“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.”
 
Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the...

Carlos works on a fishing boat in the middle of the sea. After a storm, he spots a woman clinging to driftwood. The woman's friends are lost, maybe swallowed by the ocean, however the woman says it was no storm that capsized her ship, rather that it was a monster.

"King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt, and that's exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She's immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his...personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is. Now, Hannah's in town for work, crashing in Fox's spare bedroom. She knows he's a notorious ladies' man, but they're definitely...

After being swept overboard from an ocean liner, fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne, spoiled son of a millionaire, is rescued by New England fishermen who put him to work on their boat.

"Everyone believes Adam to be something he's not. Sometimes that's because he's told them a story. Sometimes he's told himself one. But when Adam joins an Alaskan fishing crew that's promising quick money, the dangerous work and harsh lifestyle strip away all fabrications and force a dark-hearted exploration of who he really is. On the unforgiving Bering Sea, Adam finds the adventure and authenticity of a fisherman's life revelatory. The labor required...

A big fisherman and a little fisherman go fishing together. When they have made their catches, the big fisherman returns home to tell a story of a small fish, while the little fisherman goes home to tell a story about a big fish.

When an independent fishing captain is muscled by the Machine to run drugs, he turns into a sea-going vigilante.

"After surviving a trauma several years back, Remy Reed relocated to a cottage on one of Maine's most remote islands. She's arranged her life just the way she wants it, spending her time working on her wood sculptures and soaking in the beauty of nature. It's quiet and solitary-until the day she spots something bobbing in the ocean. Her binoculars reveal the "something" to be a man, and he's struggling to keep his head above water. She races out...

"Describes the equipment, skills, and techniques needed for freshwater fishing"--Provided by publisher.

Cornelius Suttree renounces the values held by his prominent family to live in a dilapidated houseboat among the depraved residents on the banks of the Tennessee River.