The Fishing Show is a New Zealand television program about all types of sports fishing. Host Matt Watson gained worldwide attention for successfully catching a black marlin, whilst jumping from a helicopter, although this later was proven and owned up to by Matt to be a hoax, it has gained him the nickname "Gannet Man".
The show started as a low budget production in Northland in New Zealand but has now been picked up by the Discovery and Animal Planet channels and will be broadcast in the US in October 2009. Excerpts from the show have been a hit on YouTube where David Letterman learnt of it. When interviewed on The Late Show, Matt said, "...doing my job, you need balls".
Episodes
Season 1
Best of The Fishing Show
Season 2
Series 3: The ITM Vanuatu Fishing Challenge
Season 4
Season 5
Season 11
Season 12
Season 13
References
External links Matt Watson interview on The Rock radio station Official website TV3 ITM Fishing Episodes On Demand