Looks like Ike is toast

-Shawn- · March 15, 2013, 12:16:52 PM

Someone capture the pic of his boat sitting out of the water in the trees and post it...

Glad he and his Marshall survived that!!

d.branch3 · March 15, 2013, 12:26:03 PM

I am glad they are ok too, but if you act a fool to long its gonna catch up to you, exspecially in these stumpy waters of the south...

Catch 22 · March 15, 2013, 12:27:29 PM

Here's a link to the pictures... Could have been real bad.

http://www.bassmaster.com/blogs/2013-sabine-river-challenge-live-blog/ike-loses-control

Jared LeBlue · March 15, 2013, 12:36:55 PM

I love the third picture which shows his Toyota Wrap and it says "let's go places".

jocko · March 15, 2013, 12:37:50 PM

Unreal. Always some drama with Mike.

d.branch3 · March 15, 2013, 12:37:59 PM

Someone was looking over them, 3 feet to left would have hit that tree..

Railroader · March 15, 2013, 12:39:57 PM

Up a Tree without a paddle.lol
the lake level dropped quick

longdraw · March 15, 2013, 12:47:50 PM

I bet that Marshal wants to go home, NOW!

jocko · March 15, 2013, 12:49:51 PM

He's lucky his Marshal is up and smiling!

I'd be in a neck brace, on a back board, and dialing my injury attorney with dollar signs in my eyes!

Just kidding of course. Some of these guys are frightening to ride with. I think Two Marshals have been thrown before - one with Remitz and another with Marty Stone. Conservative is not a word I would use to describe Ike and his driving!

There's bound to be damage to the hull ? Wonder what is deductible is? Sheesh

sillybass · March 15, 2013, 12:52:00 PM

Quote from: Catch 22 on March 15, 2013, 12:27:29 PM
Here's a link to the pictures... Could have been real bad.

http://www.bassmaster.com/blogs/2013-sabine-river-challenge-live-blog/ike-loses-control

Glad they are ok . The rest is

DBrooke · March 15, 2013, 12:53:04 PM

Story as of now is that he hit something in the river and caused him to lose control. luckily he went between those trees rather than up one.

jocko · March 15, 2013, 12:58:56 PM

Funny, looks like BASS shut down the previous pages of the blogs. Perhaps in fear of these photos of Ike up in the trees? Maybe a bad image for BASS and not a good recruitment tool for future Marshals. Maybe because they are more like crime scene photos? Maybe a pending investigation?

Correction - it's back up and the photo's are still there.... not sure why I couldn't pull them up before.

Creel Limit Zero · March 15, 2013, 01:12:41 PM

Wow, that cold have been real bad...

jocko · March 15, 2013, 01:19:06 PM

Hell of an advertisment for his boat if they are able to get it back in the water and there's no hull damage. Ike's gear should be bullet proof anyway. I can't believe theres not a big ole hole on the left side. Every angler should have a come along and winch just for times like this.

light wire · March 15, 2013, 01:30:40 PM

Unbelievable can you imagine being the marshall, with not much to hang on to.
Its easy to get thrown from a boat.

jocko · March 15, 2013, 01:44:14 PM

most boats have an handle to hold - but I personally could not hold my weight from being thrown over. In this case, looks like you could brace with your feet to keep from being thrown forward. But who knows what kind of spin they went into before going into the woods? One thing for sure is - that Marshal will have a story to tell and pictures to back it up!

We need some up date pictures. I want to see what kind of production it is to get it back down?

Creel Limit Zero · March 15, 2013, 01:45:20 PM

Quote from: jocko on March 15, 2013, 01:19:06 PM
Hell of an advertisment for his boat if they are able to get it back in the water and there's no hull damage. Ike's gear should be bullet proof anyway. I can't believe theres not a big ole hole on the left side. Every angler should have a come along and winch just for times like this.

No kidding, same for the motor if there's no lower unit damage...

Mike Cork · March 15, 2013, 01:46:36 PM

just my luck one blows a motor and the other one runs his boat up a tree....

jocko · March 15, 2013, 01:56:25 PM

HA !

I feel your pain! Who could have predicted any of this?

These pictures are really amazing. Looks like the point of impact was the dirt bank just to the right of the motor. Then up the bank hitting something in the woods head on causing the back to walk to the left. He is really lucky to have missed some of those larger trees.

GRR884 · March 15, 2013, 02:25:17 PM

BCB reported earlier...

Bass Cat Boats wrote:
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Early morning conversation with Becky Iaconelli was that Mike was running thin water trimmed up and jacked up, hits a log or stump and nose comes down rudderless, which tucks it right up the bank.

BCB

-Shawn- · March 15, 2013, 02:54:48 PM

I am with you LeBlue. The pic is classic.

At speed all he had to do was lift quick and he would nose it into the trees.. I would stick with the "I hit something" story though..

jocko · March 15, 2013, 02:59:49 PM

makes sence to me. Catches air over the log - comes nose down and motor doesn't make contact (trimmed way up) so no steering or power (loss of control). The boat is going to go where ever the hull was redirected with the impact (right up the bank into the woods) if he got alittle sideways while in air or bounced. Must have happend in mere seconds.

Smallie_Stalker · March 15, 2013, 03:07:32 PM

Hmmmm. i wasn't aware that bank fishing was allowed in the Elites lol. Tournament fishermen are always trying to do something different or to have an area all to themselves. Looks like Ike sure did both.

Mike Cork · March 15, 2013, 04:43:55 PM

If he would have thought about it, he could have put his power poles down before he hit the bank and stopped the boat

RedTop · March 15, 2013, 04:49:52 PM

If he'd have thought about it he wouldn't be running skinny water like that at a high rate of speed putting his passenger in danger like that....but.....then again ....

Looks like Ike is toast

GRR884