>>>BTW, there's a story on why it's so hard to find river fish around here. It's not profitable. Selling the fish by the pound yields far less money than dumping them into a lake and charging fishing permits. I've heard of a scene where there were about 200 people with their rods, lines, hooks and sinkers lined all around a lake, and then a truck comes, dumps a few tons of water with fish, and they all start casting their lines like crazy.
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>>I have to admit, I don't fish. It's hard for me to imagine anything less interesting than fishing, unless it's... hmmm... Nope; I guess fishing is it. Can you imagine that there is a cable station devoted to fishing? Makes me want to just run out and order cable.
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>If there's a golf channel, and when poker and (non-swimming) pool seem to be widely televised sports, then I imagine there'd be an audience for a fishing channel.
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>I think they'd have much more of an audience if they devoted a nice percentage of their time to phishing :).

In Japan, I understand that one of the big televised 'sports' is 'Shogi' (Japanese chess). As fascinating a game as it is, a lot of time can be spent with absolutely nothing happening. But, from some Shogi magazines I've seen, this is big deal television. The photographs I've seen show three commentators behind a long desk, and the two players sitting on the floor at the Shogi board in front of them. It can go on for hours.

I once saw an ad in a magazine for the Shogi Annual yearbook, I forget which year, with (and this is a direct quote), "pictures of the players in action". I could hardly contain myself, but in the end I decided to wait for the movie; probably starring Arnold and Jean Claude going head to head.