River Monsters Television Show

[wastewaterguru]

Let's see some good ole' boys go noodling for one of those!!!!!

The fact that he landed that 160+ pound fish in that current was impressive enough. The teeth were just plain scary. The closest thing to a freshwater shark I've ever seen.

[Slowhand]

The fact that he landed that 160+ pound fish in that current was impressive enough. The teeth were just plain scary. The closest thing to a freshwater shark I've ever seen.

Ye, when he jumped into that current to follow that fish down to the next pool I became a Jeremy Wade fan club member.

[Scott M]

Wade's quite the card. He has a zoology degree and does a good job of explaining some of the biology of the fish he's after.

I saw the alligator gar episode last night. I felt like the research into the historical notoriety of the species was a bit over the top...he knows, as anyone who would specifically target the fish, that the species was demonized because it wasn't a game fish and that it was nearly eradicated through unjustified killing and bounties. Texas Parks and Wildlife was out to wipe the species off the map. Oddly enough, today they are researching and conserving the species. However, if they were serious about growing large individuals, they would put in some sort of bowfishing slot...that's how most big alligator gar are harvested in Texas.

Anyways, back to the show. Overall I thought it was pretty well done. They talked about the gar's ganoid scales, research that is being done, and how gar must swallow their prey whole so they would never attack a human or large animal.

I would have loved to be able to jump in that tank and swim around with those fish. That was pretty cool!

Next week is the European wels catfish. When I win the lottery, I'm going to Spain in summer to get C&R one of these!

[Shack]

Tonight at 9:00pm on APL:

Wade travels to Germany where he meets victims of a beast that has been raising its snout above the surface of freshwaters in Europe for the past 700 years. We discover that the Wels catfish is an aggressive predator of man eating proportions.

Might be a good one!

[wooduck26]

I belive the new show is on TONIGHT at 9pm!

[JimBuck]

Looking forward to this one...

[Shack]

I belive the new show is on TONIGHT at 9pm!

woodduck,

Is what I posted not a new show?

[DTro]

oh no!

not the clonk....

[PierBridge]

Bad editing Job did anybody notice the two different pole's depending on the camera angle he was using in the last fight seen.

Nice Kitty tho!

[DTro]

yeah I caught that.

I also couldn't help but hear two hilarious quotes while fighting that fish

"my groin is aching right now"

and

"ugh my crotch hurts"

[Scott M]

I'd love to get over to Ebro some day...I should have followed my dreams to be a trophy husband and marry for money

As Jeremy Wade was complaining about groin pain I couldn't help but think of another cat man that likes to fight big cats with two rods if ya get my drift LOL

[hanson]

As Jeremy Wade was complaining about groin pain I couldn't help but think of another cat man that likes to fight big cats with two rods if ya get my drift LOL

Good to see the "Hansoning" technique catching on around the world.

You guys might want to jump on the craze.

[DTro]

I smell an Insider article for next year

[wastewaterguru]

I loved the part where he's pitching a bait along the bank as the boat they are in is floating down this tributary at 10 miles an hour......

I sense a new technique for flatheads.

[Shack]

I thought that also! I tell ya, every year cat fishing and bass fishing get closer and closer

[Surreal Deal]

I loved the part where he's pitching a bait along the bank as the boat they are in is floating down this tributary at 10 miles an hour......

I sense a new technique for flatheads.

Those cats were hitting like Smallies on the Rum... Pounding anything unlucky enough to fall in off the bank.

The best part was when he got in the water with the 163-pounder and then thought better of it at the last minute and scrambled out.

"I let my survival instinct get the better of me." he said.

-I should think so!

[JimBuck]

It was amazing to see how fearless the fish really are when he dropped that massive rock into the water and the fish barely flinched. Talk about an apex predator.

[mplspug]

Dang, that is the only one I want to watch of the series, although the "Gator Gar" was a decent one. You do have to handicap it for being on Discovery and not an outdoor channel, so the audience is different.

Hopefully I had the DVR set up. I don't think I could sit through the "filler" again.

[Shack]

No wonder you missed it. Animal Planet Pug

[mplspug]

Doh! I knew it was one of the 2. I should not have trusted my memory and given it a little thought because I would have figured it out, since I see the commercials during my favorite show, Chimp Eden!

[Wiskers]

Well I have gotten to see a few but I keep checking my DVR and they are all not there.. Then come to find out, my kids have been canceling the recording when it comes on... sigh.. boy is the brown slippery matter going to hit the rotating device when I they get home from school..

[wooduck26]

Whats everyones opinion of making noise on the surface to attract the fishs' attention? Anyone gonna be trying this?

[mainbutter]

It works for some fish.. I'm not sure about how well clunkers work for catfish, but there truly is science and fact behind shark calling with shark rattles. I bet you could find other methods that work for other species.

[Surreal Deal]

Whats everyones opinion of making noise on the surface to attract the fishs' attention? Anyone gonna be trying this?

I heard that smacking the water with a paddle and trying to get them to bite the high voltage wire while you stand there in a rubber raft as bait is a good way to kill 25' long great whites...

[Mr.Seaguar]

Personally, the goonch is the only one worthy of the show so far. Candiru fish look a lot more frightening than the rest of them.