Extreme Fishing with Robson Green

Extreme Fishing with Robson Green is a factual entertainment show broadcast on Channel 5. The show sees actor and fishing enthusiast Robson Green travel around the world in search of the greatest fishing destinations. There have been five series to date. A spin-off series entitled Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge began airing on 9 April 2012, and a sequel series (Robson Green: Extreme Fisherman), is set to begin on 4 August 2014 on Quest[1]

Series 1
EpisodeLocationBroadcast dateFeatured catchRatings
1Costa Rica1 September 2008Indo-Pacific sailfish, pompano, red snapper, terrestrial crab, tuna, armadillo?, machaca1.28m
2Southern US8 September 2008Catfish, blue runner, whale shark, blackfin tuna, rainbow runner, amberjack, these hands, Chesapeake blue crab, alligator gar, quillback?, moorhen, barracuda, silky shark1.29m
3South Africa15 September 2008Hammerhead shark, octopus, lesser guitarfish, blowfish, sardine, squid, yellowtail kingfish, Cape salmon1.32m
4Spain & the Azores22 September 2008Atlantic blue marlin, escolar?, stingray, parrotfish, wels catfish1.17m

Series 2
EpisodeLocationBroadcast dateFeatured fishRatings
1British Columbia2 March 2009White sturgeon, sablefish, prawn, steelhead, coho salmon1.59m
2Alaska9 March 2009Northern pike, king salmon, Pacific cod, coho salmon, rainbow trout1.64m
3New Zealand16 March 2009Kahawai, school shark, hapuka, reef shark, frost fish, gurnard, crayfish, rainbow trout, green-lipped mussel1.35m
4Northern Australia23 March 2009Barramundi, milkfish, sole, prawn, crab, box jellyfish, leopard whipray, blue mackerel, Spanish mackerel, coral trout, purple cod, red snapper, giant trevally1.73m
5North Atlantic30 March 2009Atlantic bluefin tuna, lobster, striped bass, bluefish, blackfish, steelhead, spiny dogfish1.79m
6Southern Australia6 April 2009Common octopus, blue-ringed octopus, blue manna crab, gummy shark, abalone, blacklip abalone1.57m
7Thailand13 April 2009Redtail catfish, alligator gar, arapaima, rohu, Mekong giant catfish, giant freshwater stingray1.65m
8Siargao20 April 2009Dogtooth tuna, bluefish, dorado, squid, jellyfish1.58m

Series 3 - The World Tour: Part 1
EpisodeLocationBroadcast dateFeatured fish
1Zimbabwe and Zambia27 May 2010Tigerfish, kapenta, vundu, kariba, yellow bream
2Kenya28 May 2010Tiger shark, wahoo, aprion, black marlin, Nile perch, catfish, grouper, silver cyprinid
3China31 May 2010Bighead carp, octopus, catfish, eel, sea cucumber, southern black bream
4Sri Lanka1 June 2010Sardine, mangrove jack, mahseer, black jack

Series 4 - The World Tour: Part 2
EpisodeLocationBroadcast dateFeatured fishRatings
1Brazil1 November 2010Piranha, peacock bass, arowana, pirarucu1.57m
2Senegal and Guinea Bissau8 November 2010Dorado, red snapper, horse-eye jack, marbled grouper, leerfish, chevron barracuda, nurse shark1.64m
3Cuba15 November 2010Sardine, tarpon, bonefish, barracuda, grouper1.07m
4Japan22 November 2010Fugu, ayu, whelk, sea urchins, white grunt, Atlantic horse mackerel, cutlassfish, oilfish1.17m
5Panama29 November 2010Peacock bass, tarpon, oyster, dorado, sierra mackerel, yellowfin tunaUnder 1.06m
6India and The Maldives6 December 2010Frogfish, snakehead, catfish, manta ray, whale shark, grouper, bluefish, red snapper, yellow lip1.18m
7Florida13 December 2010Dorado, remora, Atlantic sailfish, king mackerel, Orinoco sailfin catfish, blue tilapia, manatee, bull shark, crevalle jack1.26m
8California20 December 2010Blue shark, Humboldt squid, rainbow trout1.41m

Series 5 - At the ends of the Earth
EpisodeLocationBroadcast dateFeatured fishRatings
1Ascension Island12 May 2011Bluntnose sixgill shark, rock hind grouper, spotted moray, dolphin, blue marlin, black durgon, yellow-fin tuna, deep water bullseye, blackjack, amberjack1.31m
2Patagonia19 May 2011Dog snapper, Chinook salmon, brown trout, yellow-fin tuna, king crab1.21m
3Papua New Guinea26 May 2011Papuan black bass, snake mackerel, megapode, rainbow runner, ruby snapper1.30m
4Eastern Russia2 Jun 2011Northern pike, Arctic char, salmon, stone char, steelhead, Arctic grayling0.90m
5New Caledonia9 Jun 2011Bigeyed sixgill shark, flame snapper, ornate jobfish, Spanish mackerel, barracuda, silvertip shark, thicklip grey mullet, crab, giant trevally1.26m
6Argentina16 Jun 2011Short-tailed river stingray, golden dorado, yellow piranha, silver piranha, pacu1.45m

Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge

The spin-off series from Extreme Fishing with Robson Green is Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge where Green heads around the world taking on local fishing champions from that nation. The series started on 9 April 2012.

Robson Green: Extreme Fisherman

With the series moving from channel 5 to Quest, the title was changed to reflect that he is now one of the world's most experienced fishermen, rather than the mere amateur he was before.[2] The series will be based on the same premise as its predecessors, and is produced by the same team.[3] As-yet confirmed locations visited in the upcoming series are Borneo, Mongolia, Japan and the Solomon Islands [4]

DVD releases

The series is distributed on DVD by Acorn Media UK. Series 1, 2 and 3 are available.

SeriesRelease date
Series 1
Series 2
Series 39 May 2011
Series 416 April 2012
Series 1-3 box set5 September 2011

References
  1. http://www.questtv.co.uk/extreme-fisherman/
  2. http://www.questtv.co.uk/extreme-fisherman/
  3. Robson Green Fishing [@robsonfishing] (16 July 2014). "Quest have hooked a big 'un! Watch the Brilliant new promo for the new series: #RobsonOnQuest @QuestTV" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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