How he doesn't have a big time show I don't know. He has an awesome personality, can speak well and is a great fisherman. Most of the guys with shows don't hold a candle to him. Granted he mainly fishes on lakes that almost anyone could catch nice fish he still is very entertaining and knowledgeable.
I agree with everything but the bolded part...I think most shows are filmed on lakes like that. Either a good big fish lake filmed over several days, or a lake with a high population, or both. I doubt if many guys would watch a show where the host doesn't catch fish...well at least they probably wouldn't watch it regularly. And if they did I'd be one hell of a host!
Also, I don't know how many of you are bass guys (my guess is darn few), but I knew a guy from TN that said most of Bill Dance's episodes were on private lakes...
Never heard of this guy before, but that was some good stuff. Hope he doesn't go bald like me as he gets older or he's gonna have a hard time making lures...