Mike Iaconelli got very close today!

WoW lost by 3 ounces… Congrats to Ike arguably the 2 biggest tournaments of the year and 2 great finishes.

Pretty telling that the BASS boys come over and take 1st and 2nd in the Cup.

It kind of reminds me of Aaron Martens and all his 2nd place finishes in the Classics and regular season tourneys. Aarons day will come and Ike will certainly have his day again at the Classic and hopefully win the Cup one day. He will definitely be nipping at their heels the whole way if he keeps fishing the way he has been.Jim EbarbMany, LA (Toledo Bend Lake)2004 Cougar/ 225 OptimaxHumminbird Helix 12 Chirp SI on BalzOut Mount at bowLowrance HDS 7 at bowHumminbird Helix 12 Mega SI on Ram Mount at ConsoleLowrance HDS 8 in dash at console

Actually Flyswatter, Luke Clausen was a BASS angler first. He started fishing the Western Opens and qualified for the tour through them. He didn;t start fishing the FLW stuff until FLW brought the Everstarts to the west, some three years later. Luke was a two-tour angler and didnt fully commit to FLW until the year he won the Classic.Terry Battisti

All I can say is that I had them 1-2 in my “powerhook” FLW fantasy fishing. Could not get my other three to finish in exact order(next closest was 12, 36 and 43) or else I would have won enough to buy a new Jaguar(and home,truck,retirement…….). Knew Hackney could fish river systems well…if you can catch fish on the Arkansas River(inland rivers) you have the potential to catch fish on most river systems(i.e. Kevin Shorts win this year with Billy McCagren second in the same tournament on the Mississippi). As far as Ike……the man is unbelievable when it comes to fishing. Figured he could get keepers and could come up with enough to be in the hunt. Never count him out.Last edited by jignpig on August 3rd, 2009, 5:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.96 Eyra/12 Mercury 175 Pro XS with 2015 single axle trailer2017 Victory Gunner