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Michael Iaconelli

Michael Iaconelli

Info

Hometown Pittsgrove, New Jersey
Age 51
Former Occupation Managed a Dick's Sporting Goods/fishing section
Height 5' 9''
Weight 150 lbs.
Injuries None

Stats

Years Pro 24
Top 10 Finishes (Wins)* 87 (10) As of 9/19/2023
Career Earnings* $3.5 million As of 9/19/2023
Current World Rank 141
Current Bassmaster Standing 47 (495 points)
Best Finish in 2023 10 - Lake Seminole, 2/23/2023
Best Finish in 2022 35 - Harris Chain of Lakes, 2/17/2022
Last 3 Finishes 79 - St. Lawrence River, 8/24/2023
86 - Lake Champlain, 8/17/2023
73 - Lake St. Clair, 7/27/2023
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won) 20 (1) As of 9/19/2023
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won) 1 (0) As of 9/19/2023
Titles/Honors Bassmaster Classic champion (2003), B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year (2006)

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero Rick Clunn - "He's been a real inspiration, especially on the thinking side of fishing."
Home Lake Delaware River
Favorite Lake Lake Champlain (NY/VT) - "It's the best lake in the country. It's a 50-50 lake. You go down one bank and catch 50 largemouths, and then go out a little deeper down the same bank and catch 50 smallmouths."
Primary Fishing Strength Power fishing
Secondary Fishing Strength Finesse fishing
Biggest Weakness Deep water (deeper than 50 feet)
Boat Bass Cat
Motor Yamaha
Team Toyota
Fishing Sponsors Rapala, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Lowrance, Renegade Eyewear, Gerber Tools, Molix (wire baits), Hobie, Power-Pole, Tackle Warehouse, Reelsnot, RAM Mounts, Missile Baits, Bass Cat Boats, Yamaha, AFTCO, Pro-Guide Batteries
Non-Fishing Sponsors Toyota, Dr. Dan's (skin-care products)
Tow Vehicle (Sponsor) Toyota Tundra (Toyota)

