Born To Fish

From RattleSinker inventor Grey Myerson, an extraordinary story of one mans obsession, a tale of passion, brutality, tragedy, and redemption...a book about a love of fishing that tackles the deepest themes of life (Helen Macdonald, author ofH is for Hawk).Born to Fishtells the tale of a man who led a harrowing, sometimes dissolute life until he turned himself around, thanks to his rod and reel. Overcoming learning disabilities, substance abuse, and the violence associated with a father in the mob, Greg Myerson, a lifelong sport-fisherman, caught an 82-pound striped bass in 2011, shattering a world record that had stood for 29 years. Without any training in biological research, he began studying the striped bass like a scientistexamining how it hunts, the food it eats, how its behavior is affected by moon phases and the cycles of the tideswhich led to the creation of the RattleSinker, the lure that helped him catch the record-setting bass. During an appearance on the TV showShark Tank,Mark Cuban bought a 33 percent share of Gregs company, World Record Striper Company. Yet at the very instant he achieved his crowning glory as a striped bass fisherman, he had a staggering epiphany and instantly regretted killing the fish. Greg is now at the forefront of the effort to save the big striped bass, the most prolific breeders, and actively promotes no-kill catch-and-release tournaments.