 Stars & Stripes Forever |
| Review Date: August 16, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Arthur Dipietro, Westhampton Beach, NY |
| Combine well honed invesigative skills with the passion borne of a life long love affair with the sport of pursuing, catching, releasing, nurturing and learning from the noble Linesider and you have a read, courtesy of Mr. Russell, that anyone who cares about the continued health of the Striped Bass, its habitat and the continued reclamation of our coastal waters will tear through then pick up and read once again. Bravo! |
Game Fish or Not? Read it and You Decide!
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| Review Date: March 23, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Montauk Dream'n, NE Coast |
| Excellent, comprehensive history of the fight to save this magnificent fish. If your a die hard striper fisherman, you should read this book. Also speaks to the present challenges facing the striper. |
Striper Wars-Awesome
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| Review Date: July 5, 2005 |
| Reviewer: James R. White, |
Dick Russell has captured one of the most acurate, historical accounts of what took place in the early 1980's to save the striped bass from near extinction. His recall of details is nothing short of amazing.
Striper Wars is extremely well written, entertaining, informative and above all a message that what happened 25 years ago could happen again.
If you are a striped bass angler you owe it to yourself to read Striper Wars- oen of the best historical accounts ever written about this amazing gamefish.
Capt Jim White |
An important book.
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| Review Date: June 30, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Michael J. Laptew, |
"Striper Wars" is well written, comprehensive and insightful...as much a celebration of the striped bass as a story about its recovery.
The book is a must-read for any angler who understands the allure of stripers and striper fishing, and it's also a call to arms for a grassroots push for effective ecosystem-wide management.
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Could not put it down
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| Review Date: August 2, 2005 |
| Reviewer: William J. Nolan Jr., Warwick, Rhode Island USA |
I want to thank, Capt.Jim White, Bob pond, Dick Russell and a host of others for there tireless efforts to keep the greatest fish in the world around for all of us to catch! The book is fantastic..Read it!
Bill "eelman" Nolan Jr |
Understanding the love of fishing
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| Review Date: December 28, 2005 |
| Reviewer: J. Halvorsen, Rhode Island, USA |
| If you fish, you'll love this book. If you don't fish (but have a loved one that does) you'll love this book. Dick Russell chronicles the history of saving the bass in a noncomplicated, factual, way. He also includes the personalities of members of both sides. It makes you stop and wonder what humans are doing to our environment. If you do stop and think, it can be downright scary. Anecedotes are included about individual fisherman that let you recognize your own fisherman in your family. You wonder who wrote the anecdote(Russell or your fisherman). You end up appreciating the fish and its waters and hopefully understand that it is everyone's responsibility to protect all. Catch and release! |
striper wars must read for those who care about the environment
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| Review Date: July 3, 2005 |
| Reviewer: T. Cannon, Sacramento, CA USA |
| Striper wars is about a subject very close to my heart and life - saving the environment. I was surprised to find that it also goes beyond by describing how people actually struggle their whole lives to protect things the vast majority of us care about but a small minority control and are willing to decimate for their own personal gain. The book also brings out how we can't let our guard down or trust that once the battle is won that things will be any different when the next battle begins - the war to save our environment is never over. |
A must read for striped bass conservation
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| Review Date: August 4, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Richard Chan, Staten Island, NY USA |
| This is a great book, full of history on the never ending fight to save the striped bass. Even a better read for me as I've met and spoken to a couple of the folks in the book. Striped bass game fish status now! |
Striper Wars - story of bringing the striped sea bass back from the brink
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| Review Date: November 19, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Alan Holyoak, In the shadow of the Tetons |
"Striper Wars" is extraordinary for two reasons. First of all, Russell does a great job of explaining the significance of Atlantic striped bass to recreational fishermen, commercial fishermen, and to the marine ecology of the Atlantic coast of North America. Second, Russell was not just a researcher who set out to tell the tale of a tasty fish, he was a significant player in the grassroots efforts that were eventually successful in helping to publicize the plight of the striped sea bass.
The book is sometimes not quite as tightly written as I would prefer, but the story is there, easy to follow, and adequately documented. I was astounded when I read that by the time federal legislative action was undertaken, that there was only one year class of stripers out there, and that if action had not been taken, that we may have witnessed the permanent demise of this notable fish.
"Striper Wars" will be of interest to legislators, sport and commercial fishermen (though the latter may not like the underlying theme), ecologists, and others who are interested in the state of the environment.
I read this book immediately after reading "The Most Important Fish in the Sea" by H. Bruce Franklin, and that is a powerful one-two combination.
I highly recommend both books!
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Good book with some caveats
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| Review Date: April 29, 2006 |
| Reviewer: A. V. Fernando, North Carolina |
The author was a critical part of the movement in the 1980's to establish conservation measures for the East Coast Striped Bass population. The first chapters provide a historical background for the near collapse of the bass population in the early 1980's. Persons interested in environmental movements will find interesting Russell's description of how he along with other environmentalists caused first increases in the minimum capture length, and then a moritorium on landing the bass in several states. The first part of the book also reveals with honesty, the sport fishing bias of the author. There is also a touching story about a handmade surfcasting rod.
Blaming commercial fishing on all of the bass's ills, is misguided. The author shows plenty of evidence that land based agriculture and development have huge impacts on the bass's spawning grounds, but strangely his efforts do not lead him to action wrt this aspect of the problem. Indeed, he shows little real interest in the California population of the Striped Bass, which hasn't been landed commercially since the '70s.
Further, implying that a restricted fishery practiced only in NC and VA can be the cause of alleged problems with the Menhaden population of the entire east coast is silly.
Overall, though, this is a good read for a recreational fisherman or anyone with an interest in the environment. |
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