Author: Chris Shaffer
Publisher: SHAFDOG PUBLICATIONS, Jan 2003
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 0-9712814-1-6
Synopsis
Central California fishing will never be the same! Exhaustively researched fishing guide on Central CA., spanning from Santa Barbara to San Jose, Bakersfield to Stockton & Mojave to Sonora Pass will help even the most hard-core anglers learn new tricks. Details 380+ lakes, rivers and streams. Full color guide - 500+ color photos; 6x9 inches, 502 pgs.
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Central California fishing will never be the same! This exhaustively researched fishing guide on Central California, spanning from Santa Barbara to San Jose, Bakersfield to Stockton and Mojave to Sonora Pass will help even the most hard-core anglers learn new tricks. The book details more than 380 lakes, rivers and streams. The full color guide has more than 500 color photos.
REVIEWS
Pete Thomas, LA Times, September 2002
Without a doubt, the book is a handy reference guide. The glossy book is well researched and informative guide.
LA Daily News, August, 2002
Chris Shaffer has transformed himself into one of the country's best outdoors writers.
Gary Voet, Sacramento Bee, October 2002
"The book is one of the most comprehensive fishing guides ever written about the region."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The founder of the "Definitive Guides" to California outdoors, Chris Shaffer has spent the last seven years of his life exploring, investigating and documenting more than 1,075 lakes, rivers, streams, ponds and waterfalls throughout California. The California native is a graduate of Cal State Northridge and Crespi High in Encino. Chris Shaffer has taken an active role reporting on California outdoors. Currently in print, The Definitive Guide to Fishing in Southern California and The Definitive Guide to Fishing Central California will be followed by The Definitive Guide to the Waterfalls of Southern and Central California this spring. A former LA Times sportswriter, Shaffer is also working on two more books. The Definitive Guide to the Waterfalls of Northern California and The Definitive Guide to Fishing Northern California are poised for a winter 2004 release. Shaffer's work extends far beyond the book business. Aside from running a publishing company and writing books he is a regular guest on California Sportsmen radio with Sep Hendrickson and other local radio shows. Shaffer also is a columnist and contributor for Fishing and Hunting News, a freelance consultant for the California Department of Fish and Game and performs seminars at several International Sportsmen's Exposition. A member of the Outdoor Writers Association of California and Outdoor Writer Association of America Shaffer also contributes to several newspapers and magazines, including the Los Angeles Daily News, Ojai Valley news, California Game and Fish and Outdoor California magazine.
