LUKE: Okay, Thelma, Louise, possibly there’s another way to learn to fish.
LORELAI: The Fishing Channel.
There isn’t really a Fishing Channel in the US – there’s one in the UK, though. American fishing shows are usually hosted by the Discovery Channel. Lorelai just assumes or guesses there is one, like the Cooking Channel and the Home and Garden Channel.
The Annotated Gilmore Girls 