Indee Bass Club Summer Scramble

 

The Winning Team: DanS, ChristianS and KeeganK

Each summer for past three summers the Indee Bass Club and Coach Reed have held an event for local anglers to learn about the sport of bass fishing.  This past week, sixteen anglers and eight volunteer boat captains took to the Wapsipinicon River to work together to catch their three biggest bass.  Partners were drawn along with a random draw for a boat captain.  This gives anglers a chance to learn from peers and  captains that they would typically not fish with.  The Wapsipinicon River was in great shape for this event, the water level was normal for summer months, the current was flowing, and the fish were biting!

Dan Sweeney and his anglers Christian Simmons and Keegan King found themselves at the top of the leader board at the end of the night.  They caught 3 bass weighing 7.45 pounds.  Second place for the night went to Jackson Beatty, Aiden Svoboda and Captain Todd Reed.  They weighed in 5.22 pounds.  They caught their bass on slow presentations, Texas-Rig Tube, Wacky rigs and Ned rigs.  Ending the night in third place was Carter Eddy, Ranger Reed and Bo Peyton.  They weighed in 3 keepers, all being largemouth bass, which weighed 5.19 pounds.  They caught most of their keepers on bladed jigs.  Fourth place went to Captain Jackson Toale, Evan Hoyle and Alaina Svoboda.  Jackson was able to catch a 4.13 pound largemouth bass for their team.  Fifth place went to Will Clark, Colton Cameron and captain Dave Wilson.  They had three bass that weighed 3.49 pounds.  Coming in sixth place was Captain Shane Beatty, Sawyer Clausen and Clinton Junk.  They had once keeper bass that weighed 1.81 pounds.  Others participating included captains Landry Jones and Jeff Heinze, anglers Gable Eddy, Cal Sweeney, Memphis Peyton and Brayton Kuhse.

The top three teams all earned trophies and Scheels Gift Cards.  The Big Bass of the event caught by Carter Eddy earned the Hank's Bait and Tackle prize pack and the club trophy.  Carter's largemouth bass weighed 2.48 pounds.   All anglers left with prizes that night that including rods/reels, fishing tackle, fishing tools and lures.  All Indee Bass Club fishing events are free to any Independence or St. John's student.  This is made possible by their gracious sponsors that include: Colony Heating/Air Conditioning, Cy&Charley's, BankIowa, RONA Memorial, Tim Reed State Farm Agency, Klever Concrete, Shay's Minn Kota, Buchanan County Wildlife Association, SCHEELS of Cedar Falls, Hank's Bait and Tackle, Lew's, Strike King, The Rod Glove, X-Zone Lures and Hot Rod Baits.  You can find all results and more pictures on the Indee Bass Club Facebook page, Instagram or search for their website online.