As bass fishermen we don’t have a canon of literature to call our own, no “A River Runs Through It” or “The Old Man and the Sea.” With the possible exception of Carl Hiaasen’s riotous but now-35-year-old novel, there haven’t been any massively popular novels about the tournament scene. That’s why it was a pleasure to open up “They Lurk in the Murk” by Gage Peters and find a reference to SPRO frogs on the first page. I knew I was in my comfort zone.

If you can’t be on the water but you’re obsessed with tournament fishing, consider picking up one of these books that shaped and reported on the sport of professional bass angling.