An excerpt from the Undefeated -
Ish Monroe has found his perch in the heavily white world of bass fishing
‘Fish don’t see race,’ says Monroe, one of only two black men competing at the sport’s top level
BY PAUL WACHTER
“Fish don’t see race,” Ishama Monroe said on a recent morning as he flicked his rod from the front of the bass boat. Monroe, who is 44 and goes by “Ish,” had launched at dawn from the ramps on the outskirts of Orange, Texas, for the last of three practice days ahead of the 2018 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River Presented by Econo Lodge. It’s a mouthful of a name for a sporting event, but sponsorships are the bread and butter of the world’s most prestigious fishing tour. Monroe was one of two African-Americans in the 108-person field, and he’s the only black man who’s been a fixture at the top echelon of the sport for more than a decade. But he doesn’t make a big deal about the sport’s demographics.
https://theundefeated.com/features/ish-monroe-has-found-his-perch-in-the-heavily-white-world-of-bass-fishing/
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