2010 Elite Series Post Season # 2 - Day Two

Elite Series pro Kevin VanDam is taken by cart to the back of the stage to the soak tanks.

There are people as far as the eye could see at the Montgomery Riverfront Amphitheater.

All of the anglers sit back stage at the soak tanks and wait for the official weigh in to get underway.

Skeet Reese, who had led the points race most of the year, can't help but take another look at the limit of fish that stand between him, the Angler of the Year trophy and everything that goes with it.

Elite pro Skeet Reese takes a moment for a photo with his biggest fans and supporters, his daughters.

Elite pro Terry butcher and KVD talk at the tanks as they wait for the weigh in to get underway. You could tell everyone was anxious to see where the cards would fall.

Pro Greg Hackney tells the story about the spot he pulled up on yesterday, in the final moments of the day, and caught a fish on almost every cast, and one cast even produced a double.

There was a large crowd on hand to witness the final weigh in of the Toyota Trucks Championship Week.

Skeet Reese signs an autograph for one of the warriors who fished with the Elite pros earlier in the week.

Curiosity was getting the best of everyone back stage as more anglers weighed in.

Senior writer for BASS, Louie Stout, gets a quick interview out of local favorite, Russ Lane backstage.

Terry Butcher takes a drink of water, knowing he is safe after Elite pro Cliff Pace weighed his final days catch.

Veteran Elite pros Tommy Biffle (right) and Gary Klein watch the weigh in on the Jumbotron from behind the stage.

It isn't long before they are joined by other anglers wanting to see the outcome of the Evan Williams Bourbon Trophy Triumph.

Elite pro Kevin VanDam holds up his fish, as he officially knocks the current leader, Edwin Evers, out of the hot seat.

KVD sits in the hot seat and watches Skeet Reese's video introduction on the Jumbotron, while Reese stands back stage waiting to go out to get his official weight.

Elite pro Skeet Reese walks out and waves to an ecstatic crowd who had been waiting for this very moment.

KVD thrusts his hands in the air as he realizes Reese did not have enough weight to place high enough to take the title.

KVD celebrates on stage and points to a videographer off to the side of the stage as the win sinks in, giving him three Angler of the Year titles in a row.