02287cam a2200265 4500 348075610 TxAuBib 20180531120000.0 970117s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 97004128 9780896723771 cloth : alk. paper 0896723771 cloth : alk. paper (OCoLC)36292904 TxAuBib Grigar, Rudy, 1915- Plugger : wade fishing the Gulf Coast / Rudy Grigar ; introduced and edited by W.R. McAfee. Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, 1997. xi, 201 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes index. 1. The Education of a Plug Fisherman -- 2. When Bays Were Filled with Redfish -- 3. The 1951 Fish Freeze -- 4. The Laguna Madre's Great Eighth Pass -- 5. Watching the Decline of Game Fish Along the Texas Coast -- 6. The Last Great Wade Fishing Spot in the Gulf -- 7. Oysters Teach Me a Lesson in Conservation -- 8. How Greed Almost Decimated the Gulf's Redfish -- 9. Why Texas Must Open the Laguna Madre -- 10. Our Coastal Wetlands Can't Take Much More Pollution -- 11. Support Your Game Warden -- 12. Shark: The Devil of the Sea -- 13. Watch Your Step in the Gulf -- 14. Boats for the New Breed of Wade Fisherman -- 15. Rules of the Road in the Gulf -- 16. How to Find Saltwater Game Fish -- 17. Good Guides Are Worth the Money -- 18. Fish with the Tides -- 19. How to Wade Fish a Shell Reef -- 20. Reels for the Wade Fisherman -- 21. Fishing Rods for Wade Fishermen -- 22. Lures for the Wade Fisherman -- 23. How to Wade Fish a Saltwater Lure -- 24. Color and Fish -- 25. The Right Fishing Line -- 26. Use Good Single Hooks -- 27. One Knot Ties Your Lures -- 28. Bucktails and Dry Rinds Catch Fish, Too -- 29. Use the Right Leader and Swivel -- 30. Wade Fishing Equipment and Clothing -- 31. My Million Pounds of Fish -- 32. Caring for Your Catch -- 33. Preparing Your Fish and Game. Rudy Grigar shares the experiences he has had while saltwater wadefishing in the coastal waters of Texas and Louisiana. 20180531. Surf fishing Gulf Coast (U.S.) McAfee, W. R., 1942-