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The Fish That Changed America: True Stories About the People Who Made Largemouth Bass Fishing an All-American Sport
The Fish That Changed America True Stories About the People Who Made Largemouth Bass Fishing an AllAmerican Sport Author:Steve Price Bass fishing changed from pastime to business in part because of competitive tournaments and the publicity they generated. That publicity, in turn, sparked a demand for more and more information from the tournament fishermen themselves?how they caught bass?so in essence, the sport fed upon itself. Author Steve Price has interviewed dozens of ang... more »lers over the past few years, and he fits each of their stories into a complicated puzzle that forms a comprehensive tale of competitive record holders and fishing industry insiders alike.
The Fish That Changed America, however, is not simply about tournament bass fishing, although some of the stories included here do involve competitive anglers. Rather, Price has tried to embrace a wider view of the entire sport, and show how different facets of bass fishing meshed so perfectly at the same time, leading to the state of the industry today. The participants?those who laid the foundation for what all bass anglers today enjoy?tell their own stories of what happened during those not-so-long-ago years. Thus, many of the stories included, such as the standing room-only funeral for a bass, touch on far-ranging topics that all anglers will enjoy.« less