Twin Cities Fishing Guide

The Twin Cities Fishing Guide is 215+ pages packed with the accumulated wisdom of many of the area's top experts--tournament anglers, fishing guides, bait and tackle shop dealers, DNR staff, fishing writers, resort operators, lakeside homeowners, and old-timers who have fished these waters for a lifetime. Government agencies contributed new information on public accesses, shoreline parks, and camping facilities.

The primary purpose of this book is to show you where to find fish and what techniques the experts use to catch them. Includes over 100 maps, species found in each lake, size of fish, water clarity, seasonal fishing info, and more. Includes maps for the following counties: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

"Fishing sure beats housework...and most anything else you can think of," says Sybil Smith, who has been publishing fishing guides and writing about fishing on Minnesota lakes since 1982. Her first edition of The Twin Cities Fishing Guide sold over 80,000 copies and was followed by The Brainerd Whitefish Fishing Guide (now updated and named the Brainerd Mille Lacs Fishing Guide).

For every fishing guide, Sybil conducts extensive research on every body of water; interviews numerous experts who have fished that water for a lifetime; contacts the many government agencies responsible for the planning and management of public boat accesses, shore fishing, parks, and lake stocking and management; and personally visits with each of the lakes to verify the data.

Sybil has been featured in numerous newspapers and magazines and for many years wrote weekly articles on what's new in Twin Cities fishing for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She also conducts seminars for community fishing organizations and clubs.

She is the owner of Fins Publications, which publishes fishing guides, and Smith House Press, publishers of fibromyalgia and chronic illness books. She is past president of the Midwest Independent Publishers Association (MIPA) and in 1999 received their Publisher of the Year Award.

Sybil Smith was the first president of Women Anglers of Minnesota and is a member of the Minnesota Fishing Roundtable--a DNR think tank that discusses critical angling issues, identifies problems, and proposes solutions to preserve good fishing in Minnesota.