River Monsters

[powerduster]

Big fish are caught on flies and teasers. Actually, I catch more fish on my tiny teasers than I do on my larger lures. The small hooks pose no problems in hook ups. As long as they are strong I'm confident.

As far as fishing shows go, Jeremy Wade and Zeb Hogan are the only two I can watch without getting bored. Seriously, I'm not able to watch traditional sport fishing channels. It's just so boring.

[SirSnookalot]

Big fish are caught on flies and teasers. Actually, I catch more fish on my tiny teasers than I do on my larger lures. The small hooks pose no problems in hook ups. As long as they are strong I'm confident.

As far as fishing shows go, Jeremy Wade and Zeb Hogan are the only two I can watch without getting bored. Seriously, I'm not able to watch traditional sport fishing channels. It's just so boring.

Teasers often come as just a skirt, you provide your own hook(s).  I'll take a kingfish teaser and hide a 1/2- 1oz egg weight inside and cast it as a jig, good bluefish presentation.

[Bigchunk]

Lol im juat saying if your targeting giant catfish a mr.twister grub wouldnt be my first choice. And throwing back chubs when your trying to catch a 100 lb catfish, seems a little silly. I guess im the only one who doesnt like him. A comparison would be im going to go catch some goliath grouper. Im not using a mr twister. Or small piece of cut bait on a 6/0 hook...im not talking about the episode where he goes for the jewfish, just saying

[powerduster]

Teasers often come as just a skirt, you provide your own hook(s).  I'll take a kingfish teaser and hide a 1/2- 1oz egg weight inside and cast it as a jig, good bluefish presentation.

Maybe the different types of teasers are regional or I just haven't looked for that kind or noticed it. The ones I buy are just different colored hair tied to your size of hook. I usually get charteuse, yellow, and white. There are also more sofisticated kinds that are made with a different material.

Lol im juat saying if your targeting giant catfish a mr.twister grub wouldnt be my first choice. And throwing back chubs when your trying to catch a 100 lb catfish, seems a little silly. I guess im the only one who doesnt like him. A comparison would be im going to go catch some goliath grouper. Im not using a mr twister. Or small piece of cut bait on a 6/0 hook...im not talking about the episode where he goes for the jewfish, just saying

I know most people associate curly tail grubs with smaller fish or bass fishing, but they are used for all different species such as cod and even halibut. Sometimes I use it as a teaser in front of a bigger lure or even get the teeny tail sizes for making sabiki rigs.

[Bigchunk]

Maybe the different types of teasers are regional or I just haven't looked for that kind or noticed it. The ones I buy are just different colored hair tied to your size of hook. I usually get charteuse, yellow, and white. There are also more sofisticated kinds that are made with a different material.I know most people associate curly tail grubs with smaller fish or bass fishing, but they are used for all different species such as cod and even halibut. Sometimes I use it as a teaser in front of a bigger lure or even get the teeny tail sizes for making sabiki rigs.

right but not a crappie sized grub, can nobody see what im getting at

[SirSnookalot]

This kind of teaser, can be bought at about any coastal tackle shop.  Feed the line thru the eye, put an egg weight on then tie your hook, 4/0 is good.  Makes an inexpensive jig that will catch about anything.  Very versatile, it can be casted, trolled or jigged, have caught many species with it.  They come in a 3 pack for about 5 bucks.

[BannedForSpamming-1234555]

I haven't watched this episode yet and I like river monsters

[hatrix]

I would just have to say he knows about fish behavior and feeding habits but I would speculate he isn't a lure kind of guy. On the rare ocassions he uses a lure for something it's always something plain. I have never seen him use anything special that has some kind of science or technology behind it. They are always some basic old design that was around 50 years ago and while I don't doubt they catch fish newer more sophisticated lures work better for a reason.

[Penguino]

I would just have to say he knows about fish behavior and feeding habits but I would speculate he isn't a lure kind of guy. On the rare ocassions he uses a lure for something it's always something plain. I have never seen him use anything special that has some kind of science or technology behind it. They are always some basic old design that was around 50 years ago and while I don't doubt they catch fish newer more sophisticated lures work better for a reason.

The majority of the time he throws live bait. But I have also seen him throw some EXTREMLY old style rapala jerkbaits. He also mainly uses spinning reels and round baitcasting reels.

[SirSnookalot]

He doesn't fish for bass, the need for modern lures and small tackle isn't his thing.  For what he fishes for cut or live bait is probably the best weapon.

There aren't too many lures that pre date jigs, still widely used today and catch just about anything that swims, including bass.

[ThePackMan]

I'm watching right now, he's fishing near Chernobyl. They show him setting the hook on a fish with bait casting gear in his hands, then landing it with spinning gear lol.

[Bankbeater]

Love that show.  I wish I got paid to travel around the world to fish.

[Comcam]

Love the show, watched hours of it lastnight. My favorite episode though is when he fished in Chernobyl. It was amazing seeing the abandoned building.

That one was really cool! I spent 4 days in Chernobyl. If I knew I could have fished there I would have.

[CeeJay]

Awesome show, I love it

They do, of course, play up the danger factor of the fish.  Seems like a lot of times a certain "river monster" turns out to just have been a big harmless fish that knocked someone off their boat, but didn't actually attack anyone....like the dreaded killer Tarpon haha

I enjoy it though and find it very entertaining.