Caught Me a Big'Un...and Then I Let Him Go!
Jimmy Houston's Bass Fishing Tips
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Jimmy Houston
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Jimmy Houston
About this listen
One of the best-known, most-loved TV fishing personalities, Jimmy Houston has become a bass legend. Two-time winner of the B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year award, Jimmy now brings you A of the wonderful, entertaining, and instructive stories he's gathered over the years....
Anyone who loves fishing - on a lake, pond, river, or ocean - is guaranteed to love Jimmy Houston's insightful, instructive, and laugh-out-loud funny tips and tales. Whether he's fishing with sports or political celebrities or his children, Jimmy proves there's no story like a fish story, and here are his best-packed with all the know - how that has made his name a legend.
Discover the secrets of tournament fishermen from Jimmy and other award-winning pros; get the lowdown on tackle, baits, and boats; and find out why the best anglers know that you have to understand fish in order to catch them (and how you can, too!), and more. From that first tug on the line to the last cast of the day, every angler will love Jimmy's bass fishing tips and anecdotes. Get in the boat with the master - and turn those tall tales into reality.
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Story5 out of 5 stars 140
Fly fishermen everywhere will enjoy these varied, witty, and engaging adventures by one of America’s finest outdoor writers. There is a long section on trout fishing called "Brookies, Browns, and Bows", and another on the challenges and excitement of saltwater fly fishing, and an exciting group of memoirs about fishing near home and in far-flung and often exotic places - like the Minipi, Bighorn, and Norfolk rivers, where the trout can beggar the imagination, and where frustration can be the occupational hazard.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hidden Gems of Fishing
- By C. Smith on 10-28-15
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Should the Tent Be Burning Like That?
- A Professional Amateur's Guide to the Outdoors
- By: Bill Heavey
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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For more than 20 years, Heavey has staked a claim as one of America's best sportsmen writers. In feature stories and his Field & Stream column A Sportsman's Life, he has taken audiences across the country and beyond to experience his triumphs and failures as a suburban dad who happens to love hunting and fishing. This new collection gathers together a wide range of his best work - tales that are odes to the notion that enthusiasm is more important than skill and testaments to the enduring power of the natural world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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one of the best storytellers of all time!
- By Adam on 12-16-17
By: Bill Heavey
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The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw
- By: Patrick McManus
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Patrick McManus, author of How I Got This Way and one of America's favorite humorists, is an impish commentator on the obvious and not so obvious absurdities of modern life. His national best seller, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, is a collection of hilarious short pieces about fishing, its exotic equipment, and activities like "gunkholing". You will learn, for example, that the best way to learn to fish is to build an addition to your house first.
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1 out of 5 stars
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slow, monotone country reader
- By Laura on 06-28-16
By: Patrick McManus
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The Founding Fish
- By: John McPhee
- Narrated by: John McPhee
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Few fish are as beloved, or as obsessed over, as the American shad. Although shad spend most of their lives in salt water, they enter rivers by the hundreds of thousands in the spring and swim upstream heroic distances in order to spawn, then return to the ocean.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Read and released.
- By Darwin8u on 11-14-14
By: John McPhee
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Astream
- American Writers on Fly Fishing
- By: Robert DeMott - editor
- Narrated by: Brian Morris
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Jim Harrison, Pam Houston, Ted Leeson, Nick Lyons, Thomas McGuane, and more, share stories of fly fishing and life on the river. This marvelous collection features stories from some of America’s finest and most respected writers about one of the world’s most solitary and satisfying sports: fly fishing. For the first time, the stories of thirty-one acclaimed writers including Kim Barnes, Walter Bennett, Russell Chatham, Guy de la Valdne, Robert DeMott, Chris Dombrowski, Ron Ellis, Jim Fergus, Kate Fox, Charles Gaines, Bruce Guernsey, Jim Harrison, Pam Houston, Michael Keaton, Greg Keeler, Sydney Lea, Ted Leeson, Nick Lyons, Craig Mathews, Thomas McGuane, Joseph Monninger, Howard Frank Mosher, Jake Mosher, Craig Nova, Margot Page, Datus Proper, Le Anne Schreiber, Paul Schullery, W. D. Wetherell, and Robert Wrigley come together in one collection. Fly fishers and non-fly fishers alike will recognize in these poignant tales the universal aspects of the appreciation of nature, the necessity of conservation, and the joy and knowledge that come from time spent on fresh and salt water. This is a delightful, handsome volume that captures the allure and spirit of fly fishing and those that love it.
