Adrian Avena and Mike Iaconelli are two anglers from New Jersey and live within 15 minutes of each other. Avena tells a cool story about how Ike helped answer his questions regarding the sport.
Mike Iaconelli missed a fish 5 times in a row, but after a slight change he caught the fish, one that was a big fish.
Adrian Avena made a charge to close the gap between himself and Mike Iaconelli early on Wednesday morning.
Dave Mercer talks about the challenges of the bracket format.
Mike Iaconelli picked up where he left off Tuesday afternoon and filled a limit quickly during his Wednesday morning session.
Ike working it on Day 2.
Iaconelli on a tear this morning with fish No. 2 in the boat.
Mike Iaconelli with one in the box.
The afternoon matchups of Ish Monroe vs Jonathon VanDam and Mike Iaconelli vs Adrian Avena went to battle for the final three hours of Tuesday's Round 1 session.
Adrian Avena didn't catch a fish for over half of the round, but he caught his first two keepers back-to-back and got closer to Mike Iaconelli in the standings.
Drone footage from Day 1 of the 2017 Bassmaster Classic Bracket.
Ish Monroe landed this 3+ pounder, which was his biggest during his Round 1 flurry on Tuesday.
