Fishing Shows Back on TV

[Megastink]

On January 4, 2016 at 8:34 PM, Firefish Tracker said:

I don't like MLF as much as informative shows like Bill Dance and Babe Winkleman. But I grew up watching informative fishing shows as well as National Geographic and Wild America 

MLF is the MOST informative fishing show on Television. No sales pitches, no scripts. You learn a lot from MLF if you can read between the lines.

[Steveo-1969]

On ‎1‎/‎5‎/‎2016 at 3:03 PM, Glenn said:

Don't forget Lunkerville.  New episodes start 1/7 on NBC Sports, and 1/11 on WFN.

I watched the new episode of Lunkerville last night, kayak fishing in NC with a wounded vet.  Mike D caught a pig! As I was watching I was reminded that Lunkerville was how I heard about Bass Resource when I saw an episode with our very own Glenn May as a guest.  He was schooling Mike D on how to catch smallmouth.

[Hurricane]

On 1/4/2016 at 10:09 AM, Toeshots said:

They have Major League Lessons which is a 2-hour show. I believe they do these after the major events are over. It's an in-depth review of with several of the anglers where they show you exactly what gear, lures and presentations were being used. It's really informative. 

I agree... I would love to go fishing with Hackney. . Guy is d**n good. .

[BigSkyBasser]

Linders Angling Edge is a bit preachy for me so I skip the end......BUT it's incredibly informative and I've always enjoyed watching Al Linder fish, including when he was with In-Fisherman.

I still do watch In-Fisherman as they are more bass oriented than they used to be with Doug Stange at the head of the show.

MLF is awesome, I also suppliment it was the FLW and Elite Series shows.

The one I like the least is "Pro Team Journal." It has never been an entertaining show regardless of who is fishing on it.

[Racerx]

With the Youtube app on my TV, I've been watching most of my stuff that way. Much broader selection.

[lo n slo]

On January 4, 2016 at 8:40 PM, collinfiske_RFC said:

Timmy Horton Outdoors keeps growing on me over the past 2 years and is one of my new favorites.

Tim does a darn good job, the show is well produced too.

edit: while I'm at it, I'd like to give a shout out to BASS live streaming tournament action. it doesn't get any better.

[E. Guido Soda]

On Monday, January 04, 2016 at 8:41 PM, lecisnith said:

I enjoy watching people catch big fish, I enjoy learning new techniques, and I enjoy seeing new products.  So if a shoe has any or all of those, I'm there.  The only one I absolutely can't do is Sweetwater.  Those guys...holy cow...I'll take rednecks noodling catfish any day over them.

What's wrong with Miles and Joey?  I've fished with Joey several times now, and there isn't a nicer guy out there.  He is very well liked and respected on his home lake of Logan Martin.  Really young, intelligent way beyond his 24 years, a solid family man w/ a wife and two young boys - a rarity at 24 these days...oh, and highly motivated.  I can understand that the show skews young, I get that because the future of the sport is not 30, 40, or 50+ year olds - it's kids, but I gotta say having fished with Joey and talked with Miles a couple of times on the phone, they are genuinely good "kids".  They're by far not the best anglers out there, but they're good guys and the show is well produced and fairly informative, IMO.  Bill Dance is a pioneer, but I get tired of watching him catch six-pounders on private stocked ponds all day!  Nothing wrong with that, it's just not my cup of tea.

PS - interesting fact: Miles "Sonar" Burghoff is Gary Burghoff's son.....AKA Walter "Radar" O'Reilly from the screen and TV versions of M*A*S*H...so there's that.

[lo n slo]

16 minutes ago, E. Guido Soda said:

 

PS - interesting fact: Miles "Sonar" Burghoff is Gary Burghoff's son.....AKA Walter "Radar" O'Reilly from the screen and TV versions of M*A*S*H...so there's that.

that is so cool!

[hoosierbass07]

Man, the Shaw Grigsy show is a walking talking billboard. lol.  The guy is like so juiced up with advertising.  I always record his show but I can only take a few minutes before I fast forward to the end.  Shaw is not very subtle in the advertising of things on his show.  I still like the guy though.  

[hoosierbass07]

On 1/8/2016 at 9:22 AM, Steveo-1969 said:

I watched the new episode of Lunkerville last night, kayak fishing in NC with a wounded vet.  Mike D caught a pig! As I was watching I was reminded that Lunkerville was how I heard about Bass Resource when I saw an episode with our very own Glenn May as a guest.  He was schooling Mike D on how to catch smallmouth.

 

  Yep, Lunkerville is one of the best fishing shows on TV.  I would say Bill Dance, Saltwater Experience, MLF, Hook and Look and Lunkerville are the tops.  

[hoosierbass07]

1 hour ago, lo n slo said:

Tim does a darn good job, the show is well produced too.

edit: while I'm at it, I'd like to give a shout out to BASS live streaming tournament action. it doesn't get any better.

 

  Yeah, Timmy Horton comes off as a nice guy who's not arrogant or a clown.  

