The ITM Fishing Show

*The Fishing Show*
The Fishing Show
Directed by	Matt Watson
Presented by	Matt Watson
Country of origin	New Zealand
Original language	English
No. of seasons	13
Production
Producer	Matt Watson
Production company	Tightlines Television
Release
Original network	Sky Sport 1 (2004); TV One (2005–08, 2014–16); Three (2008–13)
Original release	18 October 2004 –; 3 September 2016

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".^[1]

Episodes[]

Series		Episodes	Originally aired
Series		Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network
	1	TBA	18 October 2004 (2004-10-18)	TBA	Sky Sport 1
	2	21	20 August 2005 (2005-08-20)	10 December 2005 (2005-12-10)	TV One
	3	26	2006	27 January 2007 (2007-01-27)
	4	26	9 June 2007 (2007-06-09)	22 December 2007 (2007-12-22)
	5	TBA	26 April 2008 (2008-04-26)	TBA	TV3
	6	TBA	25 April 2009 (2009-04-25)	TBA
	7	32	2010 (2010)	11 December 2010 (2010-12-11)
	8	25	2011 (2011)	8 October 2011 (2011-10-08)
	9	25	5 May 2012 (2012-05-05)	20 October 2012 (2012-10-20)
	10	TBA	4 May 2013 (2013-05-04)	TBA
	11	12	3 May 2014 (2014-05-03)	9 August 2014 (2014-08-09)	TV One
	12	13	11 June 2015 (2015-06-11)	25 July 2015 (2015-07-25)
	13	13	12 June 2016 (2016-06-12)	3 September 2016 (2016-09-03)

Season 1[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Original air date
1	1	"Episode 1"	TBA	18 October 2004 (2004-10-18)
2	2	"Episode 2"	TBA	25 October 2004 (2004-10-25)
3	3	"Episode 3"	TBA	1 November 2004 (2004-11-01)
4	4	"Helifishing the Far North"	TBA	8 November 2004 (2004-11-08)
5	5	"Salt Fly Kingfish"	TBA	15 November 2004 (2004-11-15)
6	6	"Salt Fly Kingfish Pt II"	TBA	22 November 2004 (2004-11-22)
7	7	"Pocket Battleship"	TBA	29 November 2004 (2004-11-29)
8	8	"Tongan Terrors"	TBA	6 December 2004 (2004-12-06)
9	9	"Who Let the Dogs Out??"	TBA	TBA
10	10	"The Ultimate Day"	TBA	TBA

Best of The Fishing Show[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Original air date
11	1	TBA	TBA	16 July 2005 (2005-07-16)
13	3	"The Ultimate Day"	TBA	30 July 2005 (2005-07-30)
14	4	"Who Let the Dogs Out?"	TBA	6 August 2005 (2005-08-06)
15	5	"Big Snapper by Helicopter"	TBA	13 August 2005 (2005-08-13)

Season 2[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Original air date
47	6	"Mid Winter Fishing Mission"	TBA	20 August 2005 (2005-08-20)
48	7	"The Ultimate Off Shore Adventure"	TBA	27 August 2005 (2005-08-27)
49	8	"The Ultimate Offshore Adventure Part II"	TBA	3 September 2005 (2005-09-03)
50	9	"The Kings of White Island"	TBA	19 September 2005 (2005-09-19)
51	10	"The Kings of White Island Pt II"	TBA	17 September 2005 (2005-09-17)
52	11	"Bay of Plenty Bonanza"	TBA	24 September 2005 (2005-09-24)
53	12	"Tongan Billfish Tournament"	TBA	8 October 2005 (2005-10-08)
56	15	"Eastcape Traditional Fishing"	TBA	29 October 2005 (2005-10-29)
58	17	"Big Tuna"	TBA	12 November 2005 (2005-11-12)
59	18	"Tangling with Trout"	TBA	19 November 2005 (2005-11-19)
60	19	"The Big Snapper Hunt"	TBA	26 November 2005 (2005-11-26)
61	20	"Ranfurly Big Fish Bonanza"	TBA	3 December 2005 (2005-12-03)
62	21	"The Extreme Fishing Make Over"	TBA	10 December 2005 (2005-12-10)

