SURF FISHING THE ATLANTIC COAST. By Eric B. Burnley. Second Edition.

(1989) 2006 2nd edition. 8vo paperback (152 x 229mm). Pp188. B/w photographs and illustrations.

This book "is the guide every surf fisher, beginner to veteran, needs. Expert surf caster Eric Burnley offers the most up to date information available on tackle, baits and casting technique". Rods, reels, line and lures; all about baits; casting basics; rigging and driving a surf-fishing vehicle; where the fish are and how to find them; where and when various species of fish show up along the surf; access points along the coast from Maine to Florida. Lots of useful advice (apart from the stuff about pick-up trucks), mostly diectly transferable to this side of the Atlantic: same ocean, similar latitudes, similar fish.