Need to add some bass books to the library in the "Reading Room" AKA toilet :-).  

What would be the must have books to enjoy reading and leaning about bass fishing.  Thanks

I recently search amazon.com for fishing books and came up with a few bass fishing books.

The easiest answer to your question would be as many as possible. Sure, some books will have overlapping information, but who cares.

I'll try to fish up the book titles when I get home later today and post them up here.

For now go to amazon.com and search bass fishing in the books department.

"In Pursuit of Giant Bass" by Bill Murphy

Brad

The definitive book available on Black Bass is:

Black Bass: Ecology Conservation and Management

American Fisheries Society Publication

http://www.afsbooks.org/x54031xm.html

Not cheap, but definitive works usually never are. I don't own this book, but I've seen it and it will tell you more about Black Bass than you thought there was to know.

My other interest is snakes. I collect books on reptiles and I will tell you that investing in the best work(s) available first is the best way to start a book collection.  

Peruse the titles of the American Fisheries Society...

http://afsbooks.org/ind.html

Call me a bookworm geek type, but I have kept the following info on books that I've read I deemed worthy to re-read and re-check out from the public library:

Bass Only

Knowing Bass

Keith A. Jones, PhD

ISBN: 1-59228-616-X

ISBN: 1-58574-523-5 paperback

IB's note: A Scientific Approach to Catching more bass.  It is a wonder how few bass anglers have taken the effort to read or find this books. Their loss.  This book dispels a few myths bass anglers hold true.  Want to know which ones? Read the book!! J

Largemouth Bass

Don Oster

ISBN: 0-86573-005-9

ISBN: 0-86573-016-4 (paperback)

Successful Bass Fishing

Ken Schultz

ISBN: 0-07-057236-4

Circle on Bass -  Bass Wisdom from a Master

Homer Circle

ISBN: 1-55821-463-1

In Pursuit of Giant Bass

Bill Murphy

ISBN: 0-9633120-0-6

IB's Note: Great Read Covers the stitching technique and how to anchor your boat.  Another keeper.

Bass Angler's Almanac

John Weiss

ISBN: 1-58574-214-7

Sow Belly

Monte Burke

ISBN: 0-525-94863-5

ISBN: 0-452-28715-4 Paperback

IB's Note: Great book about the search for big bass.

Not Bass books but still well worth the reading.

Title: What Fish See

Author: Colin J, Kageyama, O.D., F.C.O.V.D.

ISBN: 1-57188-140-9

IB's Note: Tons of information about the color shift that happens underwater. While it mainly focuses on steelhead and salmon, the knowledge Dr. Kageyama imparts is invaluable for bass anglers too.  BTW, there is a bass section that I found most informative. I have become a better angler after reading this book. Make better, more educated selections in your choices for lure colors.

Title: How Fish Work Fish Biology and Angling

Author: Thomas J. Sholsheth, DVM, MPVM

ISBN: 1-57188-239-1

IB's Note: It turns out fish focus on seeing polarized light.  This book, though informative is more technical in its style. If you enjoy reading technical articles, you'll like its format. I plan to buy this book.

For fun - Ike's book - Fishing on the Edge.

For education - Homer Circle's Bass Wisdom; Jone's Knowing Bass; VanDam's Secrets of a Champion.

Ike's book has some good tips, too.

VanDam's book is a how to fish better publication.

Uncle Homer's book is one of the basic books on bass fishing.

Knowing Bass is the marine biology book on knowing your enemy.

If I would be getting any of these, I would suggest VanDam's book as it is easy to read and is in many sections so stopping and starting is easy.

Thanks for the list of books. I went to Half.com and bought most of them. They were real cheap there. The media mail shipping was more than the cost of the books.  Look forward to getting them and learning from them.

To be honest, I print off the articles on this website.  I've probably learned more here than anywhere.