Fishing on the tonite show tonite?? 9-19

[fishbum]

Don't miss Take Me Fishing's Master Caster Gary Hain - TONIGHT, Sept. 19, on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno between 11:35 pm - 12:30 am ET.

Professional angler Gary Hain is scheduled to appear on The Tonight Show to promote TakeMeFishing.org and demonstrate casting tricks from the Master Casters viral video series. RBFF hopes the spot will cast fishing and boating in a new light and lure more people to the sport, and to TakeMeFishing.org.

Thought you guys would like to know maybe... might be interesting.
Fishbum

[BanditMan]

Thanks for the info.

[thebassman30]

Thanks Jim!

[Tyme2fish]

I read this post just in time to turn on T.V. What a joke that was. Two casts, knocking a card out the guys hand then hitting a beer bottle. Pure crap.

Leno couldn't have made casting look any dumber. Duh, we're all just a bunch of butt scratching rednecks.

[Chubminnow]

I don't know how the rest of you fella's see things..but the way I see it is we don't need anymore televised or commercially developed methods to get more people interested in the sport of fishing. I think we have plenty of people interested as it is now, in fact there are to many people at times judging from the amount of people on the water fishing. I think interests in fishing should just be passed down from one generation to the next, via family members, etc...This is my thought on the subject until it comes to kids, as many kids as we can get outdoors on the water or in the field the better.

[Tim_T]

It is a double-edged sword. More people fishing means more crowded lakes, rivers and streams, but more people fishing also means more people to make sure these same lakes, rivers and streams are protected.

It also means more money for KDFWR and more money for conservation groupls like Trout Unlimited etc.

About the only way to protect things from bureacrats is to prove to them that it has a dollar value. Unfortunately, that is the world we live in.

[ON3 3Y3D WILLI3]

It is a double-edged sword. More people fishing means more crowded lakes, rivers and streams, but more people fishing also means more people to make sure these same lakes, rivers and streams are protected.

It also means more money for KDFWR and more money for conservation groupls like Trout Unlimited etc.

About the only way to protect things from bureacrats is to prove to them that it has a dollar value. Unfortunately, that is the world we live in.

If it were any kind of 'sword' it'd be able to cut through much of the BS that has always surrounded this issue. No, we don't need late night television touting fishing, and kids aren't up that late to watch or care anyway. I do agree with the kids thing, get em out there and let them see for themselves if they like it or not. 99.9 % of the time they are going to love it and dare I say, be "hooked."

I do not agree that we need more fisherman to boost money which boosts people's perception of the sport or where the sport takes place. We need the people who do enjoy the sport to get more educated about the different aspects of it. We should all know that recreational fishing is more popular in this country than golf and tennis combined, and the revenue generated from recreational fishing far surpasses that of any other outdoor, recreational activity. It's in the billions, annually. Keep in mind too that just one round of golf on any course USA is more than I will spend in a season on lures, bait, or line.

And, groups such as TU and DU have attempted to dupe us all into thinking that their organizations promote conservation. They don't. They promote a specific type of wetlands conservation so that we can go kill ducks that happen to land in that nice, soggy, 'protected' area where a nice, new nesting box just happened to be placed. They promote a type of stream and river conservation so we can harvest fish out of them. One must see that this does wonders for the hunter, and great things for the trout fisherman, but ultimately very little for the bird or the fish. Would real conservation organizations reintroduce an endangered animal back into the wild for the benefit of the poacher? That's more than a little bass ackwards.

On a final note, I'm a creek and stream fisherman primarily and when I notice that more people have come to the spots I frequent, I don't see things improving. I see things get worse, very quickly. I see more blue worm containers, more line on the ground than on my reel, more lures and god-awful red and white bobbers hanging in trees, less fish, angry landowners, fire pits, beer cans, etc., etc.

[Tim_T]

I guess we will have to agree to disagree, but I know I haven't been "duped" by anybody. If you think that their aren't residual effects to non-game species when areas are protected then I doubt I can change your mind.

I think more anglers know the facts about what money is spent on this sport than you believe but just in case they don't I will post it here:

nearly 40 million people fished in the U.S. last year. If fishing was a coorporation the $45 BILLION in sales would place it at number 47 on the 2007 Fortune 500 list, ahead of companies like Microsoft.

As for a round of golf costing more than you spend in a year on tackle, then you either haven't bought any new tackle lately, or you are trying to play golf at Pebble Beach.

Bottom line, money and peoples voices are what drives the bus. You may not like it, but it is true.