Ultimate Match Fishing: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Ultimate Match Fishing Season X features eight of the top professional bass anglers in the world competing head-to-head in the same boat in a single elimination tournament for the UMF Title Belt. Two time defending UMF Champion Jacob Wheeler looks to make it three straight as he takes on fellow pros Wesley Strader, Bryan Thrift, Ott DeFoe, Larry Nixon, Dave Lefebre, Boyd Duckett and Brandon Palaniuk on legendary Chickamauga Lake in Dayton, Tennessee. Veteran professional bass angler Joe Thomas returns to handle the play-by-play with Fish Fishburne providing the color commentary all under the watchful eye of UMF Referee Mark Randolph.

Also new for Season X, Ultimate Match Fishing along with Strike King will donate $500 each and every episode in the name of the angler who catches the match's largest bass to the Catch a Dream Foundation to provide a once in a lifetime fishing opportunity for a child with a life threatening illness.

Series details

• Title: Ultimate Match Fishing
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Action, Sports
• Premiere date: 2005-06-27
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Outdoor Channel
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 29929
• IMDb ID: tt1091982

Cast and credited roles

• Joe Thomas — Co-Host
• Fish Fishburne — Co-Host
• Mark Randolph — Co-Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-06-27; final listed air date 2005-12-19.
• Season 12: premiered 2017-06-30; final listed air date 2017-08-11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Ultimate Match Fishing 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.