Mike Iaconelli
Mike Iaconelli
Michael Iaconelli, also known as "Ike",is a professional bass fisherman from Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey. He is the 2003 Bassmaster Classic champion, as well as the 2006 Toyota Tundra Angler of the Year. Mike Iaconelli now has 4 kids. Two with his divorced wife, Rylie and Drew, and other two with current wife, Vegas and Estella. Mike is the only angler to have won the Bassmaster Classic, Bassmaster Angler of the Year and B.A.S.S. Nation Championship...
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This is the event we dream about all year long. The preparation for this event doesn't start a week or a month ahead. It starts literally a year before the event even happens.
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I was lucky. In 1997, I walked into a sporting goods store to buy some lures and saw an ad that someone was looking for someone to manage a fishing lodge. I was hired and the man who was my boss was a former professional fisherman. That gave me a 9-to-5 income but also gave me time off work to fish events.
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I'm just glad we're getting back up toward my part of the country. And they're great fisheries. I basically got my start in the Federation (Nation) on those lakes.
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There might have been some things said. But, again, was I the first person to ever break a light post? Was I the first person to ever curse? Absolutely not. Have they ever disqualified anyone for cursing before? Absolutely not.
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I'm pretty hard-core, but I don't like being wet or cold. If you get caught in bad weather without the right clothes, it affects the way you fish.