I really disliked that they were enticing the bear to come closer to them by dragging the salmon along in front of it . By doing so , made the bear come with in attacking distance to the film crew and dumbass host .
Did you have any volume on?
He said he didn't see at at first. There isn't much you can do once a fish is on/close to the beach with an interested bear.
Have you ever tried breaking off a tired fish? I have before (same scenario) and it doesn't work, just dead weight and impossible to break off.
He wasn't trying to "entice" the bear. And I would think twice about calling someone a dumbass with as many qualifications, etc as he does.
I quite honestly don't care what people do to catch fish... if they are flossing so be it, as long as they aren't flat out ripping and trying to body snag.
Flossing is less harmful to a fish anyways than normal bait fishing and getting fish to bite due to hook placement.
I would give anything to have his job. His show is one of a kind and I really enjoy it.
By the way... if you want a new fun way of fishing sockeye in the fraser, run and 8 wt with pretty much the same setup he did.
It's a blast. AND if you run a small krill pattern I have gotten a few that had the hook deep down (assumed to bite).
Cheers,
Dan