Jacksonville featured on Versus Network

[Wacca Pilatka]

In my tax season delirium I end up watching all sorts of random things at night.  Last night I stumbled onto a show on Vs. called "City Limits Fishing" with Mike Iaconelli, a professional fisherman who travels to different cities and tries to catch a certain number of different types of fish within the city limits.  This particular episode happened to be set in Jacksonville.

Overall, it made for a nice city travelogue.  Although Iaconelli mentioned early on the old saw about Jacksonville being a place you drive through on the way to other places in Florida, the vistas of downtown, the bridges, and the St. Johns and Broward Rivers were a nice advertisement for the city during the fishing sequences, as were the fact that Iaconelli and his partner were landing redfish and trout left and right along with a big flounder.

There were some interview sequences along Hemming Plaza, where various residents trumpeted Jacksonville as a great place to take a vacation (although one deeply confused person described a manatee as "a walrus without feet").  Iaconelli also highlighted the beaches and water-centered festivals and watched the chef at the Omni create a fish dish.  It ended up being a nice testimonial to Jacksonville as a place to visit and live.  And a reminder that I have been stuck inside for way too long.

[Coolyfett]

VS is a fishing show?

[Joe]

Versus is a niche sports/outdoors channel. Hockey, Cycling, MMA, Hunting, Fishing, Bull Riding, etc. etc.

http://www.versus.com/

[BridgeTroll]

I remember reading a short time ago that they had filmed the episode... I wish someone had announced when it was to be aired.  I have watched "City Limits Fishing" with Mike Iaconelli on occasion.  Interesting concept of good fishing in the urban landscape...