Category: TV

Wicked Bent Rod Pattern Sux!

Wicked Bent Rod Pattern Sux!

I like to check out all the new fishing-related shows on TV. Not so much the same -ol’ wanna-be-Z/Hank/Dance/Jimmy shows out there, but the stuff on what I call the “nature channels,” up around the high 200s on DirecTV. You know, NatGeo, Discovery, etc. My son likes to too, and he saw an ad for [...]

April 10, 2012 | 1 Comment More
‘Made for Televsion’ – Good, Bad, Neither?

‘Made for Televsion’ – Good, Bad, Neither?

Recently ran across the original press release announcing Irwin Jacobs’ purchase of Operation Bass – which, for you youngsters, operated the Red Man series, now the BFLs. That was in 1996, and in the release is this line: In 1996, Operation Bass joined with Genmar Holdings Inc. [Irwin's holding company] and JM Associates [Jerry McKinnis' [...]

December 28, 2011 | 6 Comments More