River Monsters Is the Best Fishing Show and It’s Not Even Close

River Monsters Is the Best Fishing Show and It’s Not Even Close

By Maxwell Cambria

Source: collider

2/3/2023

Rare is it that a show centered entirely around the premise of fishing for rare fish and educating the audience in the process spills its appeal over into a sizable chunk of the mainstream television audience.

Yet, back in 2009, the first ever episode of the near perfect catch 'em show released on Animal Planet, titled River Monsters. Hosted by biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade, the show probably never anticipated the widespread appeal it would have.