Michael D. Fowlkes
Executive Producer, Writer & Director
Inside Sportfishing Fox Sports/ Amazon Prime
Fowlkes grew up fishing the mountain streams and lakes of rural Virginia, before moving to Newport Beach, California. He started working on sportboats at the age of 9, earned his United States Coast Guard Operator's license and began running his own charter boat in 1978. His extensive experience, as an owner/operator, fishing from Alaska to Australia, over the past 40 years, provided the personal framework and background for his first novel Perfect Bait. An Amazon #1 Best Seller.
His second novel, The Spa, is a suspense thriller based on the high end escort services working the waterfront of Newport Beach.
Executive Producer of the Award Winning Inside Sportfishing television series now on Amazon Prime. Inside Sportfishing was awarded the Best Saltwater Fishing Show of the Year, has earned 19 Telly Awards and was the longest running, highest rated fishing show in Fox Sports history before moving to Amazon Prime. www.insidesportfishing.com
In addition to his Telly Awards, Fowlkes has also received three national Cable ACE Awards for his productions with Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures and Showtime.
Fowlkes is currently in production on a new film series entitled The History of Sportfishing. www.thehistoryofsportfishing.com
The pilot, The Birth of Big Game Fishing is basically Endless Summer meets sportfishing, featuring epic, never before seen footage dating back over 100 years.
The Fish of a Lifetime is an amazing short story of doing battle with the world's hardest fighting fish, the magnificent broadbill swordfish.
Fowlkes lives in Laguna Beach with his wife Kimberly on a secluded, wooded hillside in the canyon.
Fowlkes’ short stories have been published in Pacific Coast Sportfishing, Abundant Life Media Inc., Western Outdoor Publications, Sportfishing Boats Ltd, Poole Publications
Fowlkes is a member of the Outdoor Writers Association, National Sportscasters & Sportswriters Association, the Tuna Club of Santa Catalina Island, th International Game Fish Association, The Billfish Foundation, Sportfishing Association of California, The American Sportfishing Association, United Anglers & the Balboa Angling Club.
Flawed Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grEpOfSlJM0
