Plugger: Wade Fishing the Gulf Coast

By Rudy Grigar

Book Overview

From a pioneer in catch-and-release and a legend in saltwater wade-fishing. Rudy Grigar, one of America's most notorious characters of saltwater wade-fishing, lends the inimitable voice of experience to these yester yarns of the coastal waters of Texas and Louisiana. A fisherman's fisherman, Grigar claimed to have caught more than a million pounds of fish in his sixty years along the coast. Yet fervent and abiding concern for those waters spurred his commitment to a catch-and-release policy for all fish under three pounds and to Gulf Coast conservation. His tales and tips are the bible of those now wading the Plugger's favorite spots.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896725103
• ISBN13: 9780896725102
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Very Good Book for the Wade Fisherman

Very good book for the wade fisherman from a man who lived and breathed fishing the coastal waters of Texas and Louisiana. Highly recommend.

Loved it!

Agree with the other reviews that this is not a "how to" book, it's primarily a biography. However, this guy is a fishing legend & I learned plenty. Found Rudy's life completely fascinating; what a character! His story explains much about what's happening today on the Texas Gulf Coast & why. Entertaining & educational... doesn't get much better than that. Could hardly put the book down. Highly recommend it.

Rudy Grigar's Grandson

I found this book very good. My grandpa has done a great job writing about his fishing, and i thought it was fun reading it. Great book.

A must read for coastal wade fishermen.

"Plugger" was written by a fisherman for fishermen. Rudy epitomizes the word sportsman and is not afraid of offending overly sensitive people by expressing his opinion on issues such as gill netting and poaching. He offers sound advice to those not familiar with fishing the gulf coast and invaluable tips to those fortunate enough to fish those same waters but lacking in his years of experience and observation. Rudy has retired from guiding so reading "Plugger" is as close as you will ever come to fishing with the legend.

LOST AND FOUND

RUDY. does a wonderful job describing Texas fishing. He does even a better job of telling everyone about how and why the wonderful wildlife and fishery on the Texas coast was almost destroyed by uneducated fishermen, an commerical intrest. He gives great tips to new fisherman and old. The book is a simple warning of how valuable our coastal enviroment is and how easy it can be lost again with out proper managment. This book should be required reading of anyone issued a Texas fishing license. It is not only the history of the birth of sport fishing but a lecture about how sportfishing was lost and the value of never over estimating how easy it can be lost again.