutions he prescribed have since been adopted. <br> This book is both an appealing reminiscence and a cautionary tale. Anyone who cares about fishing and the health of the Gulf's waters will find an authoritative and completely engaging voice in Barney Farley. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 148 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| ISBN: | 9781603443913 1603443916 1585441651 1585441996 9781603440462 9781585441655 |