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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | Okay, maybe nobody who makes a tv show will read this, but I just gotta say....this business of horsing fish around at boat side in order to get a good splash shot on film gets old. I wont mention any names of fisherman or particular shows, but c'mon, I'm looking at my tv on pause right one from a show I tivoed and its pretty bad how guys are literally pulling fish into the air for a good clip. Actually pulling them straights out of the water with xxh nine footers. Last night I watched a show where the guy was horsing around with a fish boat side for too long getting splash shots and lost the fish when it shook loose. He was like stunned....really? You are surprised the fish shook off? Maybe it's me and I should spend more time creating some drama and enjoying the show, but personally I don't catch enough fish to risk losing any. Just sayin'.
I know, if you don't like it, don't watch it. Maybe I won't. I know, if it's a legal fish, they can haul it up to the boat and club it in head if they want to, who am I to tell them what to do after they hook a fish? I get that. What does it matter in the big scheme of things? Not much probably. Maybe it's because all these guys advocate catch and release and proper fish handling while at the same time horsing fish out of the water like so many pounds of chopped liver that bugs me.
Okay, my mid-winter rant is over....we need spring in a bad way.
Edited by Cowboyhannah 2/11/2011 6:51 PM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I don't like it when they splash. Gets my seat all wet. |
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| I was in Florida one time having dinner out on the deck of a restaurant that overlooked part of the inland waterway. Very close to us there was a prominent bass fishing T.V. personality and crew obviously filming for the show. There were five boats, all exactly identical, each had two guys in it casting away around the docks and one boat had the star and camera man.
They were all busily fishing and whenever one of them hooked a bass there would be this funny fire drill where everyone would be getting their boats out of the way while the star and camera man did a sort of hop scotch/ stepping stone thing jumping from boat to boat so the star could get the hand off of the hot rod and be filmed playing "his catch". All pretty comical to watch. That sort of thing I don't have a problem with because I know they need to get usable footage in a limited time frame and the bass weren't subjected to any unusual abuse.
What I do have a problem with is what this thread covers, horsing fish for spectacular video clips and what I heard attributed to a prominent muskie fishing personality who shall go nameless that was accused of jug fishing for the sake of creating video footage for production. That is going to far and is reprehensible.
Let's keep it clean.
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Location: North Metro - Twin Cities | All the splashing and spectacular boat-side leaps get your gear wet, your seats wets, your clothing wet, your boat carpet wet and worst of all the camera lens wet. The old timers didn't have this problem as they would simply shoot them or club them to limit boat-side splashing and make landing less of a wet ordeal. |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Well, some have to exaggerate the situation for their viewers. Other's, like Steve Herbeck put on a school. Take a close look at the recent Eagle Lake video w/ Steve catching that fish on the 8 & getting it into the net. Sweeeeeet - thanks Herbie!
Have fun!
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| Most of the TV shows do a great job and provide alot of enternainment and valuable information. These comments sound snobbish and elitist. |
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| guest - 2/12/2011 7:41 AM Most of the TV shows do a great job and provide alot of enternainment and valuable information. These comments sound snobbish and elitist. Guest, believe you reversed your post, shouldn't it be........ Theses comments sound snobbish and elitist: "Most of the TV shows do a great job and provide alot of entertainment and valuable information. Mike |
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| warrens - 2/12/2011 8:21 AM
guest - 2/12/2011 7:41 AM Most of the TV shows do a great job and provide alot of enternainment and valuable information. These comments sound snobbish and elitist. Guest, believe you reversed your post, shouldn't it be........ Theses comments sound snobbish and elitist: "Most of the TV shows do a great job and provide alot of entertainment and valuable information. Mike
No doubt if you have to log out and back in as a guest to comment
then don't bother, really |
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| It's entertainment, what do you expect? Would you watch the show if it just showed them casting all day and seeing two fish? It's just part of the deal - you film for days, and then put all the most exciting footage together for a show. Part of that is making what you film as exciting as possible. And before the anonymous guest posters jump all over my #*#*? YES, in fact I HAVE. 3 days on Eagle with Herbie and his guides, filming for the Fishing Guide Show. And yes, in fact I DID. 37", 38" and a 47". Made for a good show. |
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