You guys set high standards. For me anything above 7 is pretty darn nice, 10 is big and 12+ is friggin huge... Last season I only got a couple that crossed the 10 mark and I was thrilled.
As for the show...I like it, I think they are a couple of chatty-Kathy's and the heavy guy's NY accent hurts my ears at times esp when he gets excited but hey...its a TV show, there needs to be some showmanship. As for hiring local charter capt's I think that is probably the best way to showcase what is possible through-out the northeast. Clearly guys from Port Washington are not always going to be experts exactly where and when to drop anchor in Buzzards Bay. They need a guy who is going to put them on fish...that day! A local Charter Capt can do this. I don't think the point of the show is to brag to the world how great of a fishermen they are in any ne location but more to showcase fishing in the northeast in general. Overall, it is reasonably well done, a little over advertised and the banter between them seems a little too much a at times, but it is entertaining for me and better them most shows.
I like shows that show that seabass or Tog fishing can be fun day on the water. Frankly if I see another marlin show on TV this winter I am going to puke.
OTW shows are pretty good too but I don't care for the hosts that much as half the time they are doing that kind of fishing for the first time in their life..(with a guide) I think they need a Curt Goudy/Frank Woolner type of experienced personality and not a kid on the staff. Perhaps Charley Soares or Tim Coleman(?) kind of guy...I don't "know" either of them but they certainly have the fishing experience and writing credenitals (all this is JUST MY opinion, so take it for what it is worth...very little) Also, I don't care for the fresh water stuff at all, and rip right past it. But it might appeal to others.
I only watch fishing shows on DVR's now, best device invented for the TV IMO.
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