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food Lobster (boiled)
Favorite Music Alternative rock (Deftones) and hip-hop
Favorite Book/Movie Evil Dead 2 (classic horror movie)
Non-Angling Hero Don Fort (uncle) - "To go through cancer like that, to beat it and never give up, that whole never-give-up attitude in me really came from him."
When Not Fishing "You spend so much time on the road, when I get home I just want to veg with the family."
Why He Fishes "Two reasons: I love fishing in general, but I'm driven by the competition."
Website www.mikeiaconelli.com
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Tournament Finishes
(Only recent tournaments are included. Not necessarily a career listing.)
Date Tour Event Place
8/7/2014 BElite Delaware River 1  
9/12/2009 BElite Lake Jordan 1  
4/20/2006 BElite Lake Guntersville 1  
6/22/2005 FLW Potomac River 1  
8/1/2003 BT* Louisiana Delta 1  
2/6/2002 BT Lake Seminole 1  
6/2/2011 FLWT Potomac River 2  
10/1/2010 TTBC Lake Conroe 2  
7/30/2009 FLW Ohio, Monongahela, Allegheny Rivers 2  
2/20/2009 BElite Red River 2  
3/8/2007 BElite Lake Amistad 2  
5/18/2006 BMajor-m Eagle Mountain Lake 2  
5/18/2005 E50 Lake Dardanelle (Arkansas River) 2  
5/12/2011 BElite Lake Murray 3  
8/7/2008 BElite Lake Oneida 3  
6/1/2005 E50 Lewisville Lake 3  
3/15/2019 BElite Tennessee River 4  
2/22/2013 BElite Grand Lake 4  
3/11/2010 BElite California Delta 4  
9/17/2009 BElite Alabama River 4  
5/7/2009 BElite Lake Guntersville 4  
8/10/2006 BElite Potomac River 4  
1/29/2004 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 4  
4/9/2019 BPT Lake Chickamauga 5  
4/2/2009 BElite Lake Wheeler 5  
7/31/2008 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 5  
7/29/2005 BT Ohio, Monongahela, Allegheny Rivers 5  
3/3/2005 BT Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Clarks Hill) 5  
2/26/2004 BT Lake Guntersville 5  
8/21/2019 BPT Mississippi River 6  
3/24/2017 BElite Lake Conroe 6  
2/20/2015 BElite Lake Hartwell 6  
5/15/2014 BElite Lake Dardanelle 6  
2/19/2010 BElite Lay Lake 6  
7/6/2006 BElite Oneida Lake 6  
7/10/2020 BPT Sturgeon Bay 7  
3/12/2009 BElite Lake Amistad 7  
5/23/2015 TTBC Lake Fork 8  
4/30/2019 BPT Smith Lake 9  
10/4/2013 TTBC Lake Conroe 9  
6/26/2008 BElite Old Hickory 9  
6/15/2005 E50 Lake Wissota 9  
4/20/2005 E50 Smith Lake 9  
2/23/2023 BElite Lake Seminole 10  
6/2/2017 BElite Lake Dardanelle 10  
7/30/2015 BElite St. Lawrence River 10  
2/22/2008 BElite Lake Hartwell 10  
7/26/2007 BMajor-m Lake Oneida 10  
6/1/2006 BElite Grand Lake 10  
4/20/2023 BElite Lake Murray 11  
1/29/2019 BPT Kissimmee Chain of Lakes 11  
9/14/2017 BElite Mille Lacs Lake 11  
2/9/2017 BElite Cherokee Lake 11  
6/23/2016 BElite Cayuga Lake 11  
4/6/2011 BElite Lake Pickwick 11  
2/18/2011 BElite Louisiana Delta 11  
4/29/2010 BElite Pickwick Lake 11  
4/3/2008 BElite Falcon Lake 11  
4/9/2015 BElite Lake Guntersville 12  
5/4/2006 BElite Clarks Hill Reservoir 12  
6/25/2019 BPT Lake Winnebago 13  
9/15/2011 FLWT Lake Champlain 13  
3/16/2006 BElite Sam Rayburn Reservoir 13  
3/17/2005 BT Lake Norman 13  
6/3/2009 BElite Kentucky Lake 14  
4/14/2004 E50 Lake Dardanelle 14  
1/16/2003 BT Lake Okeechobee 14  
4/10/2002 BT Lake Guntersville 14  
5/17/2007 BMajor-a High Rock Lake 16  
8/24/2006 BMajor-l Arkansas River 16  
3/9/2006 BElite Lake Amistad 16  
6/16/2004 E50 Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee Rivers 16  
5/9/2014 TTBC Lake Fork 17  
5/20/2010 BElite Clarks Hill Lake 17  
4/10/2008 BElite Lake Amistad 17  
8/12/2005 Top Gun Eagle Mountain Lake 17  
6/7/2018 BElite Sabine River 18  
5/12/2016 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 18  
6/21/2007 BElite Grand Lake 18  
6/7/2007 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 18  
3/30/2006 BElite Santee-Cooper 18  
4/28/2016 BElite Wheeler Lake 19  
8/21/2014 BElite Cayuga Lake 19  
4/19/2012 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 19  
3/10/2011 BElite Harris Chain 19  
2/24/2005 BT Lake Guntersville 19  
7/30/2004 BASS Lake Wylie 19  
4/6/2017 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 21  
9/17/2015 BElite Sturgeon Bay (Lake Michigan) 21  
3/22/2012 BElite Lake Okeechobee 21  
9/8/2016 BElite Mississippi River 22  
5/20/2016 TTBC Lake Ray Roberts 23  
9/18/2014 BElite Bay de Noc (Lake Michigan) 23  
2/23/2007 BElite Lay Lake 23  
3/4/2004 BT Table Rock Lake 23  
3/18/2010 BElite Clear Lake 25  
6/8/2016 BElite Lake Texoma 26  
2/24/2012 BElite Red River 26  
6/11/2009 BElite Mississippi River 26  
4/9/2021 BPT Falls Lake/Jordan Lake/Shearon Harris Reservoir 27  
3/17/2016 BElite St. Johns River 27  
3/26/2019 BPT Falls Lake/Jordan Lake/Shearon Harris Reservoir 28  
8/23/2018 BElite St. Lawrence River 28  
3/13/2020 BPT Lake Fork 29  
6/29/2018 BElite Lake Oahe 29  
2/8/2018 BElite Lake Martin 29  
3/19/2015 BElite Sabine River 30  
6/19/2002 FLW Lake Champlain 30  
8/24/2017 BElite Lake St. Clair 31  
5/9/2013 BElite Alabama River 31  
