Fishing on the Edge
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Product Description
MIKE IACONELLI won the 2003 Bassmaster Classic. In only five years of professional fishing, he has won four majors and earned close to a million dollars. He’s been fishing regularly since he was two years old. His list of sponsors includes Dick’s Sporting Goods, Yamaha outboards, Ranger Boats, Mann’s Bait Company, Fitovers Eyewear, Stren fishing lines, Daiwa tackle, Tru-Tungsten weights, and Carolina Lunker Sauce. He lives in New Jersey.
ANDREW AND BRIAN KAMENETZKY are screenwriters and frequent contributors to a variety of magazines and websites, including ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, and Blender. They both live in Los Angeles.
From the Hardcover edition.
Spotlight Customer Reviews:
Summary:
Great book!!
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Comment:
I started to read it and couldn't stop. It took me a week to finish it and it was great. Mike takes you to the real ambience of tournament fishing and his tips are very good to improve your fishing techniques. The books also represents a very good example on how his familiy has been a very important part of becoming a chmapion and how this affected his personal life.
Great book overall!
Pablo Magallanes
Guadalajara, Mexico.
July, 2008
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Summary:
Decent but not Spectacular
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Comment:
Full disclosure...I had only read about the author in Bassmaster magazine or watched him on ESPN, so I had a negative opinion about Mike before I ever picked up his book. However, that doesn't mean that he doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to catching bass. He had many valid points about the world of professional bass fishing. The material about his personal life (e.g., divorce and his sexual conquests) did not really add anything to what he had to say, but all in all it was a pretty good effort. Mike, I don't hate you any more. I just think you are emotionally immature.
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Summary:
Inspiring Book
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Comment:
Great Read! I reccomend this book for anyone who follows Pro Bass Angling or who fishes. It's fun to read about the mishaps that the Pros have made and continue to make. Great look inside the tour and how intense fishing can really be. There are also some great tips scattered throughout the book. So, read it with a highlighter and forget what the Teachers and Librarians say, dog ear the pages or you'll never find them again.
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Summary:
Fascinating Look at the Unknown Side of a Sport
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I found this book to be quite informative about the unexpectedly interesting sport of professional bass angling. The book is primarily about his journey from fun fisher to world champion professional angler. As it turns out, this backstage tour of a sport takes you through a lot of hard times, uncertainty, emotions, personal growth, and (of course) gossip. That being said I don't really agree with other reviews that you will learn much about how to fish from this book; he does spend some time talking about specific techniques but usually it is something to do with his "stone jig" which he created and he gets 18 cents for each one you buy.
I ended up with a largely sympathetic impression of Ike and his life journey thus far. I would say that it is true that at times there is a certain bravado that feels more like a marketing ploy than a glimpse of his true personality. But in the end, he is quite clear that he is interested in creating a brand of himself. At times his discussion of any negative emotional episodes and his role in them did seem a bit juvenille. You know? (You'll get that joke when you read the book.)
All in all, I enjoyed the book and would recommend it.
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Summary:
Arrogant but likeable
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Comment:
He's a little too high on himself, but the cockiness is backed up with consistently solid performance, so who's to judge?
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