TV Shows

What fishing shows do you like watching , there are some good ones on Discovery Shed

Fishing Gurus is my favourite at the minute , but used to love the old Go Fishing and Total Fishing shows

I've watched a few of the Matt Hayes shows lately which are often decent.

Robson Green's extreme fishing was a bit of a novelty type program which I enjoyed just for the beauty of some of the places he visited and the strange fishing techniques.

Yeh i enjoyed the Robson Green extreme fishing shows , i have been watching the dvds of the first Great Rod Race over the last few days that was good .

I like the Matt Hayes shows, and thinking tackle,

what's that, ken?

great rod race is fantastic

The Great Rod Race was Matt Hayes & Mick Brown trying to catch every freshwater fish in the UK in 30 days , they did another series The Greater Rod Race were they drove a camper van and started on the West side of Ireland and had to finish on the East coast of England travelling 1 mile for every 1lb of fish they caught ( no fish no travel ) they had 30 days to do it again .

again that was fantastic

Sounds excellent, might try and find that.

Well worth a watch its repeated on Discovery all the time

have the catching the impossible series on dvd but not had the time to watch them yet

Can anyone remember the name of the old Bernard Cribbins narrated show , it had the two bearded anglers in it ? might have to check google

passion for angling I think, but could be wrong

Thats it sherm thanks , i used to love watching that especially the one were they went to that secret carp pond and one of them pretended to be a scarecrow in the water

Yeah was going to say A Passion for Angling today, the two pike he catches in the winter are massive, some pretty impressive catches in the series. A lot of really good fishing filmed at dusk and dawn too. One of the guys is always using antique gear, Bob maybe, he was in an episode of The Compleat Angler. Not everyone's cup of tea but i thought they were excellent.

One of them held the UK carp record for awhile i think , i always watch it when i see its on

I think he still held it while they were being filmed.

what do you think of the aussie fishing programs?
just seems fare to easy to me

I used to watch Rex Hunt , he was bonkers

Ha yeah, kissing the fish.

Rex hunt was a good one

wild fishing with Henry Gilby is usually a good one.

As I was growing up John Wilson was still regularly on terrestrial, so he probably would be my favorite/influential tv show, apart from his laugh which still grates on me now

I don't think his laugh gets any better no matter how often you hear it.

Robson Green is good, Passion for Angling was excellent, and I loved John Wilson and his 'clonkers'.

You've got to have an obvious passion and a willingness not to take yourself too seriously.

It must be difficult when filmed playing a fish to know what to say, especially when you have no idea how long it's going to take or what the fish might do. That's one reason why I forgive Wilson his laugh.

very true barrystar, never looked at it like that

I picked up the book of 'A passion for Angling' out my local charity shop for £2.50. Delighted, in great conndition for a book nearly 20 years old, somebody looked after it.

Robson Greens Extreme Fishing started up again on Channel 5, Monday nights.

Thanks, Galv. Always enjoy that one.

Rex Hunt was classic, it actually made me laugh. Do they still make it?

There was a fishing show called 'Reel Wars' where two guys went up against eachother around Ireland. That was a great view and i wish they had made more.

Currently got Reel Wars recorded on my Sky planner Billy, great series would have been great had they done some more.

I am not a great fisherman but i really got into that show, i thought it was great. Learnt loads but had fun watching it as well. I thought that they were on to a winner with it.

The posh one in the pink shirt did my head in though , but it was agood idea for a show

We should lobby for its return

yes but with new presenters , i would like to see another Great Rod race aswell

Never seen that one.

It had Matt Hayes and Mick Brown in it , they had to catch every species of fish in the UK in 30 days . Id like to see them do it in a different country

That would be a great one

The shows must be extrememly popular as they are constantly on repeat, suprising none of the big boys have returned with a new one, think John Wilsons Dream Fishing was the latest one, Paul Young brought one out that aired at the exact same time in fishing in America but it was poor and not suprisingly didn't go to dvd.

All the shows that are on now just seem to concentrate on carp fishing which i find a bit boring .

I know mate, going back through Robson Greens Extreme Fishing at the moment he mixes it up quite good.

Are you watching the new one on channel 5 on a monday ?

I am mate, been enjoying it so far, not overly keen on it being a competition but it's still really good, he's done some travelling these past couple of years.

Yes im not to keen on the competition part as it doesn't seem real . He has had a good time travelling about hasn't he ? great work if you could get it

New Matt Hayes show starting friday 22nd june

Matt Hayes 24-Hour Rod Race ......................10pm Discovery Shed sky channel 242

From what i have seen in the trailer , he has 24 hours to catch 7 different species from a lake/pond/river . Different venue for each show .

Sounds interesting! Cheers for the heads up.

The great rod race, and greater rod race, were brilliant shows...

so hopefully this one will also be very good

Thanks Kenny, sounds good.

Yes it looked good , should show a few different methods you could try out .

Doesn't look like the Mick Brown is with him this time though , shame as he made me laugh .

Last nights show was a bit slow , but hopefully the series should pick up .

Seems the concept is Matt is given a different challenge each programme with only 24 hours to get to the venue and complete what ever the challenge is .

Next weeks show looked good with him catching some big perch .