[hoosierbass07]

On 1/7/2016 at 10:15 AM, Megastink said:

MLF is the MOST informative fishing show on Television. No sales pitches, no scripts. You learn a lot from MLF if you can read between the lines.

Yep.  And it's great to see some of the competitors struggle to catch even one or two fish.  

[lecisnith]

1 hour ago, E. Guido Soda said:

What's wrong with Miles and Joey?  I've fished with Joey several times now, and there isn't a nicer guy out there.  He is very well liked and respected on his home lake of Logan Martin.  Really young, intelligent way beyond his 24 years, a solid family man w/ a wife and two young boys - a rarity at 24 these days...oh, and highly motivated.  I can understand that the show skews young, I get that because the future of the sport is not 30, 40, or 50+ year olds - it's kids, but I gotta say having fished with Joey and talked with Miles a couple of times on the phone, they are genuinely good "kids".  They're by far not the best anglers out there, but they're good guys and the show is well produced and fairly informative, IMO.  Bill Dance is a pioneer, but I get tired of watching him catch six-pounders on private stocked ponds all day!  Nothing wrong with that, it's just not my cup of tea.

PS - interesting fact: Miles "Sonar" Burghoff is Gary Burghoff's son.....AKA Walter "Radar" O'Reilly from the screen and TV versions of M*A*S*H...so there's that.

Informative or not, Little Radar (who might be my favorite TV character of all time), I can't get past the way they portray themselves.  I wasn't able to get into them from the beginning but as soon as they started singing The Black Eyed Peas I lost all ability to watch.  Just personality differences.  I'm an old man for a 33-year-old.  I can't watch contemporary TV or listen to new music, either.  Pop culture sucks.

[E. Guido Soda]

5 minutes ago, lecisnith said:

Informative or not, Little Radar (who might be my favorite TV character of all time), I can't get past the way they portray themselves.  I wasn't able to get into them from the beginning but as soon as they started singing The Black Eyed Peas I lost all ability to watch.  Just personality differences.  I'm an old man for a 33-year-old.  I can't watch contemporary TV or listen to new music, either.  Pop culture sucks.

Sorry to hear all that.  I guess you wouldn't like them in real life either, 'cause it's no on-air act.  They are just goofy, nice guys.  I wish them all the luck in the world.

[Gator Jeaux]

I love Castin' Cajun and Sportsman TV, great shows about fishing in Louisiana and the Gulf.

[everythingthatswims]

My parents quit paying for direct tv a few years ago so I don't really watch fishing shows (not complaining, I do a lot more productive things with my time now!). I really like following youtube channels though.

I will say Spanish Fly was probably my favorite fishing show ever, no screaming and yelling when they caught fish, very informative, great camera work, and the products they advertised were Shimano so I want to get that stuff anyways (and they didn't push it like most shows do where they make a whole episode about one product). RIP Jose Wejebe

[lo n slo]

16 hours ago, everythingthatswims said:

My parents quit paying for direct tv a few years ago so I don't really watch fishing shows (not complaining, I do a lot more productive things with my time now!). I really like following youtube channels though.

I will say Spanish Fly was probably my favorite fishing show ever, no screaming and yelling when they caught fish, very informative, great camera work, and the products they advertised were Shimano so I want to get that stuff anyways (and they didn't push it like most shows do where they make a whole episode about one product). RIP Jose Wejebe

Agreed. btw, I was watching a salt water show a while back (dont recall which one) and I'm thinking his daughter was on there? 

Another show I saw yesterday had Flip Pallot from the old Walker Cay Chronicles. 

[Mike D from Lunkerville]

Hey guys.  Thanks for the kind words about my show.  The new season just launched and we have 13 new episodes this year featuring everyday folks who love to fish. It's our 12th year of broadcast and we're not going anywhere.  We've had a bunch of BR members on the show, including Glenn (aka Clark Kent) and will feature more in the future, for sure... We air on NBC Sports at 3:30pm EST on Thursdays, on WFN 6 times per week and on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Philidelphia and California...and on Time Warner Sports in North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas... and you can watch full episodes of previous season's shows at Lunkerville.com.

I love Bass Resource... Glenn has done an amazing job embracing all that's important about bass fishing... what's so cool is that this site and forum is for everyone... and no matter what your skill level, you can come here and be welcomed and gain knowledge.

I don't post much here because of all my social media responsibilities, but I'll try to check in more often.

Thanks Glenn for what you do!... and congrats on the Seahawks win(barely...yeow)

 

[Bluebasser86]

9 hours ago, Mike D from Lunkerville said:

Hey guys.  Thanks for the kind words about my show.  The new season just launched and we have 13 new episodes this year featuring everyday folks who love to fish. It's our 12th year of broadcast and we're not going anywhere.  We've had a bunch of BR members on the show, including Glenn (aka Clark Kent) and will feature more in the future, for sure... We air on NBC Sports at 3:30pm EST on Thursdays, on WFN 6 times per week and on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Philidelphia and California...and on Time Warner Sports in North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas... and you can watch full episodes of previous season's shows at Lunkerville.com.

