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Fish of Colorado Field Guide

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This field guide, organized by family, features detailed illustrations and information to help readers quickly and easily identify Colorado fish.
  • 16 May 2007
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Go Fishing with Colorado’s Famous Identification Guide!

Fishing is a perfect outdoors activity for all ages and skill levels, and the Centennial State is an angler’s paradise. Reel in fish, and make identifying your catches a snap. The Fish of Colorado Field Guide by Dan Johnson features detailed information about 85 species of Colorado fish. When you’re not sure what you caught, grab the handy guide and narrow your choices by family. Then identify your prize with the intricately detailed fish illustrations. Further verify the type of fish using the “Similar Species” comparisons.

Book Features:

  • Detailed information about 85 species
  • Professional-quality illustrations—perfect for fish identification
  • Fascinating facts on spawning behavior, feeding habits, and more
  • Fishing tips and inside information for easily locating fishing hotspots
  • Bonus resources such as state fishing records and answers to frequently asked questions

Grab the Fish of Colorado Field Guide for your next angling adventure. It’s essential for every tackle box, beach bag, RV, and cabin. Plus, its convenient size makes it perfect for the dock or boat.

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Price: $14.95
Pages: 176
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Imprint: Adventure Publications
Series: Fish Identification Guides
Publication Date: 16 May 2007
Trim Size: 6.00 X 4.38 in
ISBN: 9781591932048
Format: Paperback
BISACs: NATURE / Animals / Fish, Zoology: fishes (ichthyology), TRAVEL / United States / West / Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY), NATURE / Regional, REFERENCE / Handbooks & Manuals, SPORTS & RECREATION / Fishing, NATURE / Reference, Wildlife: aquatic creatures: general interest, Fishing, angling
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Dan Johnson is an author and lifelong student of freshwater fish and fishing. For nearly two decades he has brought North American anglers breaking news on the latest scientific research, fishing techniques and related technology. Dan is a longtime attendee of American Fisheries Society annual conferences and related symposia. He is a syndicated weekly newspaper columnist, and has published more than 200 feature articles nationwide in the pages of North American Fisherman, Walleye In-Sider and other publications. Dan has also made numerous fishing-related TV appearances on ESPN2. Above all, he is a passionate angler who enjoys spending time on the water with his family, patterning fish behavior and observing how these fascinating creations interact with one another in the underwater web of life.

How To Use This Book

Fish Identification

Fish Anatomy

Fish Names

About Colorado Fish

Frequently Asked Questions

Whirling Disease

Fun With Fish

Opportunities For Nonresidents

Catch-And-Release Fishing

Fish Measurement

Colorado State Record Fish

Fish Consumption Advisories

Sample Page

Catfish Family

Drum Family

Eel Family

Herring Family

Minnow Family

Perch Family

Pike Family

Salmon Family

Sculpin Family

Silverside Family

Smelt Family

Stickleback Family

Sucker Family

Sunfish Family

Temperate Bass Family

Topminnow Family

Glossary

Index

Helpful Resources

About the Author