About this season
Former NFL and Arena league quarterback, and current professional fishing guide, Mike Pawlawski hosts this Outdoor Channel original flyfishing show. Major sports celebrities such as Steve Bartkowski and Craig Morton are scheduled to join Mike as he fishes some of America's most scenic and productive waters.
Episodes (13)
1. Carnival Tarpon In Holbox
Aired 31 December 2009 • 22 min
Today we're going to Carnival in Mexico. We're here to chase the silver king, tarpon.
2. Baby Tarpon of Isla Holbox
Aired 7 January 2010 • 22 min
This week Mike is on a back country adventure chasing baby tarpon in the lagoons.
3. Father's Day '09
Aired 14 January 2010 • 22 min
Today we'll be teaching lessons about life and fishing. Familiar Waters host, Mike Pawlawski, is celebrating Fathers Day with his son, Casey at Suger Creek Ranch in Northern California.
4. Hawaii Bones with Josh Holloway
Aired 21 January 2010 • 22 min
This week Familiar Waters host, Mike Pawlawski is on the small island of Hawaii, Oahu. He's casting his fly, aiming to hook bonefish. This time he has a special guest, Josh Holloway, an actor from the popular television show 'Lost.'
5. Andros Backcountry
Aired 28 January 2010 • 22 min
If you're looking for bonefish, Andros Island, in the Bahamas, has the largest population of these fish anywhere on the planet. This week Mike Pawalwski takes you on a quest to land a huge fish with guide, Torrie Bevans of Andros South Lodge.
6. Key West Tarpon
Aired 4 February 2010 • 22 min
Captain Don Gable, of LTD Charters, helps Mike go after a big Tarpon. Plus, we meet Jerald Ault, a professor with the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, to discuss the tarpon in more detail.
7. Andros South with BTT
Aired 11 February 2010 • 22 min
We're back with South Andros Lodge guide Torrie Beven, on Andros Island in the Bahamas. Joining host Mike Pawlawski and the Familiar Waters fishing expedition is the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, otherwise knows as the BTT.
8. False Albacore Jupiter
Aired 18 February 2010 • 22 min
Host Mike Pawlawski is on the East Coast of Florida searching for a species of fish he's never pursued before. With all the rod breaking power of albacore tuna, the Little Tunny is also called the False Albacore.
9. Andros Bones
Aired 25 February 2010 • 22 min
We've been in Andros for a week now and it's our last day and we still haven't found that huge bonefish we know is there. Josie Sands, a guide for South Andros Lodge, leads host Mike Pawlawski on a quest for bonezilla.
10. Rock Creek Day 1
Aired 4 March 2010 • 22 min
Today Host Mike Pawlawski is fishing on the picturesque Rock Creek in Western Montana with Andrew Hansen. It's day one of a two day float down the river and the day starts off quickly with Mike hooking up on a great trout only a mile down
11. Rock Creek Day 2
Aired 11 March 2010 • 22 min
Today, host Mike Pawlawski is back at the beautiful Rock Creek in Western Montana with Andrew Hansen. After camping on the bank of river for the night, the group is anxious to get back on the water, searching for trout.
12. Plan B Harriman Ranch
Aired 18 March 2010 • 22 min
Host Mike Pawlawski is just outside of Gallatin, Montana on the Hebgen Lake searching for Gulpers, a phenomenon where Trout charge the surface of the water trying to eat the hatching Callibaetis Nymphs.
13. Prospecting for Trout
Aired 25 March 2010 • 22 min
Today, we're prospecting for trout. We start off in western Montana during the stone fly hatch and end up in northern California's gold country where we're searching for treasure of a different color.