Sequence: Cameraman hooked!

Being an ESPN cameraman is not without its occupational hazards. Check out this photo sequence documenting the perils of filming competitive bass fishing.

Zack Birge and Blake Flurry, the leading team from Oklahoma State, started Day Three of the Carhartt College Series National Championship in the back of a small feeder creek on Hurricane Lake.
Zack Birge and Blake Flurry, the leading team from Oklahoma State, started Day Three of the Carhartt College Series National Championship in the back of a small feeder creek on Hurricane Lake.
The team hits a slight bump in the road to a National Championship, as a bass comes unbuttoned from hooks on Flurry’s topwater bait.
The team hits a slight bump in the road to a National Championship, as a bass comes unbuttoned from hooks on Flurry’s topwater bait.
The speeding bait flies in the direction of the team’s cameraman Wes Miller.
The speeding bait flies in the direction of the team’s cameraman Wes Miller.
Flurry looks on in shock, and Birge screams a warning but it was too late. Miller is struck by the bait.
Flurry looks on in shock, and Birge screams a warning but it was too late. Miller is struck by the bait.
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	Miller reacts to the bait striking him.</p>
Miller reacts to the bait striking him.
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	Flurry takes a sheepish look in the direction of Miller, while Birge moves in for a close inspection.</p>
Flurry takes a sheepish look in the direction of Miller, while Birge moves in for a close inspection.
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	Luckily for all involved, the hooks had buried in Miller’s headset.</p>
Luckily for all involved, the hooks had buried in Miller’s headset.
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	Birge removes the hooks as Miller looks on in relief.</p>
Birge removes the hooks as Miller looks on in relief.
With hooks removed from all the bass and cameramen in the boat, the team gets back to work.
With hooks removed from all the bass and cameramen in the boat, the team gets back to work.