8/23/2007 BMajor-l Lake Dardanelle 31  
3/25/2004 BT Santee Cooper Lakes 31  
8/9/2007 BElite Potomac River 32  
4/3/2014 BElite Table Rock Lake 33  
8/22/2013 BElite Lake St. Clair 33  
1/23/2002 FLW Lake Okeechobee 33  
4/27/2023 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 34  
2/17/2022 BElite Harris Chain of Lakes 35  
6/20/2013 BElite Mississippi River 35  
6/21/2012 BElite Mississippi River 35  
4/14/2011 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 35  
5/17/2018 BElite Lake Travis 36  
4/18/2013 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 36  
5/19/2004 E50 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway 36  
4/7/2022 BElite Lake Chickamauga 37  
7/27/2006 BMajor-a Lake Wylie 37  
9/20/2018 BElite Lake Chatuge 38  
6/21/2018 BElite Mississippi River 38  
3/16/2018 BElite Lake Hartwell 38  
5/1/2008 BElite Clarks Hill 38  
7/25/2002 BT* Lay Lake 38  
8/26/2022 BElite Mississippi River 39  
8/23/2012 BElite Oneida Lake 39  
6/15/2006 BElite Kentucky Lake 39  
3/18/2004 BT Lake Eufaula 39  
2/7/2020 BPT Lake Eufaula 40  
3/4/2016 BElite Grand Lake O' the Cherokees 40  
2/16/2023 BElite Lake Okeechobee 41  
6/9/2011 BElite Arkansas River 41  
9/14/2006 BElite Table Rock Lake 41  
6/2/2004 E50 Alabama River 41  
2/12/2019 BPT Lake Conroe 42  
6/11/2014 BElite Lake Chickamauga 42  
6/7/2012 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 42  
4/23/2009 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 42  
3/6/2003 BT Lake Eufaula 44  
5/11/2005 FLW Wheeler Lake 45  
5/2/2013 BElite West Point Lake 46  
3/13/2008 BElite Lake Toho 46  
2/21/2014 BElite Lake Guntersville 47  
5/11/2023 BElite Lay Lake 48  
9/15/2016 BElite Mille Lacs Lake 48  
1/27/2005 BT Lake Toho 49  
8/22/2001 BT Lake St. Clair 50  
8/27/2015 BElite Lake St. Clair 51  
7/19/2007 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 51  
2/24/2006 BElite Lake Tohopekaliga 51  
3/21/2013 BElite Falcon Lake 52  
4/15/2010 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 52  
5/15/2002 FLW Old Hickory Lake 52  
7/20/2017 BElite St. Lawrence River 53  
8/11/2016 BElite Potomac River 53  
2/3/2005 BT Harris Chain 53  
5/7/2015 BElite Lake Havasu 54  
8/13/2009 BElite Oneida Lake 54  
3/22/2007 BElite California Delta 54  
5/19/2022 BElite Lake Fork 55  
4/13/2005 FLW Beaver Lake 55  
6/17/2010 BElite Ft. Gibson 56  
3/29/2007 BElite Clear Lake 56  
6/16/2011 BElite Lake Wheeler 57  
3/15/2012 BElite St. Johns River 58  
3/17/2011 BElite St. Johns River 58  
6/9/2010 BElite Kentucky Lake 58  
6/28/2012 BElite Lake Michigan 59  
5/17/2019 BPT Table Rock Lake 60  
5/4/2018 BElite Kentucky Lake 60  
6/5/2008 BElite Lake Wheeler 61  
7/12/2007 BElite Lake Champlain 62  
5/31/2019 BPT Table Rock Lake 63  
8/8/2013 BElite St. Lawrence River 63  
6/12/2008 BElite Kentucky Lake 63  
3/20/2014 BElite St. Johns River 64  
4/26/2007 BElite Lake Guntersville 64  
4/19/2007 BElite Clarks Hill 64  
1/22/2003 FLW Lake Okeechobee 64  
12/12/2001 BT Lake Toho 64  
4/27/2017 BElite Ross Barnett Reservoir 65  
5/15/2008 BElite Lake Murray 65  
4/7/2016 BElite Winyah Bay 66  
5/5/2011 BElite West Point Lake 66  
5/6/2010 BElite Lake Guntersville 66  
7/13/2006 BElite Lake Champlain 66  
4/21/2016 BElite Bull Shoals/Norfork Lakes 67  
5/3/2012 BElite Douglas Lake 67  
5/14/2003 FLW Kentucky Lake 67  
6/1/2023 BElite Sabine River 68  
7/14/2022 BElite St. Lawrence River 68  
4/30/2015 BElite Sacramento River 68  
9/13/2007 BElite Lake Tohopekaliga 69  
1/9/2003 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 71  
5/8/2002 BT Lake Eufaula 71  
2/21/2020 BPT Lake Okeechobee 72  
7/27/2023 BElite Lake St. Clair 73  
6/7/2020 BPT Kissimmee Chain of Lakes 73  
3/13/2014 BElite Lake Seminole 75  
8/18/2022 BElite Lake Oahe 76  
3/6/2008 BElite Harris Chain 77  
3/31/2005 BT Table Rock Lake 77  
6/2/2022 BElite Pickwick Lake 78  
3/13/2002 FLW Lake Ouachita 78  
8/24/2023 BElite St. Lawrence River 79  
5/17/2017 BElite Sam Rayburn Reservoir 80  
4/26/2018 BElite Grand Lake 81  
3/14/2013 BElite Sabine River 83  
3/17/2022 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 84  
3/20/2003 BT Santee Cooper 85  
8/17/2023 BElite Lake Champlain 86  
2/10/2022 BElite St. Johns River 93  
7/27/2017 BElite Lake Champlain 93  
2/23/2017 BElite Lake Okeechobee 93  
8/13/2015 BElite Chesapeake Bay 95  
3/26/2009 BElite Lake Dardanelle 96  
2/5/2004 BT Smith Lake 97  
6/3/2015 BElite Kentucky Lake 99  
5/1/2014 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 100  
4/9/2003 FLW Beaver Lake (Wal-Mart Open) 116  
10/31/2001 BT Red River 127  
2/13/2002 FLW Lake Wheeler 132  
4/17/2002 FLW Beaver Lake 134  
3/9/2005 FLW Ouachita River 141  
2/6/2003 BT Lake Seminole 144  
2/20/2003 BT Toledo Bend 149  
2/9/2005 FLW Lake Toho 180  
1/19/2005 FLW Lake Okeechobee 190  


*BASS events (all events because BASS does not report Tour and Open earnings separately) and FLW Tour.

Biographical data last updated: 1/6/2023

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