On September 20th and 21st the IBN held the 2014 Team Series Classic at Lake Sara. The top 20 teams for the season were invited to compete at this event. Anthony Acres was the tournament headquarters and location for the weigh in and all of the anglers that competed stayed at Anthony Acres and what a great event it was.
At the end of day one John Czajkoski and Kevin Rebouche took the lead with 15.31 lbs and had Big Bass for the day as well at 4.98 lbs. In second place, three and a half pounds behind the leaders, were Clay Reeves and Dan Weikle and in 3rd place sat Alex Peric and Steve Mui.
That evening everyone participated in a barbeque followed by an awards presentation. As part of the Bassmaster Team Series our trail will be sending our top 2 teams to the Bassmaster Team Championship. At the Championship they will compete for a seat at the Bassmaster Classic in February.
We took time out to present the two teams, Mel Hedrick and Ed Trevino, Bob Blumenstein and Eric Powley, with plaques commemorating their efforts for the year.
Sunday began with a storm passing through just before take-off and everyone was anticipating a different bite.
As the boats came in the anticipation was right, the bite had changed. Many of the teams that caught fish the first day did not do so well on day two. It came down to making the right adjustments.
Josh Robey and Brent Lundstrom sat in 10th place with 4.64 lbs. at take-off and made a charge weighing in 12.58 lbs for a total of 17.22 lbs. putting them on the hot seats. They sat there for some time and then there were 2 more teams to weigh in. Alex Peric and Steve Mui weighed in 11.30 Lbs for a total weight of 21.10 Lbs. and took over the hot seats. The only team left was the day one leaders, John Czajkoski and Kevin Rebouche and they needed close to 6 lbs to take over the lead. Well they made the right adjustments to the bite and brought 14.82 lbs to the scale and taking big bass at 4 53 lbs. as well. Congratulations to John and Kevin as they weighed in 30.13 lbs for the two day event.
The IBN would like to thank Anthony Acres fort their warm hospitality and great accommodations. Give Tony a call at 217-868-2950 or email: info@anthonyacres.com to set up your get away weekend.
