Jimmy Houston

{{Short description|American angler and television host (born 1944)}}

{{For|other persons with similar names|James Houston (disambiguation)}}

Jimmy Houston (born July 28, 1944) is a pro angler and TV host.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-25-fi-30016-story.html|title=U.S. Fishing Reel Maker Goes Offshore|last=Kurt|first=Kelly|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2001-02-25|access-date=2014-08-16}} He was on ESPN for 21 years before he switched to the Outdoor Life Network.{{cite news|url=http://newsok.com/collected-wisdom-jimmy-houston/article/3207705|title= Collected Wisdom: Jimmy Houston |work=The Oklahoman|date=2008-02-24|accessdate=2014-08-16}} He is currently on NBC Sports.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcsports.com/jimmy-houston-outdoors |title=Jimmy Houston Outdoors |work=NBC Sports |accessdate=2014-08-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819091636/http://www.nbcsports.com/jimmy-houston-outdoors |archivedate=2014-08-19 }} In 1990, he was inducted into the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame.{{cite news|url=http://www.herald-dispatch.com/features/x1137373725/Pro-bass-fishing-legend-TV-star-Jimmy-Houston-at-sports-show|title=Pro bass fishing legend, TV star Jimmy Houston at sports show|author=|work=The Herald-Dispatch|date=2013-02-14|accessdate=2014-08-16}} He is known for his distinctive laugh.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/08/16/hear-that-giggle-it-must-be-houston/|title=Hear That Giggle? It Must Be Houston|last=Husar|first=John|work=Chicago Tribune|date=1998-08-16|access-date=2014-08-16}} With fellow fishermen Roland Martin and Bill Dance, he formed the company Th3 Legends to sell signature products.{{cite news|url=http://www.kayakfishmag.com/news/bill-dance-jimmy-houston-roland-martin-team-custom-tackle/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140817095840/http://www.kayakfishmag.com/news/bill-dance-jimmy-houston-roland-martin-team-custom-tackle/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 17, 2014|title=Bill Dance, Jimmy Houston and Roland Martin Team Up on Custom Tackle|last=Stevens|first=Mike|work=KayakFishMag.com|publisher=TEN: The Enthusiast Network|date=2014-07-16|accessdate=2014-08-17}}

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Houston was born in San Marcos, Texas {{Cite news|url=http://www.bassmaster.com/anglers/jimmy-houston|title=Jimmy Houston|newspaper=Bassmaster|access-date=2016-12-16}} on July 28, 1944, and grew up in Moore, Oklahoma. He has written five books about his career with some of his faith sprinkled in. One of his books called Catch of The Day is a devotional that explains his love of Christ and shows how fishing works with it interchangeably.