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Flowery nonsense
- By 964a5 on 05-10-13
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Bright Rivers
- Celebrations of Rivers and Fly-fishing
- By: Nick Lyons
- Narrated by: Dennis Holland
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Bright Rivers chronicles the angling passions and frustrations of one of fly-fishing's greatest men of letters. A city dweller trapped in the complexities of modern life, Nick Lyons has always found solace in his pilgrimages to great rivers. It is there that he fishes for trout, and in Bright Rivers, Lyons recounts the sometimes moving, sometimes hilarious experiences of his expeditions to the Delaware, Beaverkill, Madison, Big Hole, and Yellowstone rivers, sharing reminiscences of trout taken, released, and sometimes lost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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First Nick Lyons Book and Quite Satisfied
- By Brian Kurtz on 04-21-22
By: Nick Lyons
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If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat?
- Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of Suburbia
- By: Bill Heavey
- Narrated by: Ian Patrick Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Whether he is accidentally cooking his brain with hand warmers or yanking his lure away from a trophy fish just before it takes the bait, Bill Heavey can do no right. For almost a decade, he has chronicled his incompetence on the back page of Field & Stream, where his hilarious dispatches about life as a hapless outdoorsman who lives in suburbia have earned him legions of fans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- By Jon Hiltz on 07-21-18
By: Bill Heavey
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How to Think Like a Fish
- And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling
- By: Jeremy Wade
- Narrated by: Jeremy Wade
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In his best-selling first book, Jeremy Wade, the star of the hit TV series River Monsters, memorably recounted his adventures on six continents in pursuit of fish of staggering proportions and terrifying demeanor. Now "the greatest angling explorer of his generation" (Independent on Sunday) returns to delight listeners with a book of an entirely different sort, the book he was always destined to write - the distillation of a life spent fishing. Thoughtful and funny, brimming with wisdom and above all, adventure, these are pitch-perfect reflections....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Meh- ok....
- By Mr. Crunchy on 08-23-19
By: Jeremy Wade
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Kerplunk!
- Stories
- By: Patrick F. McManus
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The stories in Kerplunk! travel the byways and highways of the Pacific Northwest, bringing to life offbeat, down-home characters who hope their grandchildren can pick the lock on the gun safe because they've forgotten the combination, who know exactly why it costs $500 to make a fly lure that retails for $2, and who aren't afraid to confront the problems of bird-dog flatulence.
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3 out of 5 stars
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narrator nightmare
- By David on 12-09-07
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Wildlife Wars
- The Life and Times of a Fish and Game Warden
- By: Terry Grosz
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In Wildlife Wars, Terry Grosz serves up fascinating stories - alternately hair-raising, hilarious, and heart-wrenching - from his 30-year struggle to protect wildlife in America. A natural storyteller, Grosz writes about the remarkable characters he met - on both sides of the law - as he matched wits with elk poachers, salmon snaggers, commercial-market duck hunters, and a host of other law-breakers. Best of all, though, these stories are so remarkably entertaining you won't want to put them down.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Title should be: "reckless egomaniac tells lies"
- By ross on 03-01-17
By: Terry Grosz
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The Hungry Ocean
- By: Linda Greenlaw
- Narrated by: Linda Greenlaw
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In his number-one best seller The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger describes Linda Greenlaw as "one of the best sea captains, period, on the East Coast." Now Greenlaw tells her own riveting story of a 30 day swordfishing voyage aboard one of the best-outfitted boats on the East Coast, complete with danger, humor, and characters so colorful they seem to have been ripped from the pages of Moby Dick. The excitement starts immediately, even before Greenlaw and her five-man crew leave the dock.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Fun Listen and Enjoyable Listen
- By S. Perry on 12-10-08
By: Linda Greenlaw
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The Good Samaritan Strikes Again
- By: Patrick McManus
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Let the world's funniest sportsman tickle your funny bone with quirky homespun stories and whimsical perspectives on life. Patrick F. McManus gently pokes fun at the oddities of sacred institutions like friendship, marriage, and even hunting and fishing. Soon his crazy theories start making sense, and you know you've crossed the border into McManus country, where life is a little lighter - and much more amusing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Positive, clean, funny stories - brighten your day
- By Diana on 01-11-14
By: Patrick McManus
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Racing the Rain
- A Novel
- By: John L. Parker Jr.
