Inside Sportfishing

Owner/Operator, Art Taylor, a legendary skipper in the San Diego based long-range fleet takes us out for an amazing day of fishing local yellowfin. The Searcher is a wooden Ditmar-Donaldson that gets bit as well, if not better, than any boat in the fleet. Non-stop action on these fun, school-size tuna.

The Hubbs Sea World Hatchery has changed inshore sportfishing for millions of anglers with their incredible white sea bass and halibut restoration work. Join us on board Art Taylor's Searcher as we team up with marine biologists from Hubbs for an in-depth look at what it takes to make a salt-water hatchery program successful. From rounding up the brood stock to releasing fingerlings.

Join us as we continue our brood stock, white sea bass roundup onboard the Searcher, fishing the backside of Catalina Island for the Hubbs Sea World Hatchery program located in Carlsbad California. What started as a slow pick, continued to build with the incoming tide into an excellent bite, with multiple hook-ups keeping the release crew around the slammers busy.

You won't want to miss the exciting conclusion of our brood stock round-up as the fish are transferred from the Searcher into the holding pins in Newport Beach. The work Hubbs has done to bring back these fish, that had been nearly gillnetted into extension is truly nothing short of remarkable.

There are few things in the world of sportfishing more exciting than seeing a thousand-pound Black Marlin come charging into the pattern and inhale your bait. Join us as we venture to the Black Marlin capital of the world in pursuit of a grander, working the fish-rich waters off Cairns, Australia and the Great Barrier Reef.

Welcome back to the exciting conclusion to our coverage on fishing the Black Marlin capital of the world, working the fish-rich waters off Cairns, Australia and the Great Barrier Reef in search of a 1000 LB Black Marlin, or Grander as the locals call them.

An up-close and personal look at what it takes to care for a 50-year old glass over wood sportfisher with painter extraordinaire George Ball as he walks us through giving the Vintage a fresh coat of LP before heading offshore for some great summertime local Southern California fishery action.

We Team up with JD's Big Game Tackle Owner/Operator, John Doughty in Newport Beach as we unveil some of the hidden secrets in the sand dishing on how to find and harvest the nectar of all baits, the Inn Keeper Worm. The results will amaze you as Michael Fowlkes lands the biggest spot fin crooker of his life. A fish JD said he'd been trying to catch forever.

Garrison, Minnesota, population 138 is world famous for two reasons. The first being the smallest town in the world with its own McDonald's and secondly for being home to some of the finest walleye fishing to be found anywhere on the planet.

After an amazing day fishing walleye from Garrison, Minnesota we shifted gears and headed into the land of a thousand lakes for some great small mouth bass action. Later, get expert tips on how to read and boost your fishing with a fish finder.

Level up with part 1 of this in-depth, 3-part mini-series on balancing your gear for maximum performance no matter what species you're fishing for. From chasing pelagics offshore to working inshore estuaries, bays and kelps, to fishing the green bass, these are a few shows you won't want to miss if you're looking to up your game.

We pick-up the action with Justin Poe, Robby Gant and Dave Pfeiffer of Shimano working their new subsurface waxwing swim baits off the boiler rocks and kelps surrounding San Clemente Island for calico bass and yellowtail. Non-stop action.

Welcome to the conclusion of our 3-part, sub-surface swim jig series as we film with three of the best bass fishermen on the west coast, testing some of Shimano's new prototype equipment. This was a dream come true as these men truly put the gear to the test fishing the calicos off San Clemente Island.

Throughout the years we've been blessed to have been able to fish from some of the most amazing destinations, resorts, lodges and boats in the world, but nothing prepared us for what was waiting for us when we arrived at Steve and Vivian Moe's Deep Creek Lodge in Ninilchik, Alaska.

We pick up the action right where we left off last time, fishing the big halibut below Deep Creek Lodge with Owner/Operator, Steve Moe, before shifting gears the next morning and flying over to Kodiak Island to drift the world famous Koniag River amidst the Grizzlies for some of her chrome bright, huge King Salmon.

Doug Kern Co-owner/Operator of Fisherman's Landing Tackle and Rick Maxa Co-Host of Fishing Radio Show, Let's Talk Hook-up open up their bag of secrets on fishing San Diego Harbor's amazing spotted and sand bass fishery with the ultra-light tackle.

A fascinating behind the scenes look into what it takes to run a successful trout hatchery with the President of the USTFA, Phil Mackey as he walks us through every aspect of raising trout at the Mt. Lassen Trout Farm in Red Bluff, California before picking up the trout fishing action post-stocking at Irvine Lake in Southern California.

Join us on our multi-boat trip to San Clemente Island onboard the Vintage, along with Captain Todd Mansur as we fish halibut and seabass before swinging off the island for some nice yellows under the paddies.

Through the efforts of Make-A-Wish Foundation we teamed up with the Western Pride in Newport Beach to take a group of youngsters out for an afternoon on the water that none of them will ever forget. There are few things I know of that are a greater gift to give a child than teaching them how to fish. It's a sport they'll enjoy for the rest of their lives.

Tim Alpers, Managing General Partner of Alpers Owens River Ranch, home to some of the finest rainbow trout in the world, affords us the rare opportunity to float-tube on one of the ranch's private ponds for sampling of how amazing these fish truly are with Egan Anderson of Bob Marriott's Fly-fishing Store.

Welcome to part-2, where we Pick up the action on Alper's compound with Bob Brooks, Manager/Guide of Hot Creek Ranch as we continue float tubbing the impoundment before heading down the valley a few miles to fish the lake.

Part-3 of our coverage on the Eastern Sierras continues as we fish the rainbows on Lake Crowley with Tim Aprils and Kevin Peterson from the Eastside Guide Service before making the short run back up the hill past Mammoth Mountain, to fish June Lake with Bob Wagner for some beautiful browns.

California's Eastern Sierras are home to some of the finest rainbow trout fishing to be found in the state. Join us as we team up with Owner/Operator, Tom Christiana of Tube Tenders as he showcases this unique way of fishing from the float tubes at Crowley Lake.

Welcome to the conclusion of our 5-part series as we wrap up our coverage from the Eastern Sierras with Experts, Lenny Lee, Manager of the Trout Fly and Kevin Peterson with Eastside Guide services as they show off some sick skills fishing Lake Crowley's beautiful rainbow trout.

Ketchikan, Alaska the "Salmon Capital of the World" certainly lived up to its name for us as we fished the world-famous Waterfall Resort but not before a look inside one of the oldest houses of ill repute in the red-light district of Creek Street, Dolly's House, circa 1905, as well as an insider's tour of the Deadliest Catch's first boat, the Sea Star with Captain Kenny Hendrick.