Hook, Line and Sinker (TV program)

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Hook, Line and Sinker is an Australian fishing television program, produced by HLS Productions in Hobart, Tasmania. It is hosted by Nick Duigan and Andrew Hart.{{cite news |date=2014-09-07 |title=Hooked in the Whitsundays: A crew from one of Australia's most popular fishing television shows 'Hook, Line and Sinker' recently filmed in the region. |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/whitsunday/hooked-in-the-whitsundays/news-story/239eb80c6813ea18318a3e02c4bdc58f |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |accessdate=2023-10-07 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20231007085715/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/whitsunday/hooked-in-the-whitsundays/news-story/239eb80c6813ea18318a3e02c4bdc58f?amp&nk=1b4cb3c9b0805569df7c86e93f6d9f5e-1696669044 |archivedate=2023-10-07 }} The program premiered in 2001 and is broadcast nationally through the Southern Cross Seven and 7mate networks.{{cite news |last=Wade |first=Rohan |date=2004-12-18 |title=Reeling them in |newspaper=The Mercury |id={{ProQuest|353181196}} }} 7mate has broadcast the program since 19 May 2012, with its eighth season.{{Cite web |date=12 April 2012 |title=Mate takes Hook, Line & Sinker |url=https://fishingworld.com.au/news/mate-takes-hook-line-and-sinker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412164155/https://fishingworld.com.au/news/mate-takes-hook-line-and-sinker |archive-date=12 April 2012 |access-date=7 October 2023 |website=Fishing World}} The program previously broadcast on the Southern Cross Ten channel before that channel switched affiliations to the Nine Network in 2016.{{Cite web |title=Fishnet {{!}} Hook Line Sinker |url=http://www.fishnet.com.au/default.aspx?id=264 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610154008/http://www.fishnet.com.au/default.aspx?id=264 |archive-date=10 June 2008 |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Fishnet.com.au}} The show is aired on Saturday afternoons and runs for 30 minutes.

The show features some light entertainment and comical behaviour from the hosts as well as serious fishing news and stories from around Australia. The Canberra Times said it was "A River Somewhere meets Russell Coight".{{cite news |date=2006-04-21 |title=Backs to the wind works wonders as inland anglers score lion's share of luck |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/148A7AFBE6300040&f=basic |newspaper=The Canberra Times |accessdate=2023-10-07 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20231007090615/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/148A7AFBE6300040&f=basic |archivedate=2023-10-07 }} By 2012, it became "one of Tasmania's longest-running" television shows.{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Hannah |date=2012-03-04 |title=Tassie fishing show hooks big deal |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/13D4A773CE05C090&f=basic |newspaper=Sunday Tasmanian |accessdate=2023-10-07 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20231007090254/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/13D4A773CE05C090&f=basic |archivedate=2023-10-07 }}

The University of Tasmania presents a regular segment on the show called "The Deep End". The segment features research and material from the Marine Research Laboratories at the Hobart campus and the National Centre for Marine Conservation & Resource Sustainability at the Launceston campus.{{Cite web |title=University of Tasmania: The Deep End |url=http://www.utas.edu.au/prue/events/The_Deep_End.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517090736/http://www.utas.edu.au/prue/events/The_Deep_End.htm |archive-date=17 May 2008 |access-date=7 October 2023}}