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.
VS is a fishing show?
Versus is a niche sports/outdoors channel. Hockey, Cycling, MMA, Hunting, Fishing, Bull Riding, etc. etc.
http://www.versus.com/
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...