ESPN2: Delivering briny, high-octane angling

Hard-core angling enthusiasts and new viewers alikewill be drawn to Saltwater Sunday's programmingBy Lynn Burkhead: ESPNOutdoors.com associate editor
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...."Guidehouse Montauk," where the stressed lives of fishing guides putting clients on Long Island's famed autumn striper blitz are chronicled; and "Mad Fin," a fishing tournament with a different — and serious — bite........"I do think that the category is growing because you can not have success and yet still have had a good day," Bowen said. "You can have had a really bad day on the water in saltwater fishing, and yet you can still have had an explosively charged, highly entertaining experience."Bowen knows firsthand of what he speaks. "I recently went out and fished for nine hours during the fall blitz at Montauk," Bowen said. "I didn't catch anything, but it was still a thrilling experience." A thrilling experience that many anglers can identify with thanks to a steady breeze, the roar of pounding ocean waves, the aroma of salt in the air, and the electricity of striped bass and bluefish on the move as they chase vast schools of baitfish off the east end of Long Island in the annual autumn feeding frenzy. "I got skunked. But, nonetheless, it was one of the most exciting days of my life in the outdoors," Bowen said.Legions of saltwater-angling enthusiasts know exactly what he means.