Super User bigbill Posted October 16, 2013 Super User Posted October 16, 2013 Of course ESPN has no dedicated fishing channel why are we as a whole chopped liver? How much money does our sport average per year? Please tell Me why the fishing shows are on Saturday mornings when we're out fishing? Then I see three channels at night of sports? Why don't we have an ESPN 24/7 channel dedicated to just fishing? I'm thinking of even having reruns of the older gad-about-gaddis the flying fisherman with his float plane, the awesome Jerry Mckinnis the man who really made the bass fishing what it is today including the bass masters. I was glued to the TV set watching these guys in black and white they go so far back. I would love to see these reruns of these guys, plus Jimmy Houston, Hank Parker, Bill Dance, the Infishermen guys, Roland Martin, even the bass pro guys and gals too. They could also have reruns of the bass tournaments, present and the past. I'm sure there is enough of the footage of the older bass shows to outlast my lifetime for sure. If these were shown during the winter we could do away with cabin fever. Our own 24/7 ESPN fishing channel. They could call it "Fishing then and now". Again I still wonder why there are fishing shows on Saturday mornings when we're all out fishing? How about a 24/7 hunting channel too? To be equal to us hunters too. With all the garbage on tv today I'd rather watch hunting and fishing shows weTher it's reruns or up to date shows. It would get my vote. Maybe we can get a 30 minute show for the manufacturers to strut there products and how to use them. It's a win/win for everyone weTher we fish or hunt or do both. I'd rather see my grandsons watching these shows rather than playing video games. Don't forget to take a kid fishing. I would pile all the neighborhood kids in my car and take them all fishing. Now there all adults and the first thing they tell me when I see them is remember when you took us fishing. I was happy to take them fishing. God bless, bigbill Quote
Super User Jrob78 Posted October 16, 2013 Super User Posted October 16, 2013 dedicated? I have 3 channels that show hunting and fishing 24 hours a day, one of them is fishing only. Â Talk to your cable provider. 1 Quote
Super User Jrob78 Posted October 16, 2013 Super User Posted October 16, 2013 No, why does it matter who's network it is? Â ESPN might have decided that market was plenty saturated, or maybe they will have one in the future, who knows. Â Personally, I don't care who owns the channels. Quote
martintheduck Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 They used to do the BASS Classic coverage and apparently it wasn't getting enough viewers to keep it going. You can catch FLW series on NBC Sports on Saturday afternoons.  I have a 24/7 fishing channel called WFN - World Fishing Network. They usually break it into blocks - Saltwater, Bass, Yankee Fishing. By the way - I have comcast cable.  Also - a few months ago I saw an episode of Major League Fishing over on ESPN. I don't know how popular that format is yet, but it appears to be geared towards your average viewer.... lots of action, fast paced.... Quote
Robdog Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 Jrob78 You gotta tell me what channel shows fishing 24hrs. I have a bunch of outdoor channels (outdoor channel, pursuit channel, etc....) and the only show fishing from time to time but there is always somebody slaying a deer on them. I agree with the OP, I would like to see a dedicated fishing channel. There's channels for everything else. Quote
Super User Jrob78 Posted October 16, 2013 Super User Posted October 16, 2013 Jrob78 You gotta tell me what channel shows fishing 24hrs. I have a bunch of outdoor channels (outdoor channel, pursuit channel, etc....) and the only show fishing from time to time but there is always somebody slaying a deer on them. I agree with the OP, I would like to see a dedicated fishing channel. There's channels for everything else. It's WFN, the World Fishing Network. Â Like martintheduck said, they show fishing 24 hours a day. Â One day it will be fly fishing, the next will be salt water fishing, during prime time at least. Â They show a pretty wide range of stuff. Â I watch it more than I watch any other channel. Â I have Verizon Fios, not sure what all providers carry it. 1 Quote
Robdog Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 Guess what? It ain't offered by Direct TV.....imagine that! Quote
Super User bigbill Posted October 16, 2013 Author Super User Posted October 16, 2013 I have Comcast and I'll check it out thanks. Quote
Super User Grizzn N Bassin Posted October 16, 2013 Super User Posted October 16, 2013 yeah wfn is ok there are few shows I like but the commercial's jezzzzz so many I stopped watching... I watch previous events, on bass master, and the elite series, major league fishing... also I YouTube a lot of fishing which give my fix.. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted October 16, 2013 Global Moderator Posted October 16, 2013 I get Bassmaster, that's pretty much it except for a couple months out of the year when the one outdoor channel we get finally stops showing nothing but hunting shows and actually puts on a couple fishing shows. Of course those usually suck so it isn't much better. On the bright side it probably ends up with me actually fishing more instead of just watching fishing. 2 Quote
