Extreme Fishing with Robson Green is a factual entertainment show broadcast on Channel 5. The show sees actor and fishing enthusiast Robson Green travel around the world in search of the greatest fishing destinations. There have been five series to date. A spin-off series entitled Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge began airing on 9 April 2012, and a sequel series ( Robson Green: Extreme Fisherman ), is set to begin on 4 August 2014 on Quest. [1] Extreme Fishing with Robson Green was re-launched for a one-off special episode on 12 February 2021 based in Leicester.
Episode | Location | Broadcast date | Featured catch | Ratings |
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1 | Costa Rica | 1 September 2008 | Indo-Pacific sailfish, pompano, red snapper, terrestrial crab, tuna, armadillo?, machaca | 1.28m |
2 | Southern US | 8 September 2008 | Catfish, blue runner, whale shark, blackfin tuna, rainbow runner, amberjack, these hands, Chesapeake blue crab, alligator gar, quillback?, moorhen, barracuda, silky shark | 1.29m |
3 | South Africa | 15 September 2008 | Hammerhead shark, octopus, lesser guitarfish, blowfish, sardine, squid, yellowtail kingfish, Cape salmon | 1.32m |
4 | Spain & the Azores | 22 September 2008 | Atlantic blue marlin, escolar?, stingray, parrotfish, wels catfish | 1.17m |
Episode | Location | Broadcast date | Featured fish |
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1 | Zimbabwe and Zambia | 27 May 2010 | Tigerfish, kapenta, vundu, kariba, yellow bream |
2 | Kenya | 28 May 2010 | Tiger shark, wahoo, aprion, black marlin, Nile perch, catfish, grouper, silver cyprinid |
3 | China | 31 May 2010 | Bighead carp, octopus, catfish, eel, sea cucumber, southern black bream |
4 | Sri Lanka | 1 June 2010 | Sardine, mangrove jack, mahseer, black jack |
Episode | Location | Broadcast date | Featured fish | Ratings |
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1 | Brazil | 1 November 2010 | Piranha, peacock bass, arowana, pirarucu | 1.57m |
2 | Senegal and Guinea Bissau | 8 November 2010 | Dorado, red snapper, horse-eye jack, marbled grouper, leerfish, chevron barracuda, nurse shark | 1.64m |
3 | Cuba | 15 November 2010 | Sardine, tarpon, bonefish, barracuda, grouper | 1.07m |
4 | Japan | 22 November 2010 | Fugu, ayu, whelk, sea urchins, white grunt, Atlantic horse mackerel, cutlassfish, oilfish | 1.17m |
5 | Panama | 29 November 2010 | Peacock bass, tarpon, oyster, dorado, sierra mackerel, yellowfin tuna | Under 1.06m |
6 | India and The Maldives | 6 December 2010 | Frogfish, snakehead, catfish, manta ray, whale shark, grouper, bluefish, red snapper, yellow lip | 1.18m |
7 | Florida | 13 December 2010 | Dorado, remora, Atlantic sailfish, king mackerel, Orinoco sailfin catfish, blue tilapia, manatee, bull shark, crevalle jack | 1.26m |
8 | California | 20 December 2010 | Blue shark, Humboldt squid, rainbow trout | 1.41m |
Episode | Location | Broadcast date | Featured fish | Ratings |
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1 | Ascension Island | 12 May 2011 | Bluntnose sixgill shark, rock hind grouper, spotted moray, dolphin, blue marlin, black durgon, yellow-fin tuna, deep water bullseye, blackjack, amberjack | 1.31m |
2 | Patagonia | 19 May 2011 | Dog snapper, Chinook salmon, brown trout, yellow-fin tuna, king crab | 1.21m |
3 | Papua New Guinea | 26 May 2011 | Papuan black bass, snake mackerel, megapode, rainbow runner, ruby snapper | 1.30m |
4 | Eastern Russia | 2 Jun 2011 | Northern pike, Arctic char, salmon, stone char, steelhead, Arctic grayling | 0.90m |
5 | New Caledonia | 9 Jun 2011 | Bigeyed sixgill shark, flame snapper, ornate jobfish, Spanish mackerel, barracuda, silvertip shark, thicklip grey mullet, crab, giant trevally | 1.26m |
6 | Argentina | 16 Jun 2011 | Short-tailed river stingray, golden dorado, yellow piranha, silver piranha, pacu | 1.45m |
The spin-off series from Extreme Fishing with Robson Green is Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge where Green heads around the world taking on local fishing champions from that nation. The series started on 9 April 2012.
With the series moving from channel 5 to Quest, the title was changed to reflect that he is now one of the world's most experienced fishermen, rather than the mere amateur he was before. [2] The series will be based on the same premise as its predecessors, and is produced by the same team. [3] As-yet confirmed locations visited in the upcoming series are Borneo, Mongolia, Japan and the Solomon Islands [4]
The series is distributed on DVD by Acorn Media UK. Series 1, 2 and 3 are available.
Series | Release date |
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Series 1 | |
Series 2 | |
Series 3 | 9 May 2011 |
Series 4 | 16 April 2012 |
Series 1-3 box set | 5 September 2011 |
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