Reviews of Fishing in New Hampshire: A History
". . . the ultimate on wheres and whens of the fishery in New Hampshire for the past four centuries. . . . a product of rigorous and disciplined research for both serious students and casual readers."
Bernard W. "Buck" Corson (N.H. Fish and Game, 1947-1978; Chief of Fisheries, then Director).
"Finally: the definitive companion volume to Helenette Silver's long-standing History of New Hampshire Game and Furbearers. Leave it to a fisherman to possess the patience, passion, and tenacity to wade through countless scientific reports and cast all up and down the historical record (his extensive bibliography is a treasure by itself) to pull together a most provocative and fluent history of New Hampshire fisheries. Jack Noon's narrative offers a parable pertinent to the nation, and carries a message just as necessary and maybe more so to outdoors folk from the Connecticut to the Kuskokwim. Fishing in New Hampshire is a walk, rod in hand, down a splendid path toward the prospects of clearer, colder waters. A path with hope at the end of it. A fisherman's trail."
Jeff Fair (Author, biologist; Campbell Creek, Alaska).
". . . irresistible reading for those of us happily hooked on fish and fish lore and fishing. The only thing I would put this book down for is a fly rod."
John Harrigan (writer and farmer).
"Jack Noon covers his subject with thoroughness, efficiency, and a keen eye for specific detail. He's also even-handed. He gives the slippery and out-of-fashion eel as much coverage as the voguish brook trout, and commercial fishing with spear and net equal time with the rod and reel sporting so widespread today. Fishing in New Hampshire is especially rich on how and why the state fishery has changed over time. It ends with thoughtful suggestions about the future. . . . Rarely have I enjoyed reading a book as much as I did this one."
Jere Daniell (Prof. of History, Dartmouth College).
". . . a fascinating historical account . . . . Anyone who has a passion for fishing in New Hampshire will enjoy reading this book."
Stephen G. Perry, (N.H. Fish and Game; Chief, Inland Fisheries Division)