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Mike Iaconelli holds up some of his 20-pound, 3-ounce stringer caught on Day One. (James Overstreet photo)
By Deb Johnson, Bassmaster.com
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — If Michael Iaconelli didn’t believe in magic before the Ramada Championship began, he sure sounded as if he did when the day was done.
“Magic” was the word he used over and over as he described his day of building a 20-pound, 3-ounce weight Thursday to put him in the lead at the Bassmaster Elite Series season finale on Oneida Lake.
“It was one of those magic days, when everything fell into place,” Iaconelli said on stage as he weighed the day’s largest bass, a 5-5 largemouth.
Iaconelli of Pittsgrove, N.J., stacked up a decent lead. He was 3 pounds, 7 ounces, ahead of on Brent Chapman of Lake Quivira...