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Fishing 101 with a local TV celebrity

"HAWAI'I'S MIKE SAKAMOTO PRESENTS 101 FISHING TIPS" by Mike Sakamoto; Bess Press, paper, $14.95

By Wanda Adams
Advertiser Books Editor

Mike Sakamoto's TV program, "Fishing Tales," has made his cheerful grin and self-deprecating sense of humor familiar to fishing fans all over the Islands.

This book is like paging through his fishing journal. It's composed of essays on fishing tackle, techniques and spots, 101 brief bits of angling advice, drawings and photographs, and — of course — fish stories about the ones that got away. This is the real insider's stuff.

Sakamoto is doing a series of book signings this month: 11 a.m. Oct. 18, Hilo Hattie, Nimitz store; noon Oct. 19, Waldenbooks, Mililani; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 19, Waldenbooks, Pearlridge; noon Oct. 25, Borders, Kona; noon Oct. 26, Borders, Hilo.