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Ike practices three key fish-catching principles in summertime heat
By Lynn Burkhead, MLF
The dog days of summer aren't usually the time of year most bass anglers dream of.
Unless their name happens to be Mike Iaconelli, the New Jersey based Major League Fishing pro who captured his biggest tournament triumph during those same dog days.
That win, of course, was the 2003 Bassmaster Classic in New Orleans, a triumph that Ike secured with a dramatic last-second largemouth bass. That fish gave Ike just enough at the weigh-in scale to nip Major League Fishing co-founder and Texas angling legend Gary Klein by less than a pound.
Pulled from the steamy waters of the Louisiana Delta on August 3, 2003, Ike's Classic clinching bass also serves to illustrate his...