caption children birth_place birth_date spouse yearsactive birthname article_title name occupation
mick . holding his biggest uk catfish of 80lb 8oz 4 birmingham , england 1946 y janet brown 1976 -- present michael brown mick brown -lrb- angler -rrb-
 mick brown angler
mick brown -lrb- angler -rrb-

michael `` mick '' brown -lrb- born 1946 in birmingham , england -rrb- is a british angler who co-hosts several fishing programs with matt hayes on discovery real time -lrb- channel -rrb- .
he has starred in over 80 programs .
he is best known for his love of targeting predator fish , especially pike .
mick has released many books on predator fishing and even has his own signature line of fishing rods .
mick was born in birmingham and lived with his parents , two brothers and a sister in the acocks green area of the city .
he worked as an engineer at lucas before making his break to be a professional angler in the 1980s .
now married to jan , he is a father to daniel , nicola , rhiannon , and kay and has several grandchildren .
he is currently sponsored by dynamite baits .
mick is mainly known for accompanying matt hayes in programmes such as : `` total fishing 2006 '' `` record breaking fish '' `` the great rod race '' `` the greater rod race '' '' wet nets '' mick has appeared in over 80 angling programmes .
he is also known for his own dvds such as `` mick brown on pike fishing '' `` mick brown summer pike fishing '' mick has also released books on pike & predator fishing such as pike fishing : the practice and the passion , and mick browns guide to pike and predators .
mick runs a youtube channel mickbrownfishingtv .
