Capt John of the Olivia Grace Video 12 minutes

[Admin]

The video you are about to watch is the views of Capt John Wilson the captain of the Olivia Grace during the tv show. These are his views , not the views or comments of SportFishermen.com or Capt John Eppehimer.

Now Please read this as it could result in you getting banned from the site!
The vessel Olivia Grace was named after a man’s daughter. Do me a favor and do not trash the name Olivia grace. The name is Olivia Grace and if you need to post the name of the boat post it Olivia Grace. I will not stand for the little girls name to be drug through the mug here on this site. I hope you can respect this decision.

I would like to offer up the air time here on sportfishemen.com to the owners of the show to voice there side of this whole thing.

Stay tuned for more interviews to come.
If you would like to be interviewed by us or if you would like to send in a interview please contact Capt John Eppehimer
609 254 5573

Again these comments are from Capt John Wilson and not the comments or views of sportfishermen.com or Capt John Eppehimer

Please, no foul language on the forum.
Thanks for tuning into the show J
Off to the Florida Boat show hope to meet some of you there J

Capt John Eppehimer
609 254 5573

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[Squidnation]

I would like to voice my concern with this new trend of reality offshore fishing television shows. I am deeply concerned with the way OLN/Versus has decided to portray the offshore fisherman for the sake of television ratings. The Shark Hunter series and also the new show Off the Hook depict a type of fisherman that are foreign to me and 99% of the great people I know in the sport fishing community. OLN/Versus is doing more harm to our community by trying to depict sport fisherman as cheating drunks who do not care about safety, the ocean or our resource.

Most networks have chosen to avoid these stereotypes rather then exploit them for television ratings. Respectable networks now turn away from the drunk charging the field or stealing the football in professional sports television. Why, because it cheapens the sport. OLN/Versus has taken a great American pastime and cheapened it by not only glorifying the cheaters and drunks but also by enhancing their presence with suspicious editing.

Shame on you OLN/Versus for what you are doing. Our sport is a noble sport supported by honorable men, women and children. The excitement of offshore sport fishing should be grand enough to gain ratings and viewers. I do not think I am out of line by stating that the 60 million fisherman in America would much prefer to watch the excitement of an offshore fishing tournament for what is instead of the edited version you have chosen to portray weather it be true or not.

[TheChumStain]

WWW.OLIVIAGRACESPORTFISHING.COM

[CaptainSteve]

Don't even get me started on the tv show "Off the Hook". That show is striaght crap.

[gradywhite273]

The video you are about to watch is the views of Capt John Wilson the captain of the Olivia Grace during the tv show. These are his views , not the views or comments of SportFishermen.com or Capt John Eppehimer.

Now Please read this as it could result in you getting banned from the site!
The vessel Olivia Grace was named after a man’s daughter. Do me a favor and do not trash the name Olivia grace. The name is Olivia Grace and if you need to post the name of the boat post it Olivia Grace. I will not stand for the little girls name to be drug through the mug here on this site. I hope you can respect this decision.

Admin, respect the decision, i applaud it, great job as always, you are a first class guy.


tim

[WAHOONBOX]

Don't even get me started on the tv show "Off the Hook". That show is striaght crap.

DITTO.....I GOT SO MAD WATCHING IT I BROKE MY CHANNEL CHANGER SWITCHING OFF AND LOOKING FOR C-SPAN2

[Deep C]

Thank You Admin John And Stain
I'm delighted that both of you took your time and energy to put this one here. Its good to get a different perspective after these recent days of utter pandemonium... Thats what running the "whole story" is all about. I know there was a lot of work involved with doing this not once but twice. I do hope the first one can be released one day...

[POON MAN]

Not sure what to say here folks but

WOW Sportfishermen.com is the best damn fishing site on the net

were else could you see stuff like this ,,do you have a clew on how much time , prep and money is spent by John Eppinhiemer bringing this to you

My Applause to you John

I guess we proved one thing here and that is don't believe anything you see on TV

In Addition, From an advertisers point of view there is no place else we would want to be right now !!!!

This website Rocks

[Mrs. Crabbs]

I would like to voice my concern with this new trend of reality offshore fishing television shows. I am deeply concerned with the way OLN/Versus has decided to portray the offshore fisherman for the sake of television ratings. The Shark Hunter series and also the new show Off the Hook depict a type of fisherman that are foreign to me and 99% of the great people I know in the sport fishing community. OLN/Versus is doing more harm to our community by trying to depict sport fisherman as cheating drunks who do not care about safety, the ocean or our resource.

Most networks have chosen to avoid these stereotypes rather then exploit them for television ratings. Respectable networks now turn away from the drunk charging the field or stealing the football in professional sports television. Why, because it cheapens the sport. OLN/Versus has taken a great American pastime and cheapened it by not only glorifying the cheaters and drunks but also by enhancing their presence with suspicious editing.

Shame on you OLN/Versus for what you are doing. Our sport is a noble sport supported by honorable men, women and children. The excitement of offshore sport fishing should be grand enough to gain ratings and viewers. I do not think I am out of line by stating that the 60 million fisherman in America would much prefer to watch the excitement of an offshore fishing tournament for what is instead of the edited version you have chosen to portray weather it be true or not.

Very well said

[Reeltitanium]

This falls right in the area of we as fisherman (commercial/recreational) must work together to save our sport for both money makers on both sides and the interest of those who fish for recreation. This type of exsposure does no good for anyone of us. The folks who would have commercial fisherman shot and the oceans of the world closed to all fishing are on the fringes of many of these groups waiting for the opportunity to portray fisherman of all types as idiots,drunkards etc... It's just a fact that people are letting us hang ourselves while some of us think that they aren't around.