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Angling For the Spotlight
In the World of Professional Bass Fishing, Sometimes Even a Champ Can
Flounder

By Anita Huslin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 10, 2006; Page C01

LAKE WYLIE, N.C. The hottest professional bass fisherman in the country
is having a meltdown, and where the hell are the cameras?

"GOOOOAAAAADDD!!!" screams Mike "Ike" Iaconelli as a largemouth bass
sniffs over to his lure, then blows it off and swims away.

"[Expletive] hit the thing, will you?"

His line snags on something. He yanks on the rod three, four, five
times. When it doesn't break free, he starts to flog it.

Thwack! Thwack! ZING! A piece of rod goes flying. Thwack! Thwack! SLAM!
He flings the remaining stub down into the boat.

"Dude, what is going on ?" he roars. The chunky guy in his boat, a fan
who paid $400 to be an official tournament observer and could win
himself a new Ranger bass boat if Ike pulls in the biggest fish, slumps
in his seat, looking like he wants to disappear.

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