So I have been sitting at home all week with a broken foot going stir crazy. While I was sitting with my foot in the air, this show came on the outdoor channel called hook and look. There were these two guys, one on the boat, and one in the water wearing diving gear. So, the guy in the water was diving down and finding fish on spawning beds and telling the guy on the boat, through a two way headset, where to cast and how to work the lures. Whatever happened to fishing the old fashioned way, studying the area, learning about fish through books, etc… Could be cheating, or, I could just be jealous. What are your thoughts
If the guy in the boat had a big treble hook trying to snag the diver - that would be an interesting show 
[quote]Originally posted by elgeebee
If the guy in the boat had a big treble hook trying to snag the diver - that would be an interesting show
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Now that would be funny as h@ll
the way you described…GARBAGE!!! eaglebees suggestion or in the amazon wearing a meat suit and dodging piranhas…now thats more like it
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Originally posted by SlosirSo I have been sitting at home all week with a broken foot going stir crazy. While I was sitting with my foot in the air, this show came on the outdoor channel called hook and look. There were these two guys, one on the boat, and one in the water wearing diving gear. So, the guy in the water was diving down and finding fish on spawning beds and telling the guy on the boat, through a two way headset, where to cast and how to work the lures. Whatever happened to fishing the old fashioned way, studying the area, learning about fish through books, etc… Could be cheating, or, I could just be jealous. What are your thoughts
You’re completely missing the premise behind the show.
Most people have absolutely no clue how fish really set up on structure, or how they respond to noise or a lure coming by. In this show they try to combine fishing with visuals of what the fish are doing underwater.
In the show you’re talking about, they’re specifically trying to show how fish on a bed react to a lure randomly on the bed, and in the “sweet spot” of a bed.
You’e way off base…they’re not “cheating”.
It is a wonder how good fisherman got that way without underwater cameras and high resolution fish finders.
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I agree with both sides of this “discussion.” I’ve seen the show. I can see how it could be informative to an angler. However, if you don’t have underwater cameras yourself, it can only be taken as “general” advise. Interesting concept, but I’d much rather watch Bill Dance jump around his bass boat catching smallmouth on Saturday mornings. Or Roland Martin down in Venice catching reds. IMHO.
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The craziest use of technology I have seen on a tv show was using transmitters and receivers to indicate when a fish hit a line…fishing for alligator gar of all things!
It was a program about a guide in Texas? that fishes in a river and sets up rods at different locations, usually around bends in the river. He pulls up on the bank, throws out the bait and then connects a transmitter that goes off as line is pulled off the reel. After setting up 4 or so he goes back to a cental location and sits there waiting for the receiver to go off. It has multiple LED’s that indicate which rod is spooling line. He then jumps in his jon boat and flies over to that location and drops his client off on the bank to fight the fish.
I was surprised that’s even legal. Pretty sure it wouldn’t be in SC.
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Originally posted by striperskiffThe craziest use of technology I have seen on a tv show was using transmitters and receivers to indicate when a fish hit a line…fishing for alligator gar of all things!
It was a program about a guide in Texas? that fishes in a river and sets up rods at different locations, usually around bends in the river. He pulls up on the bank, throws out the bait and then connects a transmitter that goes off as line is pulled off the reel. After setting up 4 or so he goes back to a cental location and sits there waiting for the receiver to go off. It has multiple LED’s that indicate which rod is spooling line. He then jumps in his jon boat and flies over to that location and drops his client off on the bank to fight the fish.
I was surprised that’s even legal. Pretty sure it wouldn’t be in SC.
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I’ve seen that and thought it was pretty cool. When you’re fishing for dinosaurs like that, I don’t care how he does it. He’s making a living and releasing them every time. I don’t think there is a lot of other fishing going on in that nasty water anyway.
I can see how someone would view that as cheating, though.
Back on original topic…That fish and dive show is pretty informative, I think. They’re releasing all the fish and showing how fish behave around cover and react to lures and presentations. On top of that, they’re a father and son team, which I think is great.
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