Extreme Fishing

Extreme Fishing is a program about sports on Dave. Actor and angler Robson Green travels to some of the hottest fishing spots in the world to net monster fish. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 30 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in February 2025.
Last broadcast:23/02/2025 at 18:00Genres: Sports
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Extreme Fishing
The actor travels to South Africa and finds himself in shark-infested waters while paddle skiing, catches an octopus, and tries his hand at reef fishing.
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The actor grapples with catfish on the Tennessee River, searches for blackfin tuna in the Gulf of Mexico, and faces an alligator gar in Nashville.


The actor joins some of the world's most skilled fishermen on angling expeditions - here he begins his journey in Costa Rica as he tries to land sailfish.
Series 4
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The actor's adventure reaches Argentina and sees Robson head to the Parana river to lay baited lines for the short-tailed river stingray.


The actor continues his adventure in the Pacific islands of New Caledonia as he searches for flame snapper and embarks on a crab-hunting expedition.


The actor visits eastern Russia, meets the Nanai people who fish for northern pike in the Amur river, and receives advice from a master angler on the Kamchatka peninsula.


The actor heads to Papua New Guinea to enlist help with catching a territorial fighting fish before searching for megapode eggs near Mount Tavurvur.


The actor continues his journey in Patagonia as he hopes to catch a chinook salmon and fish in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world.


The actor profiles fishing destinations and tries to catch elusive sea creatures beginning on Ascension Island in the Atlantic.
Series 3
1:00:00


The actor heads to California to wrestle a big blue shark, embark on a night-time expedition to catch giant squid, and fly-fish for rainbow trout in the Colorado river.


The actor teams up with Captain Taco Perez at Fort Lauderdale in Florida to catch a sailfish, but his expedition proves less than successful until they pay off in Miami.


The actor heads for the city of Kochi on the southwest coast of India to try his hand at a fishing technique from the early 15th century and an evening dance performance.


The actor visits Panama in Central America to team up with a record-breaking angler to hook peacock bass at Lake Gatun and set out in search of huge billfish.


The actor heads to Japan to visit Tokyo's famous fish market before trying to catch the highly poisonous fugu and having a go at a regional sport at the Kano river.


The actor heads to Cuba to fish with locals on an esplanade in Havana before visiting one of the country's biggest rivers - the Rio Hatiguanico - to hunt for tarpon.


The actor heads to the coast of west Africa to hunt for the Atlantic sailfish before landing himself a marbled grouper and visiting a large wreck full of sea life.


The actor fishes for deadly black piranhas in the Amazon, encounters pink river dolphins in the Rio Negro, and sets out to catch the world's biggest freshwater fish.


The actor visits the Kandy Perahera festival in Sri Lanka and observes its traditional water-cutting ceremony before facing his fear of the dark at a national park.


The actor casts off in China and joins 100 locals trying to land a bighead carp at Qiandao Lake in Zhekiang before hunting for octopus and trying cormorant fishing.


The actor heads for the coast of Kenya and encounters a large wahoo fish while searching for dorado before learning an unusual method for catching whitebait.