fishing: References & Edit History
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Among the most comprehensive and useful considerations of fishing are A.J. McClane (ed.), McClane’s New Standard Fishing Encyclopedia and International Angling Guide, enlarged and rev. 2nd ed. (1974, reissued 1988); Joseph D. Bates, Jr., Fishing, new ed., rev. and enlarged (1985); Ken Schultz, Ken Schultz’s Fishing Encyclopedia: Worldwide Angling Guide (2000); and Darrel Martin, The Fly Fisher’s Craft: The Art and History (2006).
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- Terence Barrington Thomas
- Frank E. Keating
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Robert Lee Petri
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: Biology LibreTexts - Recreational Fishing and Keep Fish Wet. | Mar 15, 2026 | ||
| Questions and cross-references added and article updated. | Feb 04, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - A Guide to Fishing for the First Time. | Nov 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pressbooks at Virginia Tech - Fish, Fishing, and Conservation - Recreational Fishing and Keep Fish Wet (PDF). | Sep 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Recreational fishing, health and well-being: findings from a cross-sectional survey. | Aug 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - The future of recreational fisheries: Advances in science, monitoring, management, and practice (PDF). | Feb 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Recreational Fishing: Its Expansion, Its Economic Value, and Aquaculture's Role in Sustaining It (PDF). | Dec 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Ethics - Sport fishing. | Oct 10, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Recreational Fishing and Keep Fish Wet. | Dec 15, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: History of Fishing. | Mar 13, 2019 | ||
| Added video. | Oct 29, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Fishing. | Apr 25, 2013 | ||
| Photo of fly-fishing lures added. | Feb 24, 2011 | ||
| Added image of bluefish. | Nov 25, 2009 | ||
| Bibliography updated. | Jun 23, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 23, 2009 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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