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Quenton Cassidy's first foot races are with nature itself: the summer storms that sweep through his subtropical neighborhood. Shirtless, barefoot, and brown as a berry, Cassidy is a skinny, mouthy kid with aspirations to be a great athlete. As he explores his primal surroundings along the Loxahatchee River and the nearby Atlantic Ocean, he is befriended by Trapper Nelson, "the Tarzan of the Loxahatchee", a well-known eccentric who lives off the land.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I just finished reading it again!
- By Jonathan on 01-11-16
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Father Water, Mother Woods
- Essays on Fishing and Hunting in the North Woods
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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These essays recount his adventures alone and with friends, taking listeners through the seasons. In Paulsen’s north country, every expedition is a major one, and often hilarious. Once again Gary Paulsen demonstrates why he is one of America’s most beloved writers, for he shows us fishing and hunting as pleasure, as art, as companionship, and as source of life’s deepest lessons.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So True
- By J. C. Howard on 04-29-15
By: Gary Paulsen
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The Deep Blue Good-By
- A Travis McGee Novel, Book 1
- By: John D. MacDonald
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,882
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4,331
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He's a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He's also a knight errant who's wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: he'll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Before the A-Team, there was Travis McGee
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 11-12-16
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Golf's Sacred Journey
- Seven Days at the Links of Utopia
- By: David L. Cook
- Narrated by: Herschel Miller
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Join David Cook—world-renowned sports and performance psychologist, speaker, and bestselling author—as he teaches you that in golf and in life, it's time to get out of your own way and let your true self shine. Based on thousands of athletes Cook has counseled and great mentors and teachers from whom he has learned, Golf's Sacred Journey is told through the lives of two characters—a rancher with a passion for teaching truth and a young golf professional at the end of his rope.
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1 out of 5 stars
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More Religion than Golf.
- By Mike Burke on 07-08-10
By: David L. Cook
What listeners say about Caught Me a Big'Un...and Then I Let Him Go!
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- Rusty Shackleford
- 03-01-19
Genuine
Jimmy Houston has a way with words that will get you imagination going and make you think you are on the boat right there with him. His calm voice and fishing experience is priceless. I only wish he had more audio books out as I could listen to them for years. Definately worth the money, loved it.
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- Jeremy N.
- 01-27-16
if you love fishing, you will love this book!
great book with funny stories and helpful information. I think Jimmy Huston is a great guy who loves the sport
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- Mike Kalinowski
- 01-21-21
worth a listen
Can't wait to listen to it again. Jimmy makes it well worth every penny.
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- Aaron
- 07-22-14
Jam-packed with Information
In an hour and a half Jimmy Houston engages the reader and passes on a lifetime of expertise. Advanced and Beginner alike will get something from tho book.
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- Robert Bratt
- 05-06-20
excellent, easy to listen to. Jimmy does fabulous
I loved listening to jimmy Huston. he really should do more narrations. will listen to this over and over.
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- Mr. Crunchy
- 09-06-19
Great, but short
Great tips, stories, methods, etc. Good for a beginner to intermediate. JH does a great job with the book. Almost like a fireside chat from Uncle Jimmy. Just too short! I've listened to it twice so far; once to "listen" and the second to take notes and learn. Would recommend, but know its only 1.5 hrs.
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- Bonnie Johnson
- 06-05-18
Loved it!
Great storytelling & information told by Jimmy. Would like to find more books like this.
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- Michael
- 09-09-12
Great audio. Very good tips
If you could sum up Caught Me a Big'Un...and Then I Let Him Go! in three words, what would they be?
I loved this. I love fishing, and I loved hearing Jimmy Houston's take on it. He gave lots of great insight and advice.
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- Tay Joslin
- 07-22-20
What a Treasure Narrated by the Man Himself!
If you love Jimmy Houston Outdoors on television, then you'll love this audiobook! Jimmy's expertise and humor shine through as he narrates his best fishing advice and friendly tips... including how to encourage children who are just getting into fishing.
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