Inside Sportfishing

Join us on the edge as we fish Mako Sharks off Newport Beach onboard the Vintage with Bill and Bob Markland from the Balboa Angling Club. After making bait, we set up a good chum line and it didn't take long until the first battle was on. All the fish were caught and released. Practicing CPR, Catch, Photograph and Release. Tips on tackle and techniques, as well as lots of action.

Step into the land of the midnight sun, Canada's Yukon as we take you to Kluane Wilderness Lodge where the fishing was off the charts. The bite was on at Wellesley Lake, where we hooked monster Northern Pike and gigantic 50-pound lake trout unlike anything we had ever seen. The lodge was beautiful and somehow, unlike much of the Yukon, there were no bugs. Rumor has it that the fish ate them all!

Welcome to the Yukon in part-2 of our 4-part series on Kluane Wilderness Lodge in beautiful Canada where you can get epic lake trout fishing in some of the most tranquil wilderness anywhere in the world. Join us as we troll with fly rods and pull in some fat beauties!

Join us in part-3 of our trip to The Yukon's remote Kluane Wilderness Lodge, where the sun never sets between June and July for 24-hour fishing. This lodge holds 14 world records and when you see the monsters that are pulled out, it is clear why. All caught on single barbless hooks.

Welcome as we wrap up our coverage on Canada's beautiful Kluane Wilderness Lodge in the remote Yukon on the shores of the crystal-clear, Wellesly Lake. In this episode, we will be walking and stalking the shoals, fly-casting poppers and sub-surface flies for hard-hitting, hard-fighting northern pike.

In this special show, we head to St. Martin lsland in a tribute to Fishing Legend/ Espn TV Host, Jose Wejebe aboard his beloved Vessel, Spanish Fly for some unreal fishing. Wejebe had an unparalleled love for fishing and unfortunately, lost his life at 54 in a tragic air accident. We join Local Expert/FishCo Owner, Julio Mesa, to fish some world-class hot spots for a wide array of fish.

Join the fun on part-2 of our trip down to Baja Norte where FishCo Owner, Julio Mesa continues to blow our minds with his vast knowledge of these waters, first putting us on the yellowtail bite, then heading to the rocks on the back side of St. Martin Island for some amazing Calico fishing. Next, we get the scoop on what the local conservationists are doing to strengthen the grouper population.

Welcome to part-3 of our epic Baja Norte trip, where we head out to the waters of Punta Abreojos with FishCo Tackle Supply Owner, Julio Mesa for some of the best grouper fishing we have ever seen. Join the excitement as with each drop, you might pull up anything from gulf grouper to broomtail or even black seabass. Any way you slice it, it is sure to be a monster and put up a spectacular fight.

This final chapter of our Baja Norte Series offers something for everyone as we begin inshore, then work our way out to one of the largest schools of dorado we have ever seen. Watch as they hit the bait in all directions like a pack of hungry wolves. Finally, Baja California Former Governor and Hardcore Angler, Francisco Vega de Lamadrid climbs aboard the Spanish Fly with us to join the fun.

Join us in beautiful Maine as we Fish Saco River for Bluefin Tuna with Captain Bill Busch, who ran boats for former President George W. Bush. Along for the journey are Anglers, Barry Brightenburg, Dave Pfeiffer and Jimmy Kingsmill onboard the former President's personal skiff for a chance at a giant tuna running off Biddeford, Maine.

Fishing the surf or as we like to call it, fishing the foam, shows how affordable, fun and exciting surf fishing can be for the entire family, especially if you know what you're doing. Join long-time surf fishing expert, Tom Rogers as he works the inshore waters doing battle with some giant 100-plus pound trophy rays.

Grab a bag of three-dollar frozen squid and get ready to take a walk down Doheny Beach in part-2 of this series with long-time surf fishing expert, Tom Rogers for some heavy-action foam fishing for massive bat rays. This style of fishing just goes to show how anyone can have fun and enjoy a good battle with nothing but a rod, some patience and some cheap bait.

