Weather Channel Greenlights Game Fishing Series

Exclusive: 'Reel Rivals' to follow competitive boat captains in Florida Keys

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/10/2012 10:00:00 AM

The Weather Channel has greenlit Reel Rivals, a new series that will follow the competitive world of game fishing in Florida.

The half-hour series, which is set to premiere in May 2013, follows the boat captains on the island of Islamorada in the Florida Keys as they help tourists catch the state's biggest and most trophy fish while sometimes battling extreme weather conditions.

Weather Channel has ordered six episodes of the series from production company Optomen (Monsters Inside Me, Worst Cooks in America).

Reel Rivals joins Weather Channel's growing slate of original series for 2013 including Deadliest Space Weather, Prospectors, Tipping Points and Reef Wranglers.