Is This True?

[NBR]

Years ago I heard Joe Foss talk. At that time Joe had a weekly fishing show. He said it took them 5 days to get enough film for a 30 minute show. I think that today it is much less but do you think anyone would watch a program that was not edited? How many times have you gone to the lake and fished a 30 minute period that would be worth watching. Fishing shows are to entertain and hopefully educate other fisher folks. If they don't do both they will cease to exist.

If you don't like what you see watch General Hospital.

[FD.]

Years ago I heard Joe Foss talk. At that time Joe had a weekly fishing show. He said it took them 5 days to get enough film for a 30 minute show. I think that today it is much less but do you think anyone would watch a program that was not edited? How many times have you gone to the lake and fished a 30 minute period that would be worth watching. Fishing shows are to entertain and hopefully educate other fisher folks. If they don't do both they will cease to exist.

If you don't like what you see watch General Hospital.

DING, we have a winner. I could not have said it better myself.

[K_Mac]

Watch "A day on the Lake" and you will see how a pro breaks down a lake he doesn't know (or know well ) we are told. Sometimes they do well, other times not so much. I like watching and listening to them as they work to figure out the lake. That is the premise of the show. Most fishing shows though are about catching fish and selling product. That works for me; I like watching them catch fish, and I love fishing stuff. If it takes them a week or two to put together 30 minutes of great fishing, I'm OK with that.

[Blue Streak]

That all sounds pretty extreme to me, those guys are pretty good fisherman and they fish waters that are loaded with bass, big bass. That may be their "secret". There is always going to be someone taking shots at successful people.

Satchel Paige may have been the greatest baseball player ever and at one time he said.

"when theyse wackin at you arse, you knows you ahead"

I love it.

[CWB]

Doubt they stage catching the fish as the OP suggests, but Mr. Dance does fish from a private pond. I would bet on it. Every bass show he does looks like it is shot on the same long, narrow pond at different times of the year and with different baits. He does have a fetish for dragging a fish around at boatside waiting for it to jump. I don't like the way he holds the fish up near horizontally either. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing but respect for him and what he has accomplished and given to the sport. Would be refreshing to see him fishing a public body of water and see another boat on that water once in a while. I rarely watch his show anymore. Lindner's Angling Edge is shot in my neck of the woods and always on public water. Even Roland fishes public water. I would love to have access to Bill's pond though. Some pigs in there for sure!

[salmicropterus]

I have been the camera boat for five different shows over the years. I have never seen anything like that happen nor was there any temptation or thought between the pros or producers to do it. Some of these shows have seen some pretty tough fishing and in some cases it took three days of hard work to get enough footage for 22 minutes of content (that's a 30 minute show minus the commercials and intro and exit).