Mike Iaconelli celebrating in the Delaware River Bass Paradise
Kudos to Mike Iaconelli of Pittsgrove, N.J. for winning this year’s four-day Bassmaster Elite Series fishing competition for the Delaware River.
Iaconelli took 47 pounds and 14 ounces of the fish from the river and tributaries in the event that ended Sunday, Aug. 10.
Iaconelli gets $100,000 and an instant qualification for the 2015 world championship, the Bassmaster Classic.
His prime spot was the mouth of Timber Creek in New Jersey. All his catch was largemouth bass.
He caught 80 percent of his fish on two lures: a half-founce, small-profile brown-purple finesse jig that he’s helping design for Missile Jigs; and 3/8 ounce Berkley Havoc Pit Boss that was green pumpkin and blue metalflake.
I took the kids fishing off Penn Treaty Park many years ago. We didn’t catch anything but it paid off in fond memories.