Mike Iaconelli and Adrian Avena – the two New Jersey natives – staged quite a battle this morning, but Avena falling one bass short of a limit on Day 1 came back to haunt him. The final two-day score had Iaconelli with 10 bass weighing 24-0 and Avena with 9 weighing 21-3.
A look inside their numbers today reveals what a shoot-out it was:
– Iaconelli caught 12 bass weighing 26-5; his best 5 weighed 14-0
– Avena caught 12 bass weighing 24-4; his best 5 weighed 13-7