To find out how it's really done, the producers of a movie about bass fishing hired Bassmaster Elite Series angler Preston Clark of Palatka, Fla.

Clark was brought in to consult on location for Bait Shop, a movie shot on Florida's Lake Tohopekaliga in early February. The movie will star comedian Bill Engvall and country recording artist Billy Ray Cyrus. Bait Shop is about a struggling tackle store owner (Engvall) who enters a bass tournament to make enough money to save his business.

"Originally they talked to me about just being a consultant, to look at things to make sure they are realistic ? don't hold the rod upside down, how to lip a fish correctly, that sort of thing ? but once I got there, they decided to put me in as an extra," Clark said from the set, who noted that fake fish were used during filming. read more