Dropping My Lines

by Daniel T. O'Neill

Drawn from over 45 years of commercial and charter fishing experience, this hilarious collection of short stories is sure to entertain. Dan O'Neil of Secret Cove Charters recounts his favorite saltwater sportfishing guide and commercial fishing adventures in Dropping My Lines. Meet a wide-ranging cast of characters and experience the thrill of catching, fighting, losing, anticipating a bite, or just enjoying a carefree day on the water-all brought to life by Dan's unique sense of humor and a lifetime of fishing exploits under his belt!

250 pages, Paperback

Published September 8, 2018

About the author

Dan O'Neill (Daniel T. O'Neill) is an Alaskan writer. Born in San Francisco, California, in 1950, Dan O'Neill came to Alaska in the 1970s. Settling in Fairbanks, he did a variety of things, such as building log cabins, dog mushing, working as a laborer, conducting oral history interviews, and as a producer of radio, television, and video productions dealing with history, science, and politics. Now a full-time writer, he is the author of three Alaskan themed books. From 1985 to 1995 he worked for the Oral History Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, including doing project interviews about the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, digitized at Project Jukebox.[1] These interviews formed the basis of his book A Land Gone Lonesome, which was awarded an "Editor's Choice" at The New York Times Book Review. He was an opinion columnist for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner from 1998 to 2002. O'Neill twice won the Alaska Library Association's "Alaskana of the Year Award" for the best book on Alaska published anywhere.[2] He also was named Alaska Historian of the Year by the Alaska Historical Society. In 2015, the University of Alaska Press published his first book for children, Stubborn Gal: The True Story of an Undefeated Sled Dog Racer.