Fishing With Norm, a popular YouTube fishing channel run by Luke Norman, has experienced a significant slowdown and apparent disappearance from the YouTube scene recently. Norm has not posted videos for a couple of months, leaving fans confused and searching for answers about his absence and his status with the Googan Squad, a well-known fishing group he was associated with
. The situation seems to be part of broader challenges facing fishing and outdoor content creators on YouTube. There has been increasing demonetization and content restrictions on hunting and fishing videos due to advertiser concerns about animal cruelty and platform policies. This has led creators to take down videos preemptively and worry about the future viability of fishing content on YouTube. Some creators have lost monetization or even channels due to strikes related to this content. Norm and others in the outdoor niche have expressed concern that fishing content could eventually be heavily restricted or demonetized, impacting their ability to produce videos and earn revenue
. Although there is no official detailed explanation from Norm or the Googan Squad publicly available, the combination of YouTube's changing policies, demonetization issues, and possible internal group dynamics might explain why Fishing With Norm has stopped posting and why Norm is no longer active with the Googan Squad
. In summary, Fishing With Norm's hiatus and disappearance appear linked to the evolving YouTube environment for fishing content and possibly personal or group-related reasons, but no definitive public statement has clarified the full story yet
