The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua: True Tales of Adventure, Travel, and Fishing

Whether he’s engaging in mock aerial combat or riding an Iditarod sled, Randy Wayne White is one of America’s most adventurous travelers. In this collection he studies anti-terrorist driving techniques, dives for golf balls in an alligator-infested pond, hunts his fellow man with a paint gun, ice-fishes for walleye with X-ray-stunned night-crawlers, and goes pig-shooting with Dr. Pavlov. With self-effacing optimism, White captures joys and fears of wandering the earth’s surface with an eclectic cast of fellow travelers: a frog that won’t jump, a group of expatriate Brits who developed an interesting cure for road jaundice, and even a mad Australian scientist. Though he rarely finds what he’s looking for--like the legendary landlocked bull sharks of Lake Nicaragua--he develops a Zen-like passion for the means, and a rare ability to revel in the rib-aching humor of each exotic trip.

Randy Wayne White, a former fly-fishing guide whose ＂Out There＂ column ran for many years in Outside magazine, currently writes a monthly column for Men’s Health magazine. Among the many books he’s written are The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua, Batfishing in the Rainforest, Last Flight Out, and the ＂Doc Ford＂ mystery series. His novel Sanibel Flats was chosen as one of the 100 Best Mysteries of the 20th Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. White is the winner of the Conch Republic Prize for Literature and the John D. MacDonald Award for Excellence in Florida Fiction. He also served on the Florida Judicial Nominating Commission for four years, and currently serves on the Florida Bar Association Grievance Committee. He lives on Pine Island, on Florida’s southwest coast.