Showtime Eric Young is about to embark on the ultimate amateur angling road trip and quench his thirst for adventure in Animal Planet’s OFF THE HOOK: EXTREME CATCHES. Premiering Thursday, March 7 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, each half-hour episode follows the Canadian outdoorsman as he crisscrosses the continent to try his hand at various fishing practices, ranging from wildly dangerous to all-out weird!
All across North America, some fisherman go to extremes to haul in their catch – from using pantyhose on a rod and reel, to launching live bait with fire extinguishers on Lake Michigan – expect professional wrestler Showtime Eric Young to try his hand at all of them. In OFF THE HOOK: EXTREME CATCHES, Young is on the adventure of a lifetime to hear, smell, and taste big and small stories of the one that got away… Using all sorts of unique bait, tackle, poles, and transportation (and a little SPF), Young won’t stop ‘til he catches the ultimate fish.
OFF THE HOOK: EXTREME CATCHES showcases some of the hardest playing and hardest working fisherman in North America, some of whom have pioneered ingenious and insane methods of catching fish for both profit and play. During each episode, Young meets two experts who help him go toe-to-fin with some of the biggest fish around.
Highlights from the first episodes of OFF THE HOOK: EXTREME CATCHES include:
OFF THE HOOK: EXTREME CATCHES: “Shark-A-Mania!”
Thursday, March 7 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT
Showtime Eric Young has done some crazy things in his life, but now, he attempts possibly the stupidest thing ever – fishing for sharks from a paddleboard. Young heads toFloridato give this reckless form of fishing a try and hopes to land a lethal lemon shark, black tip shark, or bull shark. Can Young master the technique and haul in a monster fish with only a board between him and the sea?
OFF THE HOOK: EXTREME CATCHES: “Sailfish Smakdown”
Thursday, March 14 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT
Reeling in an elusive sailfish from a boat is a daunting task even for the most seasoned fishermen. But Showtime Eric Young isn’t your typical fisherman, and he’s upping the ante and heading toMiamiin hopes of hooking powerful fish in nothing but a homemade raft. Young constructs the vessel with nothing more than plywood and an inner tube and sets sail!
OFF THE HOOK: EXTREME CATCHES: “Running with the Devil”
Thursday, March 21 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT
Showtime Eric Young journeys into the heart ofTexasto take on the aptly named Devil’s River to go fishing… from a kayak. He braves whitewater rapids, flash floods, snakes, scorpions, and extreme heat, all to find the biggest bass in the state.
