Covers all aspects of shore-based fishing, from the use of the inexpensive handpole to shorecasting techniques for more sophisticated tackle. It is written primarily for the angler who wants to go fishing but doesn't know where to start.

Michael Sakamoto, born and raised in Hawaii, is an angler, a lecturer, an associate editor of Hawaii Fishing News, and a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in Saltwater Sportsman and Rod and Rifle. He is the author and illustrator of Oscar's Fishing Guidebook, a book for children, and How to Hook and Cook Book.