Sponsorship extremes.

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The episode that you speak of with Black Bass was on last  weekend , was a good laugh , good solid hook up and into the snags it went , break out lure retriever , man with goggles   over the side he went ,  came up with not only the lure but fish still attached  , need a good lure/fish retriever just like it   

The guy who went over the side was Chris.  The nicest bloke you'd ever want to meet.  I think he was wearing his tea cosy on his head too.  It's a skull cap normally worn under a Muslim's head gear.  It was given to him and he's worn it almost every day since.  Chris has some amazing abilities, and if I told what I'd seen here, nobody would believe me.  His wives are lovely people too.

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Toody, Google Robson Green, End of the Earth it's available for download if you dig deep enough.

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I have to agree with you Dale.

In saying that the real problem is the pittance that Australian tv stations pay for programs. If our media outlets weren't so stingy directors/producers and dop's for that fact, wouldn't have to implement dodgy marketing ploys (such as covering a product with another companies product) to make money.

As some of you would know Australia has a very weak film and television industry at the moment, so I can understand the decision that was made. However it does get annoying when sitting down to watch the fishing and in the end feeling like you've just read the last 14 months of BCF's catalogues.

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Yeh Robson Green is a big girl but you can't help but laugh at him. What some of the locals think about him we can only guess. Dale re tea cosies; Billy Connolly said "Never trust a man who when left alone in a room with a tea cosy, doesn't stick it on his head" Chris must be some bloke. NOt enough fishing on ET's program to use the electricty I'm afraid.
JD

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Best thing about iFish is Christie 

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Toody, Google Robson Green, End of the Earth it's available for download if you dig deep enough.

Yeah will do.

Toddy

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Did anybody see Ifish last night? I got excited when he mentioned barra fishing.. then he spent the whole time floggin off this little hand held rod reel cr@p thing 

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Yeh, I saw that, but you had to laugh at him. He's got one of the Territory's best guides there and he's got access to some the best gear anywhere and he plays around with that toy. Perhaps it underlines the fact that the fish don't care where you bought your gear, if they like/hate what they see they'll whack it.
JD

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Yeah that's it hey.. but still made me laugh at him being a tool. You could see the guide was pissed lol

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I think the guide was just totally no plussed. I mean how do you top that?

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Rex Hunt has a lot to answer for ..... his later shows saw a rise in the intensity of the advertising -   Today we are bombarded with brand placement & infomercials ...... in lots of ways credability has gone out the window  because you just about know that what you see being used is not by choice but by sponsorship .   Masking of non sponsor products is just taking it to extremes.     It's got to a point where I just dont enjoy watching the mainstream fishing shows anymore. 
Yes - sponsorship is required ..... but do we really want to see fishing programs become the male version of Kerry Anns show 

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Fishing DVD, Starlo and Squidgies.  He has to flog his product atleast 20 times each segment.  Peeves me off no end.

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Fishing DVD, Starlo and Squidgies.  He has to flog his product atleast 20 times each segment.  Peeves me off no end.

But the difference is that  -  Squidgy is Starlos product    ...... IMO It would be no different to Harry Watson spruiking "Jackall"
He uses what he designs.

Chris

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Wow, how long has Harry been designing Jackalls?

I was talking to Paul recently about the Exmouth episode.  It wasn't his idea, and the action was dictated by the sponsor.  It did achieve the aim of having the sponsor's product talked about though.  He is with Suzuki this year.  I did find that he's a pretty down to earth bloke with a refreshing sense of humour and I look forward to fishing with him in the future.  He's a guy I'd gladly share a boat with. 

Without sponsorship we wouldn't have fishing shows on TV so I guess informed viewers can just ignore the ads and enjoy the action.

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Without sponsorship we wouldn't have fishing shows on TV so I guess informed viewers can just ignore the ads and enjoy the action.

Thats exactly right.This morning I watched the ET episode in PNG with your mate Basser.Its was great I must say.Good fish caught and had me dreaming of an exotic,untouched,wild location and I loved every bit of it.It did for me what the articles in mags 30 years ago about the Territory and Kimberly did for me back then.They made me dream.
ET probably has more cr@p to shove down everybody's throat than any other fishing program that we see in Australia but I still enjoyed it.
In the end its more about the personalities on the screen and the truth is even if I dont like them I will watch it anyway.With the exception of Fishing WA.(If I see another spanish mac caught the plasma is going to have a remote thrown at it!!)
With regards to Rex....Nothing bad can be said about him.He brought fishing to mainstream TV in the 80s.He preached catch and release well before it was fashionable and he made the kids that fished like me dream about exotic locations.
I can put up with hearing about the Rex Hunt combos for that.


Toddy