tv show

[justin ennis]

there is a tv show coming on tonight at 11:00 on oln, they are swordfishing off of miami

[catching]

What would be the name of the show :?: so I can find it on comcast.

[njoimia]

off the hook fishing adventures. OLN

[Poledancer]

anyone else watch this garbage? sounds like the tools that were on the radio thursday night, NewYorkers should stay home and fish for stripers

[tunaman81]

What a bunch of ungrateful morons. You don't confront a captain on his own boat. He was nice enough to take their dumbasses out. And to get pissed because the mate was explaining to them how to swordfish, which I bet they had never done, thats ridiculous.

So I guess they will give any idiots a fishing show....

[catching]

Went to bed, guess I did not miss anything

[Tuna Devil]

Originally Posted by Poledancer

anyone else watch this garbage? sounds like the tools that were on the radio thursday night, NewYorkers should stay home and fish for stripers

Those guys are complete morons. There are a$$ holes everywhere.

I really do not appreciate your comment on what New Yorkers should do.

[Uncle Buck]

:roflmao:

[Tuna Devil]

I was trying to be polite. Don't get me started. :lol: :lol:

[LHPfish]

since when is it cool to wear gucci and be a dick.

[Tuna Devil]

Originally Posted by LHPfish

since when is it cool to wear gucci and be a dick.

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

[GENERALturtle.]

"original post by the other Tom" fs forum

Wasn't going to say much, and I have not seen the show yet, but the facts might be a bit more interesting and entertaining than the show itself............
Received a call in May from a valued friend (and great fisherman) who told me that a "friend of a friend" was filming for a breakthrough OLN Fishing Show. They had sold the pilot to the network and wanted to film a night of Swordfishing. Since they had a film crew, he said they needed a larger sportfish. The fishing guys were reportedly seasoned Canyon guys and Long Island Shark Tourney winners. Got in touch with Capt. James and picked a date for them to come down. James indicated that OLN, Alutecnos, Hydroglow, Ande, and other tackle companies were sponsoring him. He needed to have his rods and gear on the show. He offered a "bareboat charter", etc. and a "full-boat" package of gear, but I declined. I told him simply that if they picked up the fuel bill, I would provide the boat, mate, my time for a weekend, food, bait, beverages, and whatever else was needed to get them on fish. All agreed,sounded like fun, and since the bite was good, we would probably be out there anyways....

FYI, the boat is a 2005 59' Spencer / Dean Johnson that only has 500 hours on it. We cruise at 30k, and the interior is pretty "virgin" in terms of cleanliness. It is "yacht quality"...but I don't have a capt/mate - prefer to run it and maintain it myself.

James wanted to provide all his tackle, his rods, bait, set-up, spread, and they would like to run the boat on film and we would be "in the background" unless some help was needed. He said they had caught "tons of swordies" and big sharks up north and they would do it their way. No problem, I am very easy-going. Even though I was told to come alone, I asked Marc (Deep Blue) to come and give me hand with the boat.

Wednesday morning before the weekend, James called and said that they needed to film the boat coming in and leaving from Miami rather than Lauderdale. No problem, we will just leave a little earlier from my house in Lauderdale and pick them up down there. He also said that he was having trouble getting his gear from his sponsors, so "could we use your rods?". No problem, I had already packed all the 80's and 50's aboard as well as my usual swordy gear bag, my hydroglow, a case of Capt. Mark's chum, and 1/2 flat of squid.

Spent Wed night detailing the boat and Thursday decided "just in case" I would go out and catch runners in case James couldn't pull together any live bait in Miami.

Friday afternoon, with a light SE breeze at 5 knots, we were scheduled to pick up the crew at Miami Beach Marina, at 3:30 in order to film some shots in Govt Cut and arrival/departure scenes. Get to the inlet and I call James at 3:25 to say we will be 5- 10 minutes late. "No problem, we aren't there yet". Docked at the fuel dock, 4:30 comes and no crew. James calls and says most of the guys are still in bed, "Big Night on South Beach"...

I calculate we will use 400gallons for the weekend, James and the boys arrive. They looked a little "battle weary", but no problem, lets go fishing. I bring James up to the fuel dock attendant, but he says he forgot his wallet. No problem, lets go fishing. Back on the boat, the camera crew is making quck work of the teak cockpit, covering boards and the mezzanine by dragging heavy gear, steel cases, etc around and jumping aboard with work boots. I don't say a word, but suggest they put the stuff on the carpet runners inside and try not to destroy the paint and brightwork. I figure it might be good to go over boat rules, and maybe get them to take their shoes off inside. Their 3 six-packs of bottled bear go into the storage locker and I show them where the chill box, fridges, freezers, etc are. Marc and I take stock, and figure they are just a little tired from the flight and travelling. James seems like a nice guy, and the camera guys are real cool, they just had never been aboard a big boat before. Ask James what he wants to do, he says "go get us a fish".......

