The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass

A Flyrodder's Odyssey at Montauk Point

Foreword by Nick Lyons
Published by Stackpole Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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About the Book

While fishing off Montauk Point one October evening, Peter Kaminsky watched in awe as the moon rose and thousands of striped bass exploded from the sea in a furious feeding frenzy. As he cast his fly into the writhing mass, Kaminsky felt a soul-to-soul connection with the world’s greatest wildlife migration: the annual parade of fish and whales, butterflies and birds past Montauk Point.

For twenty-five years, Kaminsky’s daily chronicle of his month in one of fly fishing’s greatest years has become a beloved classic. It is the story of one man's love affair with Montauk in the fall, after the crowds and celebrities have left the beaches and summer homes of eastern Long Island. It is the story of an ocean teeming with life, and the people drawn to it: obsessed anglers, jealous guides, dedicated scientists, and the local people who have lived off the bounty of these waters for twenty generations. But, above all, it is a story of people, nature, and our place in the living world. It will appeal to the many fans of Kaminsky's Outdoors column in the New York Times, his frequent work in Food & Wine, or to anyone hungering for fine writing.

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Product Details

  • Publisher: Stackpole Books (December 15, 2026)
  • Length: 188 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780811778626

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“Great angling books rarely age, lesser ones slip quietly downstream. We return to the best because they remain as fresh as when we first read them— more memorable, even fresher. So, it’s a joy to revisit The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass.” 

– Nick Lyons

“Peter Kaminsky is one of the world's most revered angling journalists and authors.” 

– Kirk Deeter, Trout Unlimited

“There is only a handful of true classics in the canon of modern fly fishing literature. This book is one of them, and it’s written by a master of the art.” 

– Monte Burke, author of Lords of the Fly, Rivers Always Reach the Sea, and Men of Troy

“For those of us who know the true magic of the moonlight and the fish, this is not just a fishing book. It is about forces of nature, a place in the clutch of time, and all of us caught in the gears of great mysteries we can feel but can never fully explain. We might cast for a fish, but the place casts a spell, and that spell catches us.”

– Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words and Alfie and Me

“ A classic work of outdoor literature—the kind of book any writer worth their number two pencil dreams of writing. It is a timeless snapshot of a magical time.” 

– Steve Ramirez, author of the Lyons Press Casting series and A Season in Patagonia: An Angler and Naturalist’s Journey to a New World

“A terrific book about the many pleasures of the natural world. Insightful, funny, bright, wide-ranging, and downright great.” 

– David Coggins, author of The Believer: A Year in the Fly Fishing Life

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