Tony L. Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 Unfortunately, my provider doesn't offer WFN, and i dont pay extra for an additional outdoor/sports package, but Nbc sports seems to suit my needs. They put fishing shows on at horribly inconvenient times during the week, but I dvr them and usually have more than enough programming to watch in the evenings. I also use some internet Tv features that can come through a smart Tv, Roku device, or internet ready blue ray player. You can subscribe to the "wild" channel for like 3 bucks a month. Quote
martintheduck Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 WFN is available with comcast, but like GrizznNbassin said - THE COMMERCIALS! So many! I end up DVRing everything I want to watch so I can flip through them. Â I was watching a show the other day about ice fishing and no lie, 3 minutes of the show came on then it went to another commercial.... Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted October 16, 2013 Super User Posted October 16, 2013 I have Comcast, don't know if I have WFN or not, never looked for it. Â There is enough fishing shows as it is for me, I don't watch them too often. Quote
Super User Fishing Rhino Posted October 16, 2013 Super User Posted October 16, 2013 All television programming is driven by viewer demographics. If there was sufficient demand for fishing programming, you'd have more of it on television. It's hard to find sponsorship for programs with poor ratings.  It doesn't matter how much we spend on boats, gear, travel, etc., in the pursuit of our passion, if the television ratings don't justify the cost of advertising.  Maybe it's blasphemy, but I don't subscribe to any fishing publications, and I rarely watch fishing shows.  That could be in part because I'm retired, and get to spend quite a bit of time on the water. Quote
boostr Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 It's WFN, the World Fishing Network. Like martintheduck said, they show fishing 24 hours a day. One day it will be fly fishing, the next will be salt water fishing, during prime time at least. They show a pretty wide range of stuff. I watch it more than I watch any other channel. I have Verizon Fios, not sure what all providers carry it. Same here, I do DVR Fish Facts cause this guy is always catching bass, plus he cracks me up. Quote
Super User Montanaro Posted October 16, 2013 Super User Posted October 16, 2013 outdoor channel sucks now. unwatchable. Bunch of hot heads getting raging hard ons when they kill a deer. nbcsports has a few quality fishin shows. 1 Quote
Super User MarkH024 Posted October 16, 2013 Super User Posted October 16, 2013 Of course ESPN has no dedicated fishing channel why are we as a whole chopped liver? Because the sport doesn't pull in enough viewing money and advertisement to the network.  We're peanuts compared to college football/basketball, and all the other big sports. Fishing as a sport is wide spread, but still lack in numbers compared to other sports.  It's all about money, no one cares about exposure.  What ever sports and shows add zeros to the ends of numbers gets maximum air time.  ESPN however shows all the ELITE series and a few tidbits here and there. Check ESPN 2 and Classic.  It's better than nothing. Quote
Super User AK-Jax86 Posted October 16, 2013 Super User Posted October 16, 2013 ESPN isn't going to do anything that they will not make a profit on. There is not big enough interest in watching fishing so ESPN wouldn't dedicate a channel for that. Besides most fishermen, atleast I feel this way, would rather be on the water fishing than watching it on TV Quote
tholmes Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 Guess what? It ain't offered by Direct TV.....imagine that! Â Switch to DishNetwork, they've got it. Â Tom Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted October 16, 2013 Super User Posted October 16, 2013 They don't have time for fishing shows, there is the "sport" of POKER to take up the extra time slots. Quote
Hyrule Bass Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 outdoor channel sucks now. unwatchable. Bunch of hot heads getting raging hard ons when they kill a deer. nbcsports has a few quality fishin shows.  what you must realize is the fishing shows are seasonal on outdoor channel, pursuit, sportsman channel, and nbcsports. Around February and March you will start to notice fishing shows coming back on more and more. and near the end of the summer you will start to notice less fishing and more hunting. thats just how it seems to work out, been that way for years...   Switch to DishNetwork, they've got it.  Tom  dishnetwork couldnt pay me to switch to them, i hate dishnetworks. directv is better far and away.  They don't have time for fishing shows, there is the "sport" of POKER to take up the extra time slots. seriously though, who actually watches poker on tv? smh Quote
RAMBLER Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 Just checked Comcast in my area and it is not offered. Quote
Super User BassinLou Posted October 16, 2013 Super User Posted October 16, 2013 Switch to DishNetwork, they've got it.  Tom  I second that. Dish has a variety of outdoor channels. Especially WFN. Quote
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