Run out hit buoys for more bait, but its quickly apparent that none of them (except maybe James) has every cast a jig with powerpro. Loose a few, and backlash a few reels,and we top of the well with some nice jumbos and a rainbow. The sabiki rod didn't last long in their hands.

Running offshore, James says that he really didn't have time to get any of his gear or rigs, and if we have any squid. No problem, we have backup. In front of the helm, one of the guys we nicknamed "slug" passes out and never moves the entire night (except once to help chum from the flybridge). Marc jumps in and rigs a few squid, and ascertains that none of the other guys who are passed out in the salon have any clue on how to set up a sword spread. We break out my 80s and 50s and bring out our gear bags and start getting ready. Offshore early, we set up a troll with some of the coherent guys sitting in the cockpit. Shortly, we have a wahoo coming over the side and it looks like a good start. (except the reel gets high-sided).

Asking James if he's OK setting up on the 53N and 50.2W, he shrugs his shoulders. James then proceeds to macrame and knit together some variety of a squid on a single J-hook with floss, during which time Marc and I set out the whole spread so we wouldn't miss the sundown bite. Looking inside the salon, there are 3 very large, very hairy, 1/2 nude bodies sleeping on the leather sofa and 1/2 dozen empty cans of beer (2 spilled) on the woodwork. Remains of my food and candy/snacks are everywhere. No problem, lets get a fish.

With little action, a few hits and misses, we do 2 long drifts. Becomes fairly obvious that the 2-3 guys who are still sober enough to stand in the cockpit have never held a reel bigger than a 4/0 Senator on a Tuna Stick. And there is not a chance in heck that they could ever rig a drift spread of more than 1 tip rod. During the night, I try to keep some protection on the boat's interior and ask James to keep his guys a little more "shipshape". At about midnight, I go below into my master stateroom, and find one of the hairy, nude guys standing in my head, pissing all over the place. I told him that my cabin is offlimits and he became pretty angry. That about set the tone of the rest of the night.......and probably got them enough footage to edit the majority of the show. I had been preparing the grill to cook up some beautiful, fresh wahoo steaks, but decided I wasn't going to be so generous after their insults. (remember, they forgot to bring any food, so they were probably hungry).

At 2:30 am, I call it, and we are north up by the 26-08. Pick up, and I run them all the way (30 miles) to Miami Beach Marina, drop them off. Slug gets down off the flybridge. Remind James that he needs to take care of the fuel bill, he promises that Saturday we'd be all set. Run back to Lauderdale offshore, and up the ditch to my house. Asleep by 7:00 am. Wake up at noon, spend 3 hours cleaning the boat, and removing the hair, sweat, skittles, chips, nuts, and misc. garbage from the boat's interior as well as cleaning the heads, and changing the sheets on the VIP and Master (seems somebody crawled in the beds on the ride home). I get out the compound and rubbing compound for the scratched awlgrip and varnish, and wash the teak cockpit to get the food stains and beer out (it would have been easy for them to pick up the washdown hose)...

Saturday pm, buzz James, and we are set for a pickup at Lauderdale Marina, 4:30. Marc and I agree to bring some reinforcements, and Kenny is along for the ride. 5:15, and they are nowhere to be found (turns out they hit the late night club-scene shift on south beach after sleeping on the ride south and were still in bed at 4:00 pm). Remind James of the fuel bill, and begin to think we are being set-up and conned. Nothing they had promised had materialized, and we had basically been taking them on a 48 hour boat ride/sword charter with fully provisioned, beautiful boat. No problem, worse case is we go fishing and I am the dupe.....

They finally show up, come down the dock, and I ask James about the bill....He convincingly says no problem, and I question it...I then go over the boat rules, again (with a bit more substance), and elaborate on some of the "issues" I had to clean up during the day. One of the guys drops his beer and walks down the dock and leaves. No problem, lets go get a fish. Film is rolling.

