Don't approach this as a fishing show or a show about fishing -- as a matter of fact, watch this show simply to appreciate that it was made and put on TV at all. It is a rare novelty that is that is full of great, unexpected lines from the narrator.

John Lurie got a grant to make art and hired a Japanese film crew to come fishing with him and some of his famous friends. I don't think there was ever any scripts on the trips, John and guest were simply improving scenes to create a loose narrative, or in Willem Defoe's episode's case, [spoiler] to end with both men dying of exposure after starving because not being able to catch fish while ice-fishing.[/spoiler] There is a funny moment in the first few minutes of the first episode when [spoiler] Jim Jarmusch wonders aloud if someone else should be driving while looking off camera at the crew in the backseat and John responds, "We're the only ones here Jim." [/spoiler] After editing the footage, a narrator script was developed and recorded giving the show moments of unexpected drama, suspense, and straight-up 'laughing-out-loud' moments when you say, "WHAT did he just say?"