Fishing on the Edge Audiobook By Mike Iaconelli, Brian Kamenetzky, Andrew Kamenetzky cover art

Fishing on the Edge

The Mike Iaconelli Story

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With his colorful tattoos and booming hip-hop sound track, Mike Iaconelli has turned the world of big-money competitive bass fishing upside down. In Fishing on the Edge, Iaconelli tells his own story–and it’s a whopper: a Philly-born, Jersey-bred Yankee who’s been stealing the spotlight from bass fishing’s traditionally all-Southern anglers, attracting fans and dominating one of the fastest-growing sports in America.

How did Mike Iaconelli, a college-educated kid from New Jersey, come blasting into a sport
dominated by old-school stars like Gary Klein, Kevin VanDam, and Denny Brauer? How did Mike, aka “Ike,” take a secret childhood passion and turn it into a profession, earning million-dollar sponsorships and a storm of media attention, ranging from ESPN’s SportsCenter to profiles in The New York Times and Esquire? While Mike has attracted both fans and foes on the tour,
his success speaks for itself, especially his victory at the 2003 CITGO Bassmaster Classic, the Super Bowl of competitive fishing.

Forty-four million Americans fish, but no one does it quite like Mike Iaconelli. In Fishing on the Edge, he lets you in on the secrets to his extraordinary success–how he developed his “power” fishing style, how he attacks the water, positions the boat, and perseveres through those days when the bass just aren’t biting. With sidebar tips that can be used by any fisherman–from using spinner baits to picking out the right rod to his no-fail “secret weapons”–this is an intensive, informative, and often raucous journey through the life of a brash young man destined to do for fishing what Tony Hawk did for the X Games: take the sport to a whole new level. At the same time, it’s the compelling first-person story of a man who prepared carefully every step of the way, kept notes on every fish he ever caught, and executed the perfect plan to get to the top.

A tale of passion, competition, and extreme personality, Fishing on the Edge is a book for anyone who loves the sport of fishing, wants to turn a hobby into a career, or is simply fascinated by a man’s unstoppable drive to succeed.©2005 Mike Iaconelli; (P)2005 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc. Outdoors & Nature Biographies & Memoirs Sports Fishing Inspiring
Informative Fishing Tips • Personal Stories • Compelling Biography • Relatable Experiences • Behind-the-scenes Insights

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my dad grew up with Ike back in the day and and always told me stories about them catching frogs and fishing together and that's what got me into fishing and by listening to this made me want to fish even more from all the knowledge I learned and makes me even more of a fan.

big fan

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Great book. Mikes story is amazing. From the beginning on how he came into Fishing, to how he almost got out. Definitely an adventure. I felt like I was on the boat with him. Great job! You just got another fan.

Great book for any Angler.

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Overall, a very interesting book! Before this book I always knew about Ike and his rowdy antics on the water but this book gave insight to his passion of fishing that leads to that. Where is my rod?.... I gotta go fishing now!

Very good

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Loved it! Inspiring and captivating. Ike is the real deal! Hoping for more from Mike!!!

Awesome for about all Anglers

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love how personal the book was and i highly recommend it . learned allot about mike as a person and picked up some really good fishing tips.

great book

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