From what I have read, it was not against the tournament rules to cull a dead fish. It appeared that he called the judge and got a ruling on that.

He got dq'd for tearing up his safety light. Which also had an American flag on it, which means he should not have let it touch the ground.

I was really disappointed in Iaconelli last season when Brent Chapman had a problem with him in an FLW event.

Chapman said Ike pulled up on him and started fishing his spot. Chapman said, "Are you really going to fish here?". He then said that Ike proceeding into a lengthy profanity laced tirade. Which Ike denied later. I believe Chapman. Ike does not have much credibility to me.

Robert Montgomery