The title of the book is of the essence: if you want to fish
in the Mediterranean successfully you really need to know what you’re doing.
Whether targeting bluefin tuna with poppers and heavy rods, amberjacks with
live squid, leerfish with spinning gear or pan-size seabream with natural
baits, this book with its approximately 70 pages of technical advice provides
details of the best methods for all kinds of large and small predators.
Jürgen Oeder is indebted to skippers and local fishermen for
many of the easy-to-understand tips described in this book, such as fishing on
the surface for seabream species with a “SpongeBob”. This entails sewing a lump
of household sponge into a nylon net which is saturated with sardine oil and
attached to the end of your main line. When cast carefully with two baited
traces attached to it, the sponge serves simultaneously as weight, float and
attractant – easy if you know how!
The first section of the book contains some 60 pages of
information on the best fishing destinations and at what times to fish in
Croatia and Spain. It also provides coordinates for numerous wrecks suitable
for bottom fishing. The final third of the book describes 45 of the most
important fish species and recommendations on how to cook them – to ensure that
successful fathers and sons know what their catch is called. A bright idea: the
author has classified the various species according to their habitat and
appearance, for instance multi-coloured to multi-coloured, demersal fish to
demersal fish, which facilitates identification.
Successful Fishing in the Mediterranean 2nd updated edition Soft-shell 196 pages, 240 photographs, graphics and maps Price: 19.99 € Order direct from the author: www.juergen-oeder.com
