By Dave Hurteau

From BassFan.com:

In the end, the Forrest Wood Cup came down to a battle between two of the biggest names in the sport – Greg "The Hack Attack" Hackney vs. Mike "Ike" Iaconelli. . . .

[Hackney] played it conservative the first day, exploded the second day with a heavy tailrace bag, held tough on day 3 with a four-fish, 4-03 bag, then brought home the trophy with a day's-best 5-06 limit. He rocketed up to clinch the win despite starting the day in 6th.

Iaconelli charged hard with a 4-10 limit [on the last day], but ultimately couldn't overcome his four-fish day 3 and finished a heartbreaking 3 ounces behind Hackney.

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from ggmack wrote 2 years 42 weeks ago

that is rough. to come back from way down and lose by 3 ounces. congrats to them both for an excellent tournament though.

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from 2Poppa wrote 2 years 42 weeks ago

"Iaconelli finished 2nd at this year's Red River Classic by 11 ounces, which means he missed winning dual titles in a single year by less than 1 pound."

That's still quite an achievement by Ike!

After reading the full article I was glad to "The Hack Attack" came back to win!

Congratulations Guys that was some tough fishin'!

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from blake425 wrote 2 years 42 weeks ago

Greg Hackney is from where I live so this is pretty cool.

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 2 years 41 weeks ago

That has to be heartbraking... losing by less than a pound. Man, I'm a big fan of Mike, hes putting a new, younger version to fishing and has a lot of excitement that he brings to fishing.

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from dwaynez wrote 2 years 41 weeks ago

Great Battle between two accomplished anglers. Ike is one of those anglers who always makes a late charge, you can't count him out no matter how far down he is.

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from bassman3-15 wrote 2 years 26 weeks ago

Yes it was a great battle, but suprised that "Ike" didnt pull through. But congrats to both and Hackney espicially.

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from blake425 wrote 2 years 42 weeks ago

Greg Hackney is from where I live so this is pretty cool.

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from ggmack wrote 2 years 42 weeks ago

that is rough. to come back from way down and lose by 3 ounces. congrats to them both for an excellent tournament though.

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from 2Poppa wrote 2 years 42 weeks ago

"Iaconelli finished 2nd at this year's Red River Classic by 11 ounces, which means he missed winning dual titles in a single year by less than 1 pound."

That's still quite an achievement by Ike!

After reading the full article I was glad to "The Hack Attack" came back to win!

Congratulations Guys that was some tough fishin'!

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 2 years 41 weeks ago

That has to be heartbraking... losing by less than a pound. Man, I'm a big fan of Mike, hes putting a new, younger version to fishing and has a lot of excitement that he brings to fishing.

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from dwaynez wrote 2 years 41 weeks ago

Great Battle between two accomplished anglers. Ike is one of those anglers who always makes a late charge, you can't count him out no matter how far down he is.

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from bassman3-15 wrote 2 years 26 weeks ago

Yes it was a great battle, but suprised that "Ike" didnt pull through. But congrats to both and Hackney espicially.

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