Hillbilly Handfishin': Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A trip of a lifetime for fish-out-of-water adventure-seeking clients who want nothing more than to surprise themselves - and maybe gross themselves out - by doing things they'd never thought they'd do. Led by Oklahoma hand-fisherman and self-proclaimed hillbilly Skipper Bivins, these people get a taste of redneck lifestyle by going through the paces of noodling catfish with no fishing rods and no hooks. The only lures in this cat-fishing are fingers and toes - which, by the way, can be just as attractive to the snakes, beavers, muskrats and snapping turtles that take over abandoned catfish holes as homes of their own. The experience might be uncomfortable, completely foreign and downright terrifying, but it promises to alter the lives and positively affect each newly crowned noodler long after the last morsel of deep-fried fish is gone.

Series details

• Title: Hillbilly Handfishin'
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2010-09-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-08-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Animal Planet
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 24440
• IMDb ID: tt1738350
• TVDB ID: 250475

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-09-24; final listed air date 2012-03-04.
• Season 2: premiered 2012-07-29; final listed air date 2012-08-14.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hillbilly Handfishin' on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.