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Ike's sick kicker

By Sam Eifling
ESPNOutdoors.com

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Photo Gallery | Archive DEL RIO, Texas — Ike's big fish was so sick that Ike, too, got sick. The weigh-in at the Bassmaster Elite Series' first event of the season, the OPTIMA Batteries Battle on the Border, hit a virtual standstill when Mike Iaconelli lugged a 12-pound, 13-ounce bass across the stage. The wiry New Jersey pro has made a living whacking big fish and become a bass fishing household name through his demonstrative antics on the water. But he topped himself on both counts Th ...

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