"Doug" wrote in message
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Just curious, what everyone's favorite fishing show?

***There are a couple shows that I enjoy yet. One is Angler's Edge,
produced by the Lindner Brothers. Al and company still know how to produce
an excellent show. I do like In-Fisherman yet, and I like Larry Dahlberg's
Hunt for Big Fish. Lindner's show and In-Fisherman still do a good job of
presenting information and it's fun to watch Larry go around the world,
catching strange and frequently large fish. I used to think "I'll never
have an opportunity to do that." But, I used to think the same about
caribou hunting and going to Africa on safari. I've done both already, so
who knows?

BassPro sucks now
since ESPN took over, Bill Dance only fishes where he KNOWS he's going to
catch, mostly little ponds that are heavily stocked,

***Bill still produces a great show. People misjudge the show because he
films on private waters. However, Bill isn't trying to show you what a
great angler he is, rather, he is trying to show tactics, techniques and
methods to make YOU a more successful angler. If you take the time to
actually listen to what he's telling you and watch what he's showing and get
over the fact that he's on private water, he really has a wealth of
information.

I too know from experience in producing an outdoor show that there's not
much that's more frustrating than to try to film a segment on public water,
only to have a pontoon boat-load of drunken idiots come cruising up asking,
"Hey! What in the hell are you guys doing? Making a tv show????" There
have been many times I too wish I had the luxury of filming on private
waters. If you understood the expense involved at producing a television
show the way Bill does, you'd understand why he doesn't want to have to do
any more re-takes than absolutely necessary. Decent videographers run
$400 - $600 a day, and ones the caliber that Bill uses run even more, and
I'm sure he's got at least two camera operators on every shoot.

Hank Parker, he lost
his edge I think, it just isn't as interesting now, unless you like
fishing for Brim or Crappies, and Rollin Martin, to commercialized I
think, he tries to push to much stuff as he fishes, (Speaking of biting on
frogs, here's the Fancy Frog Rain Gear!) it's annoying. Plus, wasn't it
Rollin Martin that got busted for the Illegal fenced deer hunt?

***Sponsors are the name of the game, without them and product endorsements,
there won't be any television shows. However I do agree that there are
discreet ways to promote product. And no, it wasn't Roland that was accused
of hunting caged deer, it was Jimmy Houston.


About the only one lately that I've found that's decent or half way, is
In-Fisherman.... I don't mind them fishing for stuff other than bass, but
give me something I can relate to, in my country at least!

***LOL, I agree that In-Fisherman is a good show, but here in Wisconsin,
people complain that there's far too many fishing shows that go after bass,
and not enough shows that target other species! You have to remember that
with a national television show, not everyone is going to agree on what is
the ideal fish species to be televised.


So what have you all been watching during the hard water season? I"m
about to take up watching Bull Riding here if it doesn't get better soon!


***Luckily, I enjoy hunting as well, so I watch a lot of hunting shows too.
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Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
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G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
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