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Ch. 8
Putnam/Duchess
Counties, NY.

"The Fishing Line"

          

Saturdays 8 a.m. May - October
52 weeks twice per week on Cox Sports TV in Rhode Island & CT
 

For well over a decade, our top notch, state-of-the-art production stands above the rest because we teach you more about the fish YOU want to catch in the NY/NJ/CT & RI region. We'll be back again in 2006 in October on WLNY TV-55, in running a 26 week schedule with a prime time slot of Saturday mornings at 8 a.m. on Channel 10 in the NY Metro area and 52 weeks per year twice per week in the RI & CT areas. The show is currently on the air in 100% of Rhode Island and in eastern CT on Cox Sports television Saturdays 8 a.m. and Tuesdays 8:30 p.m. Our show is set entirely on the boat or the beach fishing for a full 30 minutes! Whether you get Time Warner, Cablevision, Direct TV, the Dish Network or have a 1950's roof antenna...everyone gets to watch because we are NOT on a premium channel you have to pay for. Every person with a TV can watch "The Fishing Line" from ME to VA.

WLNY TV55: FCC mandated must carry "over the air" station you do NOT need cable to see.

• Title: "The Fishing Line"
• Host: Rich Johnson
• Length: 30 Minutes
• Channel: Channel 10
• How Long: 15 years
• Where: NY Metro / New Jersey, Connecticut & Rhode Island
• Schedule: 26 week schedule
• Programming: Covers salt & freshwater / all species & techniques. This region’s first, largest & only fishing TV show.
• Features: Thirty minute in-field show with special guests from the fishing community & professional sports with tri-state fishing event PSA’s
• When: Saturdays at 8 a.m.
• Season: May through October
• Penetration: 7.2 million homes

Comcast New England and Mid Atlantic

• Title: "The Fishing Line"

• Host: Rich Johnson

• Length: 30 Minutes

• Channel: Channel CN8

• How Long: 1 year

• Where: Covers form ME to VA

• Schedule: 26 week schedule Saturdays @ 8 a.m.

• Programming: Covers salt & freshwater / all species & techniques.This region’s first, largest & only fishing TV show.

• Features: Thirty minute in-field show with special guests from the fishing community & professional sports with tri-state fishing event PSA’s

Cox Sports Television:

• Title: "The Fishing Line"

• Host: Rich Johnson

• Length: 30 Minutes

• Channel: Channel 3

• How Long: 2-1/2 years

• Where: 100% of Rhode Island, Hartford, CT & eastern CT.

• Schedule: 52 week schedule Saturdays @ 8 a.m. and Tuesday nights 8:30 p.m.

• Programming: Covers salt & freshwater / all species & techniques.This region’s first, largest & only fishing TV show.

• Features: Thirty minute in-field show with special guests from the fishing community & professional sports with tri-state fishing event PSA’s

Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, there is nothing like the explosiveness and excitement of a BIG striper chasing and pouncing on live bunker. The drag screams under intense pressure of the powerful surge from the linesider’s “broom” tail and the rod bends with gears straining to hold the beast. It’s here at “The Fishing Line” television show for nearly a decade...we’ve given viewers and anglers this kind of excitement! Learn the why’s and how’s of the tackle, techniques, Rigs and tactics used to subdue trophy fish of all species that call the northeast home.

”The Fishing Line” let’s you experience northeast regional action like Diamond Jigging or Chumming Giant Bluefish as no one else can or has ever done…with exciting two camera production and stunning underwater video that captures the behavior of each species. These special and “niche” techniques as we like to call them, are detailed and explained through state of the art computer graphics and on film with close ups and explanations of the tackle and equipment used on every show. How about Trolling Large Plugs for stripers andbass? Look back over the last half decade at the shows, topics and guests we've had.

Whether we use Live Herring for Winter Stripers, or Drifting Live Snappers for Doormat Fluke, Plugging Bass and Blues in the skinny water of the back bays in the early morning of a summer heat wave or hitting the Surf for Striped Bass or Kingfish from time to time...“The Fishing Line” has covered it and will continue covering it all…giving northeast regional anglers exciting fishing action and information.

Would you like to see weakfish wormed or bucktailed on light tackle? How about seeing a Leaping Thresher Shark or Catching the Tresher …huge Offshore gamefish or perhaps the intricate details of finicky Summer Largemouth or Early Winter Smallmouth Bass? If you’re a bottom fishermen, “The Fishing Line” gives you insight into the underwater world of Blackfish of NJ or NY, Porgies and Sea Bass as Rich Johnson and his guests guide viewers through the steps and techniques to boost your fishing prowess and experience.

Choosing the correct presentation, rod, reel, bait, hooks and lures… you too will be fishing like we know you can…with much better success and hook up ratios. As we do on “The Fishing Line”…you too will know how to keep live bait fresh, kicking and wanted by every game fish..

For nearly a decade Rich Johnson’s “The Fishing Line” has teamed up with the regions best…and most well known captains to help us all become better anglers!

As many of you have done, viewers’ head back to the Internet site for a Recap of the shows with streaming video of action clips from the show, Boating Tips and detailed graphics of the Rigs and descriptions of the products we used for success and you can link to the manufacturers’ sites to see product lines.

For nearly a decade, “The Fishing Line” has been…continues to be..and will always be “must see TV” for anyone who fishes or wants to fish in the Northeast. You don’t want to miss our 26-week season filled with enough excitement to last a lifetime and...

You too will be fishing like a pro after each show!