A Little Dock Talk: Gives New Meaning to "Hitting the Boonies"

I know folks have to "hit the boonies" from time to time when nature calls, but most of us take time, no matter how bad the pressure gets, to first tie off our boat in a decent manner--with it in the water, that is. Not Mike Iaconelli, though.

We've all seen or heard about some of this angler's "bad boy" demonstrations of unsportsmanlike conduct. But his latest newsworthy event really, to Ike's credit, wasn't at all about his being bad. Rather, he seemingly was a victim of circumstances--unless an investigation proves otherwise.

A participant in the 2013 Elite Series Sabine River Challenge, Ike was running a tributary of the Naches River when he claims he hit something submerged that launched his bass rig, along with him and his observer onboard, and sent them flying into the woods. A nearby fellow angler has a slightly different opinion about what exactly led to the mishap (she thinks he swerved to miss a limb), but you can read the story for yourself and see all the pictures, too, by checking out the following two links: http://www.bassmaster.com/slideshow/ikes-crash-landing,
http://www.bassmaster.com/blogs/2013-sabine-river-challenge-live-blog/Ike-loses-control.

Fortunately, there don't appear to have been any injuries from this incident, and another boat was able to pull Ike's rig back into the water, so what more could you hope for? As Jim Bauer, the fella who brought this story to my attention in the first place, so aptly said, "Stay tuned" because you're probably going to hear more about this item in coming days.