We run out, no time for trolling, and Kenny/Marc get the 5 line-spread out. Just before sundown, we get a decent hookup on #4 (runner) which is next to where I am sitting in the cockpit. I throw the 50 in gear and come tight on a nice 35# class mahi which comes in to the gaff fairly quickly and into the box. It was actually a very, very nice fish. The bigger Brooklyn guys start hassling me about not passing the rod, and I apologize profusely.

9:45, we get tight on a decent swordy, and James gets in the chair (I have standup gear). In spite of all the complications, he catches the fish, Marc/Kenny bill him and he tapes out around 56", and the film crew keeps rolling. None of the other guys wanted to come close to the bill, the gaff, the 'poon, or the rod. More film of the cleanup and the Brooklyn guys running their mouths, and we are off to the dock.

Go for drop-off, tell Marc to hold the boat just off the dock, wanted to get some assurances from James about the fuel bill. In his best New York style, he convinces me that he will make good on it when he can get $$ from OLN. Drop them off, head home, drink a few brews before hitting the bed. Wake up next day,spend Sunday cleaning the boat, washing sheets, picking up food, empty beer cans, garbage from the salon chairs, sofa, carpet, etc. Wife returns from a comped, 3-day weekend in Cheeca Lodge and I feel pretty stupid. James' phone doesn't answer.

[Nick C]

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[Certifiable]

Turtle, is this your story, or a re-post from the original author. I can't be sure with the "original post by the other Tom" heading ? Either way, the real sportsmen on this site can appreciate your efforts, and we offer a big thumbs down to the OLN Network for thier poor representation of sportsmanship
Sounds like the OLN fish mafia crew could have used a little south Florida a$$ whoopin on the dock. How in the hell does OLN employ a bunch of unprofessional, ungratefull, self righteous, disrespectfull drunken slobs. One of those hairy bastards must be the son of the network owner.

This goes down in the book of life under the chapter of "No good deed goes un-punished".

Keep the faith my friend, and think positive thoughts. Maybe these scumbags will go to Venezuela for a Black Marlin trip. The ones that don't get pulled under when leadering a giant will be easy pickins for the locals. They love loud mouth obnoxious Americans down there.

Sorry you had to go through that crap.

[LHPfish]

He should let OLN know about that "off the hook fishign adventure" he had

I wonder if james, rob, richie, ryan



James
The captain of the ship and the captain of the show, he drives the story. With a natural sense of humor and a skewed view of the world, James is the outspoken leader of the crew.



Rob
Rob is the handsome and quick-witted fisherman who is James' first mate. Rob can hang with the best of them while getting on James' nerves the entire trip. Q&A Interview




Richie L. (aka Super L)
Richie is the class clown, who never grew up and never will. A hard edged comedian, Richie considers himself the best fisherman on the boat and will tell anyone who will listen. Q&A Interview


Brian (aka Mosquito)
Low key and soft-spoken can describe Brian's demeanor but don't let that fool you. An accomplished diver, spear fisherman and deep-sea swimmer, Brian is a big part of the crew. Q&A Interview

Rob
How old were you when you started Fishing?
I started fishing when I was 5 or 6- my dad & I fished Sheepshead Bay -- Stella Maris Pier for snappers all the time. Every summer we went to the Catskills trout fishing.

What is your favorite species to fish for?
Stripped bass.

What is the worst fish to eat?
Bacalla!!

Who is the best fisherman of the four besides yourself?
Jamsey -- he's the most experienced.

Where is the best place to fish on the east coast?
Montauk, although I've never fished Hattaras, NC.

Where is the best spot to fish around Brooklyn?
Breezy Point Jetty.

Are you worried about eating fish from New York Harbor?
I haven't turned green yet!!

What is the weirdest thing you've ever caught while fishing?
Jamsey!!

When/How did all you guys become friends?
Brian amd I met while we were teenagers; Jamsey & Super L -- late 80's early 90's.

What are your nicknames/how did you get them?
Jamsey = Hendry - we lived together for a couple of years & watched Goodfellas a million times! It just stuck.
Brian = Mosquito - while growing up Brian would drink & his eyes bugged out of his head.
Richie = Super L - one night we were at Morrisey's club & there was a cage over the bar. Richie hopped onto the bar & dove for the cage, hung on and pulled himself in. Fom then on, he was Super L.

Who is the most competitive?
Me

What is the most embarrassing story about one of the other guys?
No comment.

Who was the oldest of the four to move out of your parents' house?
Super L

Who has the worst habit of the four of you and what is it?
Too many to list again!

What is the best trait about each person?
Loyalty -and that's that.

Who is the smartest of the four?
ME!!!! But we are all smart in our own ways!

