Fishfull Thinking

[BillM]

GRAB THE FRABIL!

[BillsTheBassMan]

"Get in the Frabil"

 

"Get in the Recon"

 

"My new relationship with Uncle Josh is a winner"

 

"My new relationship with Uncle Josh is a winner winner winner"

 

"Uncle Josh's Meat Leech is a kiiiilllaa"

 

"Uncle Josh's Meat Leech is a kiiillllaaa from Maniiillla"

 

"These St Croix rods are a kiiilllla"

 

This is a VERY typical Joe Bucher episode and are all recent quotes from this season. An 8 to 10 episode season fishing 1 body of water, staying at 1 resort, fishing roughly 4 baits.

 

Oddly enough I still really like his show

[manitoubass2]

I laughed hard at this quote from uncut angling, "just another tv show host hiring a fishing guide". Hahahahaha

[bushart]

Don't Call Me Buddy!!!.......

[Steve]

i still think the worst show was the one where the fella was pretending to do product testing in which his sponsor products won 9.5 / 10 times.

 

now I hear he has a new show...third one in five years I believe.

 

most recently i like the shows where Ron, Leo and the boys are fishing Lake Ontario with Jeff Chisholm....I learn a lot from Jeff.....

 

he's one of the best trollers out there.

 

he also gave credit to Scott Walcott for putting them on the area.

[lew]

I've said it here before, but the worst I ever saw was Charlie trolling muskies on LSC and when he hooked into one, he spammed 6 sponsors before he landed the fish.

[Fish Farmer]

I get a better kick watching Cold Water Cowboys.

I don't watch the Tel-A-Marketer fishing shows any more.

Gets me, when they go to those remote lakes and catch fish after fish, any little kid can catch fish with a stick and piece of string.

[Renegade67]

One of the biggest turn-offs of Charlie's show for me is the continual testing of pike lures at Reindeer Lake Lodge. Its like he filmed 3/4's of his season there! They should stick to waterways the everyday fishermen can get to....

It would be nice if some of these shows actually coverered some of the current issues within our waterways. How often do they comment on evasive species, commercial harvests, etc. etc.

I have emailed him before as well as other shows in regards and he was the only one that responded directly. He is a stand up guy!!

I was responded to by the producer of the FishnCanada show and he recommended that I tune ito their talk show on Roger's Sportsnet 590 the FAN, every Saturday morning from 8-10 am? It sounded like the sponsors rule the tv time. Sure looks that way! He also tried to tell me that they cover these topics on their tv show but I can only recall that you should use a repelant with deet! lol.

[BillM]

They wouldn't catch any fish if they stuck to the waterways everyone else fishes, lol.

[solopaddler]

What a lot of people don't realize, for the most part networks aren't purchasing fishing shows anymore. They used to, not anymore.

This means that these shows are for all intents and purposes infomercials as they're paying for their air time and any monies that are made are solely from sponsors..

 

I can't stand watching fishing shows in general, they pretty much universally bore me.

[Maverick]

GRAB THE FRABIL!

 

Had WFN on in the garage the other day for background noise when I was going through my fishing gear. Heard a guy say this, wasn't sure what he was going to do with the minnow bucket but looked up saw buddy reaching for the net and I just shook my head. Not sure what show it was but it is by far the worst of what I saw. Then came the Johnsonville Brats, what the hell does this have to do with fishing! "What kind of brats do you eat here in Indiana, Johnsonville!!! They're savory!" Are you kidding me... man. So I immediately went and picked up 17 packages of them!

[BillM]

 

Had WFN on in the garage the other day for background noise when I was going through my fishing gear. Heard a guy say this, wasn't sure what he was going to do with the minnow bucket but looked up saw buddy reaching for the net and I just shook my head. Not sure what show it was but it is by far the worst of what I saw. Then came the Johnsonville Brats, what the hell does this have to do with fishing! "What kind of brats do you eat here in Indiana, Johnsonville!!! They're savory!" Are you kidding me... man. So I immediately went and picked up 17 packages of them!

 

Exact same guy I was referring to my in post, lol!!!!

[Maverick]

 

Exact same guy I was referring to my in post, lol!!!!

 

I couldn't believe it. Actually had a little laugh.

[Sinker]

There are a couple decent shows on the travel channel now that are based on travel moreso than fishing. I can't think of the name of them for some reason, but good shows. Interesting spots, cool fish, the guy has a serious passion for fishing, and there are NO ADDS at all. He doesn't even mention rods/reels/tackle....he just fishes and loves it.

 

The traveling fisherman or something like that....I'm having a brain cramp....even river monsters is better than anything on WFN.....

