Match Fishing

[artcarney_agr]

Trash talking and messing with the other guy is HIGHLY encouraged. The show is a product, one that needs to be interesting, exciting, and funny. Two guys, fishing out of a boat, in competition with one another, not saying a word does not get good ratings.

In the college edition, the producer was very disappointed at the lack of goofing off and trash talking - the competitors were being followed by Joe Thomas and a ref in one boat, a camera guy was on board at all times, another boat with local newspaper writers were following along, and the pressures to catch fish and advance kept competitors clammed up.

The college edition will either be out later this fall in October, or wait until the first quarter of '08 to hit the air. The producer thinks that more viewers will watch the show during the bitter cold of winter rather than putting it out now when most people are fishing and not in the house. It should be a great show to watch! I highly encourage all of you to watch it!

[Catch]

When &where is it on this year? I checked Outdoor Channel Tue. Wasn't
there.

[R19]

Monday night Outdoor Channel around 8-9 pm

[MsgMills]

Comes on also at 6:30 pm Monday and again later between 9 and 10:30 I believe. Then repeats at different times thru the week until the new show on Monday again.

[Danny]

Good point about the Larry Nixon incident, or lack there of...LOL. I thought it was pretty funny to see "Larry Nixon" doing something like that.

Now to the main incident we are discussing. I happened to tape the later showing on Monday night, and got to watch it this morning. It did not seem to upset Anthony Gagliadardi, but then it was his second fish to none by Lefebre. I thought it kind of bit the big one that he was fined the 2 tenths of a pound to try to save the fish, but a five lber is certainly worth that. Then you have to also consider that Anthony did not let lefebre fish the fourth quarter.

Both were laughing and having fun with it. Lefebre even said that before it happened, he would have said he would not ever do that to another fisherman, but then when you are in that position, you just never know.

The good thing is they both kept in in perspective and were laughing about it at the end of the show.

I have fished a lot of draw tournaments where I was fishing against the guy in the back. I would not ever do what these guys do. BUT the thing is, this show is designed to bring that type of action into the show. IT IS MEANT TO BE FUN... and I think we have to look at it that way. It is kind of like wrestling. When I was a teen, I loved to watch wrestling... **** the bruiser, Barron Von Kaloff, etc.... Not sure who are the stars now, other than the few commercials I see occasionally. But any case, I think we have to look at UMF as kind of the WWF of fishing.

The only possible thing that should be mentioned, is that winner can not be scripted as easily. I suppose it could be done, but not sure that the guys would go along with that.

Danny

[dcbasser]

I love the show and like I said before I don't think any of the guys take it to serious and probably to an extent know what they are expected to do to help the show continue.
The only thing I would like to see is a little more of the fishing time or maybe in the future would love to see a pro versus an average local guy style. Take 6 pros like Van Dam, Clausen, Swindle for example and pair them up against ........lets say ME LOL. Probably would not stand a chance but who knows it would make for great TV. Crazier things have happened.

[artcarney_agr]

Well, you're gonna see average Joes in the college series. The guy I was up against was unable to drive a bass boat if that tells you anything, but he was one lucky son of a gun...whoops, probably shouldn't have said that...

[dcbasser]

Lmao Hahahahahahahahahahahah

[PatientlyWading24]

A friend of mine's dad has told me the story many times when him and his fishin buddy were out in the creek and he was just tearin him up. the next fish my friends dad caught was a real big one and about as soon as he hooked up with it his buddy's cigarette made its way to the line. that right there is a sure fire way to get another mans fish off, and having the privilage of knowing those two guys i'd say that would have made for some, down right laugh- your- a$$- off t.v. Personally if anybody inables me from catching a fish, dink or trophy, it probably wouldn't be so funny, that is where i draw the line as well.