Series 3: The ITM Vanuatu Fishing Challenge[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Original air date
73	11	"Trailer Boat Marlin"	TBA	23 September 2006 (2006-09-23)
74	12	"Cast Away Land Based"	TBA	7 October 2006 (2006-10-07)
75	13	"Cast Away Land Based Pt 2"	TBA	14 October 2006 (2006-10-14)
76	25	"Taupo Trout 2"	TBA	20 January 2007 (2007-01-20)
77	26	"Vanuatu Santo"	TBA	27 January 2007 (2007-01-27)

Season 4[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Original air date
78	1	"The Rock Stars of Snapper Fishing"	TBA	9 June 2007 (2007-06-09)
79	2	"Double Strike Winter Mission"	TBA	16 June 2007 (2007-06-16)
80	3	"Double Strike Winter Mission Pt 2"	TBA	23 June 2007 (2007-06-23)
81	4	"Marlin on a Sea Doo"	TBA	30 June 2007 (2007-06-30)
82	5	"Giant Bluefin Chaos"	TBA	7 July 2007 (2007-07-07)
83	6	"Giant Bluefin Chaos Pt. 2"	TBA	14 July 2007 (2007-07-14)
84	7	"Kingfish Madness"	TBA	21 July 2007 (2007-07-21)
85	8	"Kingfish Madness Pt. 2"	TBA	28 July 2007 (2007-07-28)
86	9	TBA	TBA	4 July 2007 (2007-07-04)
87	10	"The Mako Hunt"	TBA	11 August 2007 (2007-08-11)
88	11	"Search for the Great White Shark"	TBA	25 August 2007 (2007-08-25)
89	12	"Search for the Great White Shark Pt. 2"	TBA	1 September 2007 (2007-09-01)
90	13	"Fishing Rocks"	TBA	8 September 2007 (2007-09-08)
91	14	"Ultimate Lady Doggies"	TBA	15 September 2007 (2007-09-15)
92	15	"Bay Plastics"	TBA	22 September 2007 (2007-09-22)
93	16	"Bay Plastics Pt 2"	TBA	6 October 2007 (2007-10-06)
94	17	"The Mother Trip"	TBA	20 October 2007 (2007-10-20)
95	18	"Adventure to Santo"	TBA	27 October 2007 (2007-10-27)
96	19	"Adventure to Santo Pt. 2"	TBA	3 November 2007 (2007-11-03)
97	20	"Great White Shark on a Handline"	TBA	10 November 2007 (2007-11-10)
98	21	"The Ranfurly Banks"	TBA	17 November 2007 (2007-11-17)
99	22	"Barrier Revisited"	TBA	24 November 2007 (2007-11-24)
100	23	"The ITM Fishing Show Special Feature"	TBA	1 December 2007 (2007-12-01)
101	24	"North vs South"	TBA	8 December 2007 (2007-12-08)
102	25	"Chathams Bounty"	TBA	15 December 2007 (2007-12-15)
103	26	"Make The Most of Your Catch"	TBA	22 December 2007 (2007-12-22)

