Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge - Episode Guide

In some of the world's greatest fishing destinations Robson Green challenges local masters of their craft over five rounds of competitive fishing. To win he has to catch the most, the biggest and the best - it is Robson versus the world.

Robson travels to Michigan and Lake St Clair for his first clash, facing off against a father and son team of expert muskie - or `water wolf' - fishermen. He then travels to Detroit, Lake Huron and finishes his tour in a professional fishing contest against 40 other anglers.

Mexico has coastline on both the Pacific and the Caribbean, offering a wealth of different salt water targets. The first stop for Robson is the marlin capital of the Pacific, Cabo San Lucas. There, the plucky Geordie faces a match-up with a trophy-winning marlin hunter in a battle to catch the most of these iconic game fish.

Robson heads deep into the Canadian wilderness and faces four of the country's most experienced fishermen in some of its most jaw-droppingly beautiful locations. Summer is in bloom so the usual white snows have been replaced by an explosion of colour and life.

Robson is in Texas, where he hunts for a monster catch, hits the Gulf of Mexico and fishes for shark from a beach.

Robson Green hooks up with local champions for five rounds of competitive fishing. To win he has to catch the most, the biggest and the best. On the east coast of the USA, Robson fishes for tuna, shark, lobster, cod and haddock. His opponents have local knowledge and are highly competitive.

Peru is the next stop on Robson's tour, one of Latin America's largest countries and seat of the ancient Incan empire. Here Robson fishes in the world's largest river, its largest ocean and in one of its highest mountain ranges.

In the wild waters of Alaska, Robson Green goes fishing for varieties of salmon, trout, lingcod and halibut. Facing conditions ranging from the heavy swell of windy Homer to the pristine waters surrounding a native American reserve, he finds himself up against tough local champions.

Journeying to some of the world's best fishing grounds, Robson Green competes against the local angling champions. In the pristine waters off Tasmania, he hunts for Mako shark, the elusive elephant fish.

With its 2500kms of dramatic coastline and the mighty Zambezi river flowing straight through the middle, Mozambique is a perfect hunting ground for fishing enthusiasts. Robson Green takes on the local champions and experts at catching monster game fish in the Bazaruto Archipelago, king mackerel and trevally in the Indian Ocean, and electric catfish and tigerfish at Lake Cahora Bassa.

Robson Green is in Iceland, a country with thousands of miles of uninhabited coastline and rivers, and where fishing accounts for a whopping 70 per cent of the national income. There he joins a group of ice fishermen and takes on the local champion anglers.

Robson Green says "aloha" as he takes on the angling champions of Hawaii. From sportfishing to slide baiting and angling in a kayak, these Pacific islands offer up a variety of challenges amid breathtaking scenery, but there are dangers too, as Robson soon discovers.

Robson Green visits South Africa, where he goes in pursuit of yellowfish in the company of two yellowfish specialists and his uncle Matheson. He also tries fishing from a ski boat in the country's tempestuous waters and gets up close and personal with a great white shark off Cape Town. Finally, Robson enters South Africa's most prestigious sports fishing contest, The Richards Bay Billfish Tournament.

Robson takes on five local master anglers on a trip to one of the wildest places on earth, South Australia. It boasts some of the planet's most spectacular scenery, particularly its jaw-dropping shoreline where the outback meets the sea.

Robson heads for the other side of the globe and the fishing challenge of his dreams, New Zealand, but with New Zealand being one of the most hostile sporting environments on earth, and home to the fearsome All Blacks, if Robson's going to cane these Kiwis on their home turf, he's in for one heck of a fish fight.

In this episode Robson Green takes on some local anglers on the island of Mauritius, which boasts the world's third largest reef and is home to the marlin world cup.

In Greenland, Robson Green catches redfish and is shown how to cook it by his opponent, he takes part in a colossal `Cod-fest', charms an Arctic char from under a rock by tickling it and fishes for Greenland shark.

Robson visits Tanzania, where he competes against world record holder Jason Alexiou, trying to catch wahoo, ruby snapper and rusty jobfish. Travelling to the island of Zanzibar, Robson finds himself in a canoe.

Robson ventures across the Atlantic to eastern Canada, where he attempts to catch his biggest ever Atlantic salmon, his biggest ever tuna and his biggest fish ever on the fly. On Prince Edward Island, he goes after bluefin tuna.

In this edition, Robson explores the coastlines of the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Beside the region's giant oil rigs, Robson tries to catch the highly prized king mackerel.