I usually try to keep quiet and just read everyone's thoughts, but

I am bored so I will add a little bit of my thoughts on Ike.

There is nothing about the guy that would prevent me from allowing

my kids (if I had any) to look up to Mike. The guy can fish like a machine

and I am sure he does not scream for every fish. If he catches 50 and only screams for 5 of them, you can bet those 5 will be on tv.

Furthermore, I just got off of the telephone with him about 15 minutes ago

and he is pretty much just like any other fisherman that is in his late 20's or

early 30's. We all just like to have fun and catch some fish.

JT Bagwell

Ps: I think I cussed more in our last conversation than he did. So hate me,

not Ike. Oh wait, he is famous and I am not so who cares if I cuss.

Ps: I think I cussed more in our last conversation than he did. So hate me,

not Ike. Oh wait, he is famous and I am not so who cares if I cuss.

POTTY MOUTH !

;D ;D

I usually try to keep quiet and just read everyone's thoughts, but

I am bored so I will add a little bit of my thoughts on Ike.

There is nothing about the guy that would prevent me from allowing

my kids (if I had any) to look up to Mike. The guy can fish like a machine

and I am sure he does not scream for every fish. If he catches 50 and only screams for 5 of them, you can bet those 5 will be on tv.

Furthermore, I just got off of the telephone with him about 15 minutes ago

and he is pretty much just like any other fisherman that is in his late 20's or

early 30's. We all just like to have fun and catch some fish.

JT Bagwell

Ps: I think I cussed more in our last conversation than he did. So hate me,

not Ike. Oh wait, he is famous and I am not so who cares if I cuss.

You cuss? Hummmmm....come back when you are famous...then I will tell you how I feel....lol...*&^*&^(^*(&^*&^*%*^)...lol

I swear way to much for TV....How I got through Love Connection without swearing...I will never know....lol...she was a :-/.. ...lol  Just glad to know we are all human....lol.  

Just need to keep a Big Fish in my mouth to keep me from saying anything.....lol

JT,   What do you call famous?   I've googled lots of info on fishing, and your name pops up alot, not to mention here on the forum.   Your famous to some of us!!!!

Matt

lol you guys are so crazy.  

JT Bagwell

some people need to worry more about the music there kids listien to more than what ike is doing on his boat. Like jt said if he wasn't famous no one would say anything. Anybody who makes time for anglers and kids the way he does earns my respect.  I have also heard some say he is not liked by fellow pro anglers well I don't like some of the people I work with either but have to work with them no one makes me so tough I have to deal with it and it ain't hurting me one bit Let the man fish and do his thing as long as he dosen't flash himself or moon the camera who cares

some people need to worry more about the music there kids listien to more than what ike is doing on his boat. Like jt said if he wasn't famous no one would say anything. Anybody who makes time for anglers and kids the way he does earns my respect. I have also heard some say he is not liked by fellow pro anglers well I don't like some of the people I work with either but have to work with them no one makes me so tough I have to deal with it and it ain't hurting me one bit Let the man fish and do his thing as long as he dosen't flash himself or moon the camera who cares

I agree....woo hoo...someone who knows what he is talking about.  Couldn't have said it better myself.

I had the pleasure of talking with Iaconelli for about an hour at a sportsmen's show one-on-one. As Will pointed out, he is different when the cameras are off. I expected this, but it was nice to see it for myself. There are others in my local bass club who have met him (he fished in one of our winter tournaments) and everyone sad the same thing.

He knows how to market himself and he knows how to keep people awake in a seminar. And he has a typical, sarcastic, New Jersey sense of humor which I loved but many people in the seminar didn't get. For me, that made the jokes even funnier. All around, he is a nice guy. After having met him, I firmly believe that the people who don't like him, for the most part, just don't get it. I think he overdoes it a bit, but that doesn't take away from his kindness or his fishing ability.

Some of his jokes and humor were centered around the fact that he overdoes it with the screaming and yelling. People who didn't get it were saying derogatory remarks about him which again, made me laugh even more because THEY were the stooges. Ignorance is always funny in my book.

That's what i have heard before..Still Interesting to hear it from another person..

So What