Season 5[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Original air date
104	1	"Plastic Fantastic – Part One"	TBA	26 April 2008 (2008-04-26)
105	2	TBA	TBA	3 May 2008 (2008-05-03)
106	3	"Hardcore Land Based"	TBA	10 May 2008 (2008-05-10)
107	4	"Blue Fin on a Hand Line Pt 1"	TBA	17 May 2008 (2008-05-17)
108	5	"Blue Fin on a Hand Line Pt 2"	TBA	24 May 2008 (2008-05-24)
109	6	"Big Snapper in the Bay Pt 1"	TBA	31 May 2008 (2008-05-31)
110	7	"Big Snapper in the Bay Pt 2"	TBA	7 June 2008 (2008-06-07)
111	8	"Heli Kingis"	TBA	14 June 2008 (2008-06-14)
112	9	"Spear Tagging Mission"	TBA	21 June 2008 (2008-06-21)
113	10	"Bluefin on a Handline from a Dinghy"	TBA	28 June 2008 (2008-06-28)
114	11	"Chathams Destination"	TBA	12 July 2008 (2008-07-12)

Season 11[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Original air date
TBA	1	"The Perfect Day"	TBA	3 May 2014 (2014-05-03)
TBA	2	"The Hunt for the 40lb Snapper"	TBA	10 May 2014 (2014-05-10)
TBA	3	"Out Wide Kayak Fishing"	TBA	17 May 2014 (2014-05-17)
TBA	4	"Night Time in the Tropics"	TBA	24 May 2014 (2014-05-24)
TBA	5	"The Epic 'Day' Out"	TBA	31 May 2014 (2014-05-31)
TBA	6	"The Epic 'Night' Out Pt2"	TBA	7 June 2014 (2014-06-07)
TBA	7	"Teaching the Warriors to Catch"	TBA	28 June 2014 (2014-06-28)
TBA	8	"A Live-Aboard Fishing Experience"	TBA	12 July 2014 (2014-07-12)
TBA	9	"Insane Kite Fishing!"	TBA	19 July 2014 (2014-07-19)
TBA	10	"Make It Snappy – 15 Ways in a Day"	TBA	26 July 2014 (2014-07-26)
TBA	11	"Where the Whakataki Is That?"	TBA	2 August 2014 (2014-08-02)
TBA	12	"Mexico Delivers!"	TBA	9 August 2014 (2014-08-09)

Season 12[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Original air date
TBA	1	"No Boat?...No Worries!!!"	TBA	2 May 2015 (2015-05-02)
TBA	2	"Phillip Island"	TBA	9 May 2015 (2015-05-09)
TBA	3	"Getting the Girls Out"	TBA	9 May 2015 (2015-05-09)
TBA	4	"West Coast Waikato"	TBA	23 May 2015 (2015-05-23)
TBA	5	"Mexico Madness"	TBA	June 2015 (2015-06)
TBA	6	"Kids Fishing"	TBA	June 2015 (2015-06)
TBA	7	"Rags to Fishes"	TBA	June 2015 (2015-06)
TBA	8	"Going Big on a Kayak"	TBA	20 June 2015 (2015-06-20)
TBA	9	"Remote Controlled Land Based Fishing"	TBA	27 June 2015 (2015-06-27)
TBA	10	"East Coast Exploration"	TBA	4 July 2015 (2015-07-04)
TBA	11	"Fiordland"	TBA	11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)
TBA	12	"South Island Hunt and Fish"	TBA	18 July 2015 (2015-07-18)
TBA	13	"Competition Fishing"	TBA	25 July 2015 (2015-07-25)

Season 13[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Original air date
TBA	3	"Three Kings Trailer Boat Mission Part 1"	TBA	25 June 2016 (2016-06-25)
TBA	7	"Average Joes"	TBA	23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)
TBA	10	"Cape Verde – The Blue Marlin Adventure"	TBA	13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
TBA	11	"Cape Verde – The Art of SportFishing"	TBA	20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)
TBA	12	"Fishing Is for Everyone."	TBA	27 August 2016 (2016-08-27)
TBA	13	"What Lurks in the Deep?"	TBA	3 September 2016 (2016-09-03)

References[]

^ Abi Thomas (18 February 2009), Matt meets big fish in New York, The Northern Advocate

External links[]

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[1] Abi Thomas (18 February 2009), Matt meets big fish in New York, The Northern Advocate

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