Fishing yesterday's Gulf Coast / by legendary guide Barney Farley ; with historic postcards from the collection of Jim Moloney and drawings by Keith Farley ; foreword by George S. Hawn ; introduction by Larry McEachron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farley, Barney, 1894-

Contributor:

Moloney, Jim.

Farley, Keythe.

Hawn, George S.

McEachron, L. W.

Series:

Gulf Coast studies ; no. 3.

Gulf Coast studies ; no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Farley, Barney, 1894-.

Farley, Barney.

Fishing--Texas--Gulf Coast.

Fishing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

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. 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. 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. 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.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""About Barney Farley""; ""Introduction""; ""Ch1. President Rooseveltas I Knew Him""; ""Ch2. The Truth about Fishing""; ""Ch3. Laguna Madre""; ""Ch4. Castles in the Sea""; ""Ch5. Fly Rod Fishing""; ""Ch6. Skipjacks on a Fly Rod""; ""Ch7. Tarpon""; ""Ch8. A Winter Fishing Story""; ""Ch9. How to Own an Outboard Motorboat and still be popular""; ""Ch10. Tackle""; ""Ch11. Surf Fishing""; ""Ch12. Kingfish""; ""Ch13. Trout Fishing""; ""Ch14. Redfish""; ""Ch15. Trout and Reds along a Channel Shoreline""; ""Ch16. Drum""; ""Ch17. Rod Benders: Jack Crevalle and Pompano""

""Ch18. Choice Food: Jewfish and Sheepshead""""Ch19. Males That Incubate""; ""Ch20. Other Fish in the Sea""; ""Ch21. Crab Fishing""; ""Ch22. Sharks I Have Met""; ""Ch23. Big Shark, Little Boat""; ""Ch24. I Fished at the End of a Rainbow""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-60344-391-6