Step aboard the Royal Polaris as we head South from San Diego on an epic, 10-day long-range charter that offers up some of the best fishing that Baja has to offer. Owner/Operator, Roy Rose talks strategy and puts the crew on hot fishing as the team pulls beautiful Yellowfin, Yellowtail, Wahoo, Grouper and Dorado over the rail. The action does not get any better than this.

The action heats up onboard the Royal Polaris in part-2 of our 10-day, long-range trip from San Diego, down to fish the epic waters outside of Mag Bay. Buckle up as a non-stop barrage of fish flies over the rail including monster dorado, yellowfin, wahoo and yellowtail. Next, we check in with Fisherman's Processing Co-Owner, Sean Sebring, as he takes you inside of his operation.

Join us as head into the heart of the Louisiana bayou going to the most southeastern tip of Louisiana where the Mississippi River flows into the Gulf of Mexico. At the end of the road there's a sleepy little fishing village known as Venice that just so happens to offer some of the best most diversified fishing we've even seen anywhere in the world. Climb aboard and share the adventure.

Explore the Gulf of Mexico around the waters of an offshore oil rig in this second segment of a 4-part series on Venice, Louisiana, as a group of enthusiastic anglers get bit by one fish after another, spanning anything from snapper, yellowfin, shark, Crevalle jack and more using a variety of artificials. To top it off, it was all by 11 AM!

Journey to the heart of the Bayou for some amazing fishing that offers an array of beautiful species as we pick up the action in the waters surrounding an oil rig just offshore from Venice, Louisiana. Watch the crew battle a variety of fish left and right and have the time of their lives as they hook tuna, redfish and more!

Head 75 miles south of New Orleans with us to the tip of the bayou as we fish some of the most productive waters that we have ever experienced in this unincorporated community in the Plaquemines Parish. First, head offshore where everything in sight is getting bit by tuna, jack, even sharks. Next, we head inshore to the shallows, for some top notch redfish hookups.

Take a trip to paradise as we head to Islas Secas, Panama, an archipelago of 16 small islands located 25 miles off of the pacific coast of Panama that features one of the most diverse marine ecosystems in the world yielding unparalleled big game fishing. Join the fun as we land on a fierce school of tuna that hit everything that we threw at them with a vengeance.

Join us in part-2 of our series on fishing the amazing waters of Islas Secas, Panama. We track a bait ball as fish begin to explode out of the water everywhere. Next, a 100-pound tuna and a beautiful snapper are landed on light tackle in an epic fight.

Experience the magic that is fishing Islas Secas, Panama in part-3 of this series. After several double hook-ups, we head inshore to fish the boilers and pull some gorgeous trevally. Next, get an inside look from Dave from Shimano on what makes the ultimate set-up for this type of fishing.

Get an inside line on coastal squid nest fishing for white seabass, halibut and yellowtail from some of Socal's most knowledgeable inshore specialists. Learn how to locate, set-up and fish our local squid nests inshore around the Dana Point area. This valuable insider information will no doubt, up your game, helping you catch more fish, practice better boat etiquette, be more productive.

Get a piece of the action as various Socal inshore anglers fish the squid nests and get bit by huge seabass, yellowfin and halibut in the waters surrounding Dana Point. Next, fishing expert Rick Maxa from Fisherman's Landing Tackle throws out some knowledge on how to put together the right outfit for the area, bait and fish that you are fishing.

In this unique episode, we proudly team up with Jamie Lyons and Steve Carrol curtesy of Ken's Custom Reels in Oceanside, CA for an inside look at how both these men are honoring ancient Hawaiian traditions. Jamie with his hand poured KK Pono Custom Lures and Steve by embracing that no part of magnificent bill fish ever be wasted by creating tools and stunning works of art.

Join us as we team up with Dr. Larry Allan and his research staff from Cal State Northridge for an amazing under the surface and into the lives look at the magnificent California Black Sea Bass. These beautiful fish can grow to over 500-pounds but were almost fished to extension by the inshore gill netters. Today their populations are on the rebound as this research, fact finding trip shows us.