OKEECHOBEE —The Big O Teen Anglers held their September tournament on Saturday, Sept. 30, out of Okee-Tantie with 20 anglers participating. It was a great day of fishing. There were 32 bass caught weighing a total of 60.089 lbs. with one dead fish. The largest bass caught was in the 9-13 age group at 6.73 lbs. by Baylee Stephens.  

This month’s standings were as follows:

9-13 Age Group

• First place - Will Neswick with 8.43 lbs.;
• Second place - Baylee Stephens with 8.29 lbs. and a big fish of 6.73 lbs.;
• Third place - Evan Cote with 5.47 lbs.

14-19 Age Group

• First place - Tanner Seabolt wuth 5.98 lbs.;
• Second place - Katelyn Straight with 5.62 lbs. and a big fish of 3.87 lbs.;
• Third place - Jolden Hawkins with 3.84 lbs.

Every month we have boat captains that volunteer their Saturday morning to our youth anglers, therefore we’d like to extend our thanks and appreciation to the following: David Straight, Jamie Stephens, Scott LaFave, Kim LaFave, Terry Seabolt, Paul Lynch, Nick Neswick, Norris Newhouse, Kyle Powers & Jim Newell.

Special thanks go out to Okeechobee Fishing Headquarters, Garrards Bait & Tackle, Fast Break Bait & Tackle and many others for their continued support and sponsorship of this club.

Thank you’s go out to everyone in the community who purchased Pancake Breakfast tickets from the kids last month. A nice sum of money was received to benefit the David Daniel Foundation.

If you have a youth angler between the ages of 9-19 that loves fishing or is interested in learning a new sport, please reach out to Danielle at 561-436-8491 or bota.danielle@gmail.com.