Rivermonsters Withdrawl!!!

[5 Dollar Fishing Game]

Jeremy Wade is coming back for the 2015 year with new stuff!!! But animal planet has yet to air some reruns since the season close last month. I went to Barnes and Noble and they have all of his DVDs. They are like 5 or 6 seasons with a handful of episodes. But each set is $30. I love this show. So cool and inspiring me to go out and get some new species.

[ZRT-42]

Netflix has a couple seasons of River Monsters. Good to hear he's coming back with new stuff.

[flyfisher]

I like his show and i also like Monster Fish too, less drama and more scientific in my opinion but both go after some crazy large fish.

[5 Dollar Fishing Game]

What is Monster Fish?

I like the Rivermonsters drama lol

[Darren.]

< rant >

 

I like Jeremy Wade and his show, as well, but Discovery Communications has lost a lot of my respect of late. I can deal with the drama of River Monsters, even though Larry Dahlberg catches many of the same fish without the added, edited, drama. Still a good show.

 

But when they venture into downright fabrication for sake of TV, I don't like it. At least Discovery channels used to be about "real science"...but times have changed, I suppose.

 

I realize their shows are money-makers, and lots of fun for many, but I prefer when "science" is actually real, and not pseudo-science. Where real scientists aren't lied to, or given sketchy info so as to keep them aboard to finish the shoot, then edited to make it look like they support a dubious claim such as a "Voodoo Shark".

 

Shark Week, in particular, has been a study in underhanded, downright deceptive behavior on behalf of the channel.

 

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/science-sushi/2014/08/12/shark-week-ratings-down/

 

http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/13/5998745/how-shark-week-screws-scientists

 

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/40760/title/-Shark-Week--Veers-Into-Fiction-------Again/

 

Man, I'm going to go back to watching History Channel's Ancient Aliens. Now THERE's real stuff. <JOKE>

 

</ rant over >

[Catch and Grease]

Jeremy wades TV show could have an episode about bluegill and make them look terrifying.

That being said I friggin love the show river monsters!

[flyfisher]

What is Monster Fish?

I like the Rivermonsters drama lol

http://www.natgeotv.com/asia/monster-fish/galleries/monster-fish

[Bluebasser86]

I like his show and i also like Monster Fish too, less drama and more scientific in my opinion but both go after some crazy large fish.

Monster fish is terrible about putting their clips together. One shot he's fighting a fish on a baitcaster, next it's a spinning reel. The guy on that show is self admittedly not an avid fisherman, so that takes some of it away for me. If they could pair the drama of River Monsters with the science of Monster Fish it would be a great show. 

[SirSnookalot]

I like his show and i also like Monster Fish too, less drama and more scientific in my opinion but both go after some crazy large fish.

I prefer Monster Fish.

I hardly watch any fishing shows, I do catch a SW program once in a while.  Being primarily a SW angler many of these shows have to be staged and edited, it just isn't that easy.

[flyfisher]

Monster fish is terrible about putting their clips together. One shot he's fighting a fish on a baitcaster, next it's a spinning reel. The guy on that show is self admittedly not an avid fisherman, so that takes some of it away for me. If they could pair the drama of River Monsters with the science of Monster Fish it would be a great show. 

i never saw those types of bad edits on Monster Fish but i did see them on River Monsters.  I kind of like that the guy isn't a fisherman myself.

[5 Dollar Fishing Game]

http://www.natgeotv.com/asia/monster-fish/galleries/monster-fish

Thanks!