I love Bass Resource... Glenn has done an amazing job embracing all that's important about bass fishing... what's so cool is that this site and forum is for everyone... and no matter what your skill level, you can come here and be welcomed and gain knowledge.

I don't post much here because of all my social media responsibilities, but I'll try to check in more often.

Thanks Glenn for what you do!... and congrats on the Seahawks win(barely...yeow)

 

I enjoy your show as well Mike. Recently caught an episode of you catching hermit crabs and fishing with a pieced together rod and reel, it was pretty entertaining.

If you ever get the urge to come to the fishing mecca that is NE Kansas, I'll put you on some fish 

[Mike D from Lunkerville]

On 1/5/2016 at 4:14 PM, Steveo-1969 said:

Good call Glenn, this is one of my favorites and it's already set up to record on the DVR.  Mike D is awesome!

you're awesome SteveO!

[Mike D from Lunkerville]

On 1/6/2016 at 0:37 AM, GodfatherOfSeoul said:

I enjoy 

1. Honey Hole All Outdoors: Bill Wilcox has a wealth of info and I always find myself watching around the same time of year from 2014 and 2015 on YouTube that it is currently to compare the conditions in Texas to mine in Georgia. Usually pretty similar except we don't have power plants to fish in the winter.

2. Lunkerville: You don't get a wealth of knowledge and he is always fishing that darn senko but Mike D is entertaining to watch. Its fun, there are lessons learned or at least a diff perspective, and I enjoy seeing him go all over to fish. He would bank fish, fish from a Jon boat, fish from a beach, Ice fish, and evenjoy street fish with Ike.

3. Bill Dance is the man, nuff said!

4. Flw is fun to watch too as is Lindners  Angling Edge, and Americana Outdoors as well

 

I'll tolerate: 

1. Bass Dr: Super cheesy premise for the show but it's not a bad show to watch. Is Jason the new host this year? I've actually enjoyed it more since Todd H hasn't been doing the shows anymore. Nothing against him though.

2. Roland Martin, Scott Martin Challenge, Jimmy Houston : They are all in the same boat. Even with the YouTube video SM does, I still feel like I get more out of other You tubers than him. Lots of plugs for Roland lip balm, fish gloves, frog togs, fuel additives, Engel Coolers....its just better to put the show on mute and watch the fish catches. 

3. Extreme Angler:

I actually like this show and should move it to "I like" from just this I'll tolerate section. I know the intro is long but it's YouTube,  just skip ahead. He likes his Strike king and St Croix rods  and he is funny with his little gimmicks and sayings 

There's a "can't stand to watch"  list but that's neither here or there

i'm in therapy now to deal with my senko addiction... my therapist says i can still use them in small doses, but i must try harder to listen to my guests.

[the reel ess]

On Wednesday, January 06, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Buckeye Ron said:

This stinks. I can't get any of these shows on TWC unless I upgrade to their super duper package that costs as much as a car payment. Which ain't happening. Maybe something will turn up on Roku this winter.

Every month when I pay the Dish Network bill I'm astounded at what I pay for TV and can't find a thing to watch. But what I'd miss most if I cut it all out is the fishing shows. You just don't get many of them on cable. It's how I pass the time in early winter.

[the reel ess]

On Friday, January 08, 2016 at 3:56 PM, BigSkyBasser said:

MLF is awesome, I also suppliment it was the FLW and Elite Series shows.

 

A lot of weekend anglers don't like the tourney guys because they can really get in your way and pressure the fish on the only day of the week you have to go fishing. And I don't like to go compete with them on Saturdays because I've had my run-ins with some of them as well. But I've learned a ton of info from what I've seen of them on TV and YouTube. Now I mostly just fish private waters but I put their lessons into use everywhere I go.

[GodfatherOfSeoul]

11 hours ago, Mike D from Lunkerville said:

i'm in therapy now to deal with my senko addiction... my therapist says i can still use them in small doses, but i must try harder to listen to my guests.

Haha, nothing wrong with it if it catches!  I watched the catfish episode last night and no senko were harmed in that episode...lol.

 

Come back to south Atlanta to fish!

Keep up the great work!

[stkbassn]

MLF is great and I love Ultimate Match Fishing? I think that's what it's called. While I love MLF I swear they play wayyyyyyyyyy too many re-runs of the same one's.  My other gripe is mainly my problem but now the shows are back on ..great...but dude, really, do they have to start at 7:00 am and end at 10:30/11:00 am???? I don't do DVR and I don't do early mornings on the weekend unless I'm the one going fishing!! So I roll out bed and catch the credits of the last fishing show and then BAM..a guy is whispering in a tree stand about a buck coming into the clearing....ooooohhh....I'd rather watch HGTV. Good thing I love soccer so I can at least catch some Premier League...of course they're 5 hours ahead so if Chelsea plays an early game I don't see it....love my sleep!

BTW: I do like Hank but can't watch his show...it's too fluffy and not really a serious fishing show, ever. He's a tremendous fisherman and even better person but I just can't watch the shows.