Has there even been a less suitable sport for TV than fishing? I can’t think of any, OK, maybe female weightlifting but that’s just wrong in so many different ways!

It seems that as Setanta encroach more and more on Sky Sports that they are turning to filler “sports” to occupy their schedules. I wonder how long it will be before we see the current 4 Sky Sports channels cut down? I was at home a lot this week and took the chance to watch quite a bit of sport. It’s a shame then than so little is worth watching. Is anybody really interested in the Welsh Carp Open or whatever the hell else they put on? I don’t mind fishing, it’s a good participation hobby (not a sport), it’s relaxing and it gets you out of the house. That said I would never want to watch a bunch of fat bearded blokes cramped over like they’re taking a dump for hours on end. Only then to catch something and land it in a net that you could drive a bus into. Here’s a tip lads, do away with the poles and rods and just scoop around with your XXXL sized nets. I’m sure there are trawlers out in the North Sea that have smaller nets, you couldn’t fail!

I’m not going to say that I hate fishing, because I don’t. But as far as turning it into a sport and putting it on a sports channel stop it will you?! If you haven’t got enough sport coverage to fill your channels then do us a favour and reduce the number of Sky Sports channels and our subscriptions into the bargain? Whatever you do don’t waste our time with activities that quite rightly get more than enough coverage on the various hobby channels!