There’s no doubt that Mike Iaconelli helped bring a new style to the showmanship of professional bass angling. But you don’t get to step on stage without first having the skills and the knowledge that others only dream of possessing.
If there is an aspect of Iaconelli’s game that keeps him in the upper rung of the pro circuit, it’s his willingness to innovate. In the simplest terms, the cagey angler looks around at what others are doing and asks himself what he could do different.