Here's the 2014 BassCat Puma FTD that Elite Series pro Mike Iaconelli is running this season. He likes the boat's storage layout and what BassCats are known for: performance. With a tournament-day load, Ike hits 76 mph with his Yamaha 250 SHO wide open. That's with a Marshal, two full tanks of fuel and a brimming livewell.
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
On the right side, he keeps diving baits like the Rapala DT-6s and 10s seen here.
Photo: David Hunter Jones
You know you wish you had this box, because Rapala DT-series baits are hot commodities since Randy Howell used a demon-colored DT-6 to win the Bassmaster Classic.
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Here's a box full of Storm Arashi squarebills. Brandon Palaniuk used one of these to slay smallies on the upper Mississippi River in the 2012 Bassmaster Elite Series event there.
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Though it looks like he hasn't unpacked, there's a genius method to his system. In the blue bag is creature baits. The red bag has worms and the black bag has trailers. It's simple and brilliant and saves him time on the water.
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Here are a few, the PowerBait Fight'n Bug and his own Devil Spear.
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
"As I practice, this pile takes on a new shape each day as I go through baits and try lots of different things," he says. He'll clean this nifty pile up after each event.
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
There isn't a nook or cranny that doesn't have baits or accessories in it.
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This bag has Rejuvenade, a fizzing tool and other necessities. Rejuvenade is a chemical that is added to the livewell to help reduce fish mortality.
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Hooks, weights, jigheads, swimbait heads and everything that's tungsten or lead that's not a skirted jig resides back here.
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones
Photo: David Hunter Jones