Who would you not want to following if you were lost in the middle of nowhere?
Super L. He gets lost going around the corner!

What is the worst job you've ever had?
Driving a delivery bike for Met Food in the middle of the winter

Who is your favorite athlete?
Dwayne Wade

What is your favorite sport other than fishing?
Hockey

What is your favorite team?
Rangers

Who has the worst taste, (clothes, music etc)?
We all have our bad days!

If you had to chose between wearing a football helmet at all times or having an invisible person right next to you speaking gibberish in your ear 24 hours a day, both options for the rest of your life which would you choose and why?
Definitely a football helmet- I have to hear L's gibberish anyway!

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Brian AKA "Mosquito"
How old were you when you started fishing?
I was 9 Years old.

What is your favorite species to fish for?
Striped bass.

What is the worst fish to eat?
Bluefish.

Who is the best fisherman of the four besides yourself?
James.

Where is the best place to fish on the east coast?
Montauk, NY.

Where is the best spot to fish around Brooklyn?
Breezy point.

Are you worried about eating fish from New York Harbor?
No.

What is the weirdest thing you've ever caught while fishing?
Someone else's fishing pole with a blue fish still on it.

When/How did all you guys become friends?
We all grew up in the same neighborhood.

Who is the most competitive?
Myself, but we are all competitive when it comes to fishing.

Who was the oldest of the four to move out of your parents house?
Richie, I think he was in his late 30's.

Who is the smartest of the four?
We are all smart in our own ways. Some are book smart, some are street smart, and some are common sense smart.

Who would you not want to follow if you were lost in the middle of nowhere?
Richie.

What is the worst job you've ever had?
Loading tractor trailers.

What is your favorite sport other than fishing?
Spearfishing, and all extreme sports.

What is your favorite team?
NY Yankees.

If you had to be someone else in the group besides you who would you be?
None of the above.

If you had to chose between wearing a football helmet at all times or having an invisible person right next to you speaking gibberish in your ear 24 hours a day, both options for the rest of your life which would you choose and why?
A football helmet, because I cant stand anyone talking nonsense.

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Richie
How old were you when you started fishing?
6-7 Years old

What is your favorite species to fish for?
Striped bass

What is the worst fish to eat?
Bluefish

Who is the best fisherman of the four besides yourself?
Brian

Where is the Best Place to fish on the East Coast?
Carolinas

Where is the best spot to fish around Brooklyn?
Rockaway /Brezy Jetty

Are you worried about eating fish from New York Harbor?
NO

What is the weirdest thing you've ever caught while fishing?
Fishing pole and reel

When/How did all you guys become friends?
My Bar/ Fishing

What are your nicknames/how did you get them?
Brian( Miskedo)
Rob(ROBSTAR)
Richie (Super L)
James (Forrest Gump)

Who is the most competitive?
Brian

What is the most embarrassing story about one of the other guys?
James swimming back to the boat in Hawaii thinking it was a shark

Who was the oldest of the four to move out of your parents house?
Richie(me)

Who has the worst habit of the four of you and what is it?
James (smoking)

What is the best trait about each person?
none

What is the worst trait about each person?
none

Who is the smartest of the four?
James

Who would you not want to following if you were lost in the middle of nowhere?
Rob

What is the worst job you've ever had?
Roofing

Who is your favorite athlete?
Joe Montana

Who is your least favorite celebrity?
Joey Butafuko

What is your favorite sport other than fishing?
Baseball

What is your favorite team?
Mets

Who has the worst taste, (clothes, music etc)?
James

If you had to be someone else in the group besides you who would you be?
Brian

If you had to chose between wearing a football helmet at all times or having an invisible person right next to you speaking gibberish in your ear 24 hours a day, both options for the rest of your life which would you choose and why?
An Invisible person: because I just would not listen to them.

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[Flyers Up]

Hey General

Ask them to come back!!

I have friends in LOW PLACES!!

[Capt'n Shane]

The way the boat capt. and mate were portrayed on OLN was 180 degrees from the story posted above. Those goofs made all yankee fishermen look bad. You could sorta tell they were mostly talk.

[purplefunk]

typical new yorkers...complete ****in idiots...stay on your damn sea ray marty!!!!!

[quack quack]

Do not judge all New Yorkers by theses guys :twisted: I am from Montauk and theses guys would get laughed of the dock TD calls them citiots

[CHRIS]

Turtle:

It looks like you were a pretty good sport. I'd be livid. I mean we all put up with shit but thats about as bad as it gets

Chris