 

S.

[landry]

It's true. They buy their time. All money made is through sponsorships. So anyone can have a show if they want to. The constant grinding for sponsorships would be tiring though. They need them to make money though and as a result oversell the products.

I still watch WFN too much, much to my wife's chagrin. I want to fish everyday and it helps me with withdrawal symptoms.

[mikedjumpin]

folks wouldn't have been able to fish today without the johnsonville's and the frabill folks.

[sneak_e_pete]

I still love Italo fishing with his wife. "Now Barb...that is a fish". Its like she is 4.

[Garnet]

A number of years ago the moved to ICast show from Los Vegas to Chicago.

 

I got to tag along with a local distributor. It really was cool to see baits that never made it to our store shelves for 10-15 years.

 

The funny thing I noticed was every bass and walleye musky ect pro was there and also every fishing show host.

 

They all had the prettiest shirts and slacks on and they all carried briefcase. Only think I could think of was to carry Kleenex to wipe their face off before they went in the next booth.

[Salmonidstalker]

It's just advertising plain and simple. I don't see how it's any different in other sports. The fishing guys have to say it more because they don't have tv timeouts like on live hockey, or ads wrapped along the side boards, or Molson/Coors banners and flashing signs hanging from the stadium.

 

How about football, kick off, commercial, 3 and out, commercial, change of possession, commercial, touchdown, commercial, extra point, commercial, kick off, commercial etc.

[Tootsie II]

The constant commercial plugging annoys the heck out of me. I rarely watch this show as the constant product plugging as well as the regular commercials just turn me off. I check in every now and then but when I see that nothing has changed, I'm gone. I'll bet some advertisers would pull some of their adds if they knew that so many people don't watch it for this reason. As an older fisherman, I see it as nothing but crass commercialism.

[i2cool2fool]

It's just advertising plain and simple. I don't see how it's any different in other sports. The fishing guys have to say it more because they don't have tv timeouts like on live hockey, or ads wrapped along the side boards, or Molson/Coors banners and flashing signs hanging from the stadium.

 

How about football, kick off, commercial, 3 and out, commercial, change of possession, commercial, touchdown, commercial, extra point, commercial, kick off, commercial etc.

I agree. I watch some of the shows more for the fish porn. Sometimes I learn and/or choose whether to drink the advert kool-aid. Other times, I just see fish boated/frabill'd. So should I wish the host bad luck just because he sells his soul to a?sponsor but yet enjoys what he does for a living? Naw. I am actually happy for Charlie and not critical of him.

[Joeytier]

There are a couple decent shows on the travel channel now that are based on travel moreso than fishing. I can't think of the name of them for some reason, but good shows. Interesting spots, cool fish, the guy has a serious passion for fishing, and there are NO ADDS at all. He doesn't even mention rods/reels/tackle....he just fishes and loves it.

 

The traveling fisherman or something like that....I'm having a brain cramp....even river monsters is better than anything on WFN.....

 

S.

The Fishing Adventurer. Really love that show! No product plugs, amazing destinations and I believe it's an hour long program as well.

[bobowski]

The Fishing Adventurer. Really love that show! No product plugs, amazing destinations and I believe it's an hour long program as well.

I have to agree. This is my favourite fishing show to watch right now. The host (Cyril) is so passionate about fishing and seems like a nice guy. Great show.

[BillM]

I have to agree. This is my favourite fishing show to watch right now. The host (Cyril) is so passionate about fishing and seems like a nice guy. Great show.

 

Love this show, I wish Krupa would come back as well.

[Moosebunk]

I second Krupa. He was a nut, but it was the best filming out there, and there was hardly an Ad in his show. (except the Outfitter's he was with)

 

Saturday & Sunday morning TV for me is better served up as some exotic escape. Places where the fish and scenery tell the story. Shows like Hooked with Mark Krupa, or Adventures North, and "sometimes" Real Fishing too are more enjoyable to watch.

 

Fishful Thinking I don't watch much at all, but when I do the product filter needs to be turned on. Charlie certainly does know his stuff though and outside of the show I imagine he'd be a great fella to share a boat with. I'd still watch his show before a lot of others.

 

As for WFN... If surfing through the guide looking for something and The Next Bite or Musky Hunter is on, then I'll usually tune in awhile. Thing with these guys is, I trust they are extremely knowledgeable about these "other than bass" species which they target.

 

 

Better entertainment can be found here at this and numerous other sites on the web though. I think for fun we should make the month of May one where everyone tries to put up a fishing report, but they do so plugging as many used products they can. It'll first be funny but probably grow annoying really quick.