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Fishing Guide : A handbook for game fishing in South Florida. 1947 edition

Item

Title

Fishing Guide : A handbook for game fishing in South Florida. 1947 edition

Description

Tenth edition. Stuart, Florida : Stuart Daily News, 1941. Distributed by Martin County Chamber of Commerce. "A number of the illustrations reprinted from the Enterprise Mfg. Co. Pflueger Catalog... Underwater photographs courtesy Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida. Sailfish action photos courtesy Jack Whiticar, Port Sewall, and numerous seagull and sailfish pictures courtesy Curtis Whiticar, Port Sewall. Sailfish pictures page six courtesy Ned Schaefer, New York."

Includes articles "Game fishes of Martin County Florida" by Ernest Lyons; Marine data on the famous St. Lucie-Indian River Region; list of sailfish buttons and certificates given by the Stuart Sailfish Club; Florida fishing laws; Best baits and methods to catch Florida fish; and "What the experts say about Stuart". Includes lists of world record game fish, men's and women's records and an angler's log. Also features descriptions and drawings of fish in the waters in of Martin County, ads for local businesses and attractions, and photos and information related to fishing and waterways. Includes index.

Source

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow.

Publisher

Stuart Daily News

Date

1947

Contributor

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

126, [1] p. : illustrations ; 7.5 inches

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

Thurlow-StuartFG-1947
2023.001

Coverage

Original Format

Tags

Citation

Stuart Daily News, “Fishing Guide : A handbook for game fishing in South Florida. 1947 edition,” Martin Digital History, accessed May 19, 2024, https://martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/58.