fishing on tv??

[GazzaB]

hi there fello ausfishers,

As a newbe to oz, i've only just managed to get foxtel out to hook us up (only took about 3 weeks) but now its done ive been looking through the listings for the fishing programs.

Back in the uk we have a few, and most of them seem to come from here!!

I thought with fishing being much bigger here it would be all over the listings, am i looking in the wronge places or is it because everyones out fishing, not wanting to sitting around watching it ::) ?!!!!!

[B_E_N]

hey mate on a u r o r a on friday nights theres a show called fishing trip with some guy, bit of a tosser tho, saturday mornings at 1030 on the life stlye channel, fishing WA great show i watch it when ever i can. then again on lifestyle on some week nights at 630 rex hunt is on but i really dont like ian hewitson so i dont watch the last bit, the cooking segment. saturday around lunch time theres a show on discovery called cast out, its a guy that travels around the world and fishes, quiet good, he gets everything from sturegon to trout, hope that get ya on the couch this week

ben

[russ81]

Hows it going mate

There is a show on ch183 called hooked on tues night at 7.30pm

Russ

[ellicat]

Briz31 (UHF Free to air) has River to Reef tonight at 8PM.

Apart from that get onto foxtel . com . au TV Guide and search "fish" in the sports category.

A couple of the free to air channels also have some weekend stuff too.

Cheers

[roydsy]

have to agree Gazza, there has been a fishing drought on Tv the last year..... there is definitely room for a few more shows on fishing.

[bluefin59]

I have seen a few good fishing shows on pay tv but they are few and far between one of the best is the one catching marlin of the rocks in jervis bay wild stuff . I dont understand why some one doesn't start a fishing and 4w.d and maybe camping dedicated station there is a mob of stuff they could show if only , you might rope in a few more people to get pay t.v just an idea .....;D ;D ;D

[B_E_N]

maybe they could get a presenter that knows what their doing, some of the shows ive seen recently the guy has caught a grassie sweetlip and described it a 'one of those perchy sweetlip.....family....things' lost all credibility when he said that. even the guy he was with didnt have a clue what it was.
another guy on a different show caught a grinner and was stumped by it, he even had a section at the end of his show asking if anyone knew what it was send him an email.
and we all know rex has asked his fair of questions in the past, it showed the most when he was fishing with guys that knew what they we doing, like steve starling, bushy, lee rayner e.c.t

[kingtin]

I saw an ad for a show called, "The Accidental Angler". The "star' is a Pom, but despite that, it looked quite good ;) ;D I'm buggered if I can remember now, what channel it's on? :-/

You got work yet Gazza, or are you still hanging around golf courses ? ;) ;D

kev

[juju]

maybe they could get a presenter that knows what their doing, some of the shows ive seen recently the guy has caught a grassie sweetlip and described it a 'one of those perchy sweetlip.....family....things' lost all credibility when he said that. even the guy he was with didnt have a clue what it was.
another guy on a different show caught a grinner and was stumped by it, he even had a section at the end of his show asking if anyone knew what it was send him an email.
and we all know rex has asked his fair of questions in the past, it showed the most when he was fishing with guys that knew what they we doing, like steve starling, bushy, lee rayner e.c.t

Did you do as he asked and send a e-mail to identify the grinner!!...was watching that and had a chuckle...its better than that "stop the bus" guy...cant cop him......i reckon Fishing Wa is the best on Tv....sat mornings

[B_E_N]

oh that jamie fella with the stop the bus adds, was watching him the other night and he was getting smoked by small 30cm max aus salmon, kep letting the seals get it, while his mate/guy he was fishing with tighten the drag and got them in easy as. love his competition add aswell, the camper trailer that looks like a dog kenel its that small, and he states theres heaps of room......if you live in a cupboard......i just watch him coz hes stuffs everything up!
go fishing WA!

[Noelm]

there was a show called 'fish and 4 wheels" presented by a guy "Eddie Riddle" but like all TV fishing "gurus" he had some very annoying traits, one which springs to mind was his stupid woo hooo hooo every time he caught anything, but the show itself was kind of OK, just needed a bit of polish and some beter prenters and it may be a goer again, hey and "bluefin59, you say that "someone" should make a show, then best remeber that YOU are "someone" so give it a try!

[Noelm]

OH and fishing WA suffers from the same old thing, bad presenters, that Steve guy is a complete dill, doesn't matter what is happeneing it is always "pandemonium" "going off" "all happening heeya" and he has all the best geeya and is not shy to advertise it either.

[Marlin_Mike]

what about ET?

Mike

[bluefin59]

Thanks noelm for that i have a great head for radio mate but i would be willing to step up if a station managers job came up or even someone who organizes what you see on said station show after show of just fishing on 1 station probably be a bit much . I also doubt my ability to catch fish would be up to scratch but i suppose i could record some of our better looking members at there secret spots , that might help my fishing dont know how the wife would go with me fishing without her all the time mate .....;D ;D ;D

[barkers creek]

dont know if its still on but when i was a little tiddler i use to luv to get up early on my day of school and watch about 3 hours of fishing shows on saturday moring think it started around 7 and went to 10 dont know if its still on tho but,, and thanks to russ in 20min i shall go watch a fishing show

cheers

[PinHead]

what about Russell Coight ???

[kingtin]

OK, I found it. The Accidental Angler is on the BBC channel on Sky.

kev

[bennykenny]

i reckon we should go for ausfish,the tv show, now that would be a hit, different members featured each week with a main host how good does it get!!!

[Greg P]

Usually every Saturday Morning around 4am there are some pretty good US fishing shows on ESPN. The Bass tournies are pretty good and Offshore Adventures is good as well. If there is some live sport on (soccer or something from Europe) they get the flick. Much better than the Lifestyle channel shows and that pommy fishing show puts me to sleep ::)

[elliven]

even beefy botham`s got a show!

[Noelm]

hhhmm Ausfish the TV show, that sounds like you might be onto something there!

[bugman]

You guys are lucky up north.

In Tassie we get Hook Line and Sinker. More of a comedy than fishing show. Got to give it to the two blokes that do it though. They sold the idea to the network and came up with all their own sponsorship dollars etc and really did the first couple of series on the smell of an oily rag.

This season they've got Barcrusher and Yamaha on board for a boat and now they travel over the country a bit.

I'd rather be them.

Brett

[Scott nthQld]

Yeah I don't mind Hook line and sinker. on in QLD @6pm Friday's on ten, I find it better than most fishing shows that are on atm cos you get a bit of a laugh and they don't have too many anoying habits.

Creek to Coast on channel 7 on saturday's @ 4.30pm i think, it alright too, though maybe Scott Hilllier the presenter should show more care where he fishes, I was about a month ago he was shown fishing in Alma Bay (Magnatic Island, Townsville), seems harmless enough except for the fact that it is a green zone and they showed it on tv, I would have thought at least he or the shows producers would've some some research before fishing up here knowing full well there were restrictions in place.