Off the Hook: Extreme Catches

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| starring = Eric Young

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| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 2

| num_episodes = 20

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| executive_producer = David Shadrack Smith
Gregory Henry

| producer = Dan Bree

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| runtime = 30 minutes with commercials

| company = Part2 Pictures

| channel = Animal Planet

| first_aired = {{start date|2012|7|30}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2013|8|11}}

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Off the Hook: Extreme Catches is an American reality television series that aired on Animal Planet and premiered on July 30, 2012. It was hosted by wrestler Eric Young,{{cite news |last1=Busteed |first1=Shiela |title=Wrestler tries hand at odd fishing methods |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102038483/ |access-date=17 May 2022 |work=The Bismarck Tribune}} who journeys out to meet and fish with the most unusual fishermen he can find.{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/3585-TNA-s-Eric-Young-To-Host-New-Adventure-Series-Coming-To-Animal-Planet|title="Off the Hook: Extreme Catches" on Animal Planet}}

Episodes

Re-runs of episodes began airing on the Discovery Channel.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/off-the-hook-extreme-catches-debuts-tonight-on-the-discovery-channel/|title=OFF THE HOOK: EXTREME CATCHES DEBUTS ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL}}

=Season 1=

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!Title

!Original air date

"Sailfish Smackdown"

|July 30, 2012

"Shark-a-mania"

|July 30, 2012

"Running with the Devil"

|August 12, 2012

"Amberjacked Up"

|August 19, 2012

"Skishing Hell Week"

|August 26, 2012

"Beard Gone Grabbling"

|September 2, 2012

"Go Ahead, Mako My Day!"

|September 16, 2012

"You Don't Know Jack... Crevalle"

|September 23, 2012

"Carpocalypse Now"

|September 30, 2012

= Season 2 =

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!Title

!Original air date

"Hawaiian Lu-OW!"

|June 16, 2013

"Deadliest Cod"

|June 16, 2013

"Land of 10,000 Iceholes"

|June 23, 2013

"Wickeder Tuna"

|June 23, 2013

"Kicking Ice"

|June 30, 2013

"Aloh-AAHH!"

|July 7, 2013

"Eric and Goliath"

|July 14, 2013

"Grizzly Eric"

|July 21, 2013

"Cull of the Wild Man"

|July 28, 2013

"Marlin: Impossible"

|August 4, 2013

"Beard in the Big Blue Water"

|August 11, 2013

Reception

Common Sense Media rated it 4 out of 5 stars.{{cite web |last1=Ashby |first1=Emily |title=Off the Hook: Extreme Catches |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/off-the-hook-extreme-catches |website=Common Sense Media |access-date=17 May 2022}}

References

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