City Limits Fishing on Ice--This Friday!

[Write-Outdoor]

So this Friday the episode of City Limits Fishing with Mike Iaconelli will air on the Versus network at 8 p.m.....I haven't seen it yet so I'm curious as to how dumb I look out there but the producer was really happy with the way the show turned out so I hope that's good news. Check it out!

Ron Hustvedt

[NCLaker]

Your on the show with Mike? ... sweet. I'll be watching.

[Dylan33]

W-O, I'll be checking that out, just curious....when and where were you fishing?

[DTro]

Cool!

I watched him last week in Missouri fishing Blue Cats. It's a pretty good show. Mike is a character for sure.

I'll try to remember to watch it (wish I had a DVR).

[Brad B]

So this Friday the episode of City Limits Fishing with Mike Iaconelli will air on the Versus network at 8 p.m.....I haven't seen it yet so I'm curious as to how dumb I look out there but the producer was really happy with the way the show turned out so I hope that's good news. Check it out!

Ron Hustvedt

are you sure it is the 8PM one. I see there is one at 7:30PM also.

[BartmanMN]

Fishing on the ice or filmed last open water season?

[DTro]

I think it's on the ice and on Calhoun if I remember correctly.

[Write-Outdoor]

It's the last show of the season, so I wouldn't be surprised if they put an episode on before it...but the 8 p.m. show is supposed to be the new one so that's what I'm thinking it will be. I'm really quite interested to see how the show looks because it was one of my worst days ice fishing all winter....actually, for catching fish, it was my worst day ice fishing this winter! We had a tough bite going and the only consolation I have is that the other anglers on the ice around us weren't catching much of anything either. You'll have to watch it though because there was some crazy stuff that happened.

It should be good...and if nothing else, it was Iaconelli's first time EVER ice fishing. He had a blast! (as did I)

[mrklean]

Did he have any famous freak outs?

[PierBridge]

I think there may have been one "City_Limits_Fishing show" on today. And my guide says Friday at 4:00, 430,730, 800, 1030,1100 for the next showings. No guide description though.

No DVR?...that amazes me.

[Write-Outdoor]

He comes across different in person than on the television, that's for sure. I listened to his book as an audio file while driving up north and he's much more like that than the guy who you see freaking out during tournaments.

That said....he does totally freak out....but you'll have to see it.

[IamZombie]

I've been looking forward to this since I heard about it happening last year.

[Rippinlip]

Just set the programming to alarm me, it should be a riot!

[goblueM]

so for those of us without versus (or friends with versus) is there a way to view the show at some point, such as online?

[jaymevb]

i love this show, it's the only one that doesn't shove products at you

[Andy Loos1432404924]

Thats great Ron! I look forward to watching it!

[bobbymalone]

I think it's on the ice and on Calhoun if I remember correctly.

[DTro]

In Ron's defense, there were a few posts floating around a while ago when this was being filmed and there was discussion about it. He told everyone he would update them when an airing time was available.

Here are a couple of pics:

[Write-Outdoor]

Thanks dtro! Here's the scoop...

Bass angling professional Mike Iaconelli has his "City Limits Fishing" show on the Versus network and he does around six shows a year in a major metropolitan area. He's bass fished a ton of cities, gone deep sea fishing off the Miami coast and gone after other species in other cities around the country. It's a good show and reality-based in that he has only eight hours of fishing to try and get a limit as established by the host angler at the beginning of the show.

He came to Minneapolis this past winter to shoot a show on the ice, and have his first time ice fishing ever (on or off camera). There was an angler from Chicago who was originally going to host but that didn't work out. I was called (for whatever reason) back in early December and asked to help out but couldn't due to the full-time gig. Iaconelli's producer found somebody else (T.F.) to do the show but then one of our monumental blizzards this winter shut the entire country down and they had to cancel the shoot.

The rescheduled shoot didn't work for the other guy so they came back to me and asked if I could. I had been kicking myself for passing it along and this time it worked into the schedule. They came to town, we fished the morning and early afternoon on Calhoun and then hopped to Harriet for the end of day bite. The show is true to it's deal. No canned fish. Nothing pre-rigged to look good for the camera. What you will see on the show is what happened.

My only complaint is that while they say 8 hours of fishing, it works out to much less than that because of all the filming that has to be done a certain way to get the angles and perspectives they want for a cool, rapid-fire, kind of show. Let's just say we were on the ice for an hour before a single hook hit the water! It's a fishing show, but it's more a show about fishing opportunities in the middle of a city. Catching fish is good, and we caught lots of fish, but it's not your typical fishing show where "canned" fish are often the star of the show.

That's the inside scoop. I don't know how much of that will come through in the show. I know none of what I just wrote will be in the press releases that are circulating about the show. It was a lot of fun. It was cool to do. I still say this was THE TOUGHEST bite I had all winter and it just had to be for national television! That's the luck but when I last spoke with the producer of the show he was absolutely giddy about the show.

As a city kid, born and raised in South Minneapolis, riding my bike several miles to Nokomis and the Mississippi with my tackle box bungee corded to my bike and holding my fishing rod with my handle bars it was a great experience. Fishing in the city is a concept I believe in firmly and have written about a lot...I hope that it comes across on the show the way it was for Iaconelli and myself. We had a blast!

[leech~~]

As a city kid, born and raised in South Minneapolis, riding my bike several miles to Nokomis and the Mississippi with my tackle box bungee corded to my bike and holding my fishing rod with my handle bars it was a great experience. Fishing in the city is a concept I believe in firmly and have written about a lot...I hope that it comes across on the show the way it was for Iaconelli and myself. We had a blast!

Ron, where did you go to school? I went to South. class of '75. Sounds like we fished the same waters growing up. Carp on the river and Bullheads on Nokomis!

[Write-Outdoor]

I'm South High Class of 1993....so we missed being classmates by just that much!

Here's the link to a sneak preview...I hope it's allowed to post this. If not, my sincerest apologies to the moderator and Rick.

[Rick G]

That is a very cool clip. Mike looks pretty pumped to be on the ice. I cant wait to see the full episode .

[PierBridge]

Was that Dulano's ?.... Uptown would be my 2nd choice...

[leech~~]

I'm South High Class of 1993....so we missed being classmates by just that much!

Here's the link to a sneak preview...I hope it's allowed to post this. If not, my sincerest apologies to the moderator and Rick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7CC7hCkEYQ

I wish they wouldn't block those are work! I waste half my day trying to get fishing videos to work! How unproductive is that!

[joneshat11]

This is my favorite show on TV. Being a kid growing up in North Minneapolis this show is fun to watch and always relate too.