Monster Fishing: Caught in the Ethics of Angling

“Spitzer is a walking encyclopedia on all things gar as well as a tireless champion of this ‘very despised, hated fish’...a unique zoological relic that is worthy of our protection.” “You can read this book for the fishing alone and be inspired, as well as impressed by the internal ethical wrestling match that is the work of a true essayist.

But the art of Monster Fishing is also a metaphor for a vital and elemental life, one close to the currents of nature, beyond the merely human, an embrace of this joyous and wild world and all it offer