Episode list

Are you a proud patriot? Then give thanks to the American shad. They are the most culturally significant fish in this country, and subsequently spawned an entire fishing subculture that Joe Cermele has been a part of since he was a kid. You'll never look at shad the same again, especially after Joe explores whether the fish that fed our forefathers is worth eating if you're not starving to death.

It's been more than 20 years since invasive snakeheads showed up in U.S. waters. Despite early fear about how devastating they would be, time and science have proven otherwise. Still, they are arguably the most hated fish in the country. But do you really understand what you're hating? Joe Cermele joins snakehead zealot Grant Alvis in Virginia to prove that since we can't beat them, let's have fun catching (and eating) them.

At best, a sucker is a good muskie bait. At worst, it's a fish most people don't even deem worthy of a nightcrawler. But Tyler Winter sees things differently. While the rest of us stress over prime real estate for glam species like walleye, bass, trout, Tyler enjoys equally hard fights in beautiful, unpressured sucker spots across Minnesota. Joe Cermele joins him to figure out if he's the sucker for flying out to target these lowly river dwellers, or if everyone else is a sucker for overlooking these tenacious native fish.

Virginia's James River is one of the best known blue catfisheries in the country, but what many people don't realize is that these brutes mingle in the river's low end with salty players like black drum and redfish. Joe Cermele teams up with swimbait guru Oliver Ngy to hunt a mixed bag in this salty-sweet zone, but what presentation will reign supreme? Sexy, expensive rubber or a good old-fashioned chunk bait?