URBAN FISHERMAN OUT THERE? Also-observations involving "City Limits"

[Del from philly]

(1) whose my urban fisherman on the site? Say where you from...

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Also, anybody else......

(2) whenever I watch city limits I always get annoyed when they have the interview parts....

"Bass fishing, around here?" They say with their stupid grin, like nobody in philadlephia has ever heard of bass fishing. Seems almost scripted.....

untill I started listening to the comments that I get while fishing the schuykill.....They are just as bad

"what do you catch, dead bodies?"

"Their arent any fish in their, is their?"

"when was the last time you ACTUALLY caught a fish, ever?"

Thats when i realized that maybe Ike's show isnt exageratting.....

anybody else get these corny comments when "urban fishing"

[roadwarrior]

Nope.

In the Mid-South every puddle has potential.

No one ever asks "What's ya doin'?"

8-)

[Paul Roberts]

Yes, I hear those comments too. But it's not all in the cities. Urbanization of our culture is happening everywhere. Often what I hear is fear based stuff, like: Snakes!!!! Or pollution comments -they see mud and weeds and think "Yuck!"

Too many urbanites have lost touch with nature. I actually overheard a group of teenagers in a McDonald's in NYC debating what a chicken was. One insisted it was a bird. The others scoffed.

Sad, and scary. Worries me, the kind of constituency for nature we are rapidly becoming.

[bassdocktor]

I spend some time on the lovely urban waterways of Chicago. In fact, one of the rivers has a sign that says "Warning, water not suitable for any human body contact."

As sad as it is dead bodies are one of the things that are part of our waterway. Between accidents and what ever else they usually turn up atleast 2 a summer. There have been times when guys have gone to prefish and the ramp was closed so they could take someone out.

On the upside, back when the Classic was in Chicago they all had to launch on one of our urban waterways because the weather was too bad to be on the lake.

It's also great to be able to catch a fish and be next to a parked barge or look up and see a large factory. Even better is being able to be on the lake and see all of downtown.

Yes. I also hear "You fish there?" "why would you fish there?" or "You mean there are actually fish in that thing"

[Gatorbassman]

Yea, try flyfishing for rainbow trout inside the Atlanta Ga city limits. People think your nuts but there are some huge trout in the river.

[Dan:]

I fish areas that are more suburban than urban but I've had people walk past me and say to each other or to someone on the phone "There's somebody fishing at so and so, it's disgusting" or they ask me "Have you caught anything but trash out of there?" All that makes it even better when I pull out a fish right in front of them.

[farmpond1]

Actually, some of my best fishing has come out of suburban retention ponds or industrial plant lakes.  I don't mind at all that most of the residents there overlook their hidden treasure.  They can look at me funny all they want so long as they leave me alone.

[arul]

I LOVE IKE'S SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It is the best, most entertaining fishing show on TV.

I gaurantee that his man on the street interviews are not scripted.  People's assumption that the east river, chicago river, or other urban water bodies are too polluted or crime ridden to hold fish or be fished is a common belief by the general public.  

That is the beauty of his show, it shows a passionate angler trying to bring fishing to the inner cities.  I love the episode where he is fishing in central park, and some British tourists are awestruck that he actually caught a fish.  It was good sized healthy bass!   ;D  I also love the episode in Philly where he fishes with a random kid on the river bank...or the episode in Tampa, or Sacramento,....i guess i like em all!

I hope Mike Iaconelli keeps this show going, and even expands a few episodes where he picks a few random guys/girls from the busy city street to go fishing with him to show them the great sport it is.  Keep bringing fishing to the Inner City Mike! It is a great idea, and you are just the guy to accomplish it...

Some may not like his style, but there is no denying that Mike is an ambassador of the sport!

I love IKE! (in a non-f$#$tty way - to quote BTLS)  I hope to enter a few pro tourneys next year as a co-anlger and will be crossing my fingers to be matched up with him.  

Even though I live in Orlando, which is full of standard fishable waters, since seeing his show City Limits, I have taken great joy in trying my hand in some of the more "Urban" watebodies here in town and surprisingly have caught some nice fish out of waters you would never think to fish!!!

[Dogface]

"what do you catch, dead bodies?"

Well it is the Schuylkill and there are dead bodies Come to think about it the only time they mention that river on the news is when they are pulling a body out.

[southiesteve]

Urban fishing is my game, and to me it's the most interesting way to fish.  I grew up in super ultra rural backwoods New Hampshire and I still fish there a lot on weekends with family. But probably 60% of my fishing takes place within Boston city limits. I fish for stripers and blues in the harbor saltwater, LMB in the rivers and local ponds, and I absolutely love it. I roll around with a 14' camo jon boat on the roof of my station wagon, and I get into all kinds of interesting spots that people are amazed at. I get the same questions and disbelief from people that everyone else mentioned, nobody gets it, except for those rare people who get it fully and are out there doing the urban thing themselves.

In fact, I just got home from fishing the Charles River basin downtown, with subways, rail trains, Interstate 93, the Zakim Bridge, the Banknorth Garden, dozens of skyscrapers and the locks and dam system all literally overhead and within casting distance. Pulled up a nice 23" schoolie striper on a chrome rat-l-trap, great times.

And of course, I love the Iaconelli show. I really hope they come back and do another run of shows, and hit Boston this time. Boston has unbelievable fishing, definitely on par with the other cities they showed, and fishing is a big part of tradition around here being a major port city with a big commercial seafood industry. But the show is definitely an inspiration for me, it's good to see such a successful pro angler showing the world that it's not all confederate flag wavin good-ol-boys out there catching the big boys. That's no knock on you southerners or the other guys on tv, I love watching them fish as well, but it's refreshing to see a city guy from the Northeast out there doing it big.

[Sharkbite]

Hey my dad lives in Lansdale Pa and my Mom live in the NE is the good fishng in that river. Maybe I could catch up with ya guys next time I'm in town