OKEECHOBEE — The Big O Teen Anglers held their first tournament of the 2021 year out of Okee-Tantie on Jan. 30. This month’s tournament included 20 anglers catching a total of 18 bass at a combined weight of 28.63 pounds.

The largest bass caught was by Lane James weighing in at 2.62 pounds. Great job Lane.

This month’s standings were as follows:
9-12 Age Group
• First place went to Lane James weighing in at 6.43 pounds and Big Fish weighing 2.62 pounds.

• Second place went to Kyis Preston weighing in at 1.86 pounds.
• Third place went to Kaleb Davis weighing in at 1.81 pounds.

13-19 Age Group
• First place went to Tanner Seabolt weighing in at 6.25 pounds.
• Second place went to Rafe Sexton weighing in at 6.12 pounds and Big Fish weighing 2.53 pounds.

• Third place went to Kobey Hare weighing in at 1.98 pounds.

Every month we have boat captains that volunteer their Saturday morning to our youth anglers, therefore we would like to extend our thanks to the following: Terry Seabolt, Billy Ellerbee, Jim Newell, Jerry Brown, Marc Williams, Ed French, Raul Martinez, Larry Wise, Matt Davis, and Robin Klegg.

Please join us on Saturday Feb. 13 for our first car wash of the year. The cost is $8 and it will be held at Garrard’s Bait & Tackle during the hours of 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

We will be accepting applications for the 2021 season throughout the year. If you have a youth angler between the ages of nine to 19 that loves fishing or wants to learn a new sport, please reach out to Danielle at 561-436-8491 or bota.danielle@gmail.com.