PLEASE WEAR A CLOTH FACESHIELD OVER YOUR MOUTH AND NOSE TO HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD.

• Boat check/registration table will be set up behind the bathrooms at boat ramp @ 4:30am

• Do NOT walk up to the registration table and do NOT get out of your vehicle when you pull up to sign in. Please roll down your window half way and staff will come to you to give you exemption and have you sign waiver while they are doing boat check.

• Take off will be 6:30am. Scales will be open at 1:00 just in case someone wants to come in early.

• Please stage on the outside of the locks as we will call out boat numbers from there.

• When you come back to weigh in stay on your boat at the dock. Staff will be on the dock, when your boat number is called raise your hand so we can bring you a bag. Both team members will be allowed to bring fish up to the scales

• Once you weigh-in you can pull your boat out of the water. We will send you a link via text to connect to our streaming of the leaderboard and live weigh-in. If you are not in the money we ask that you do not hang around. We don’t need big crowds so the CDC doesn’t shut us down.

*** Boat numbers will be released at 5:00pm today ***

CLEWISTON, FL - With the first event of the Roland Martin Marine Center Series 2020 season postponed in April due to the national pandemic, the season opener was moved to June 13, 2020. And with CDC Guidelines in place to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, a near-record field of 156 teams (2nd highest in series history) battled the elements and some of the top anglers in Florida at Qualifier #1 of the highest paying team tournament trail in Florida. And when the final bass was weighed, the team of Jesus “Chunky” Villegas and Johnathan Stamm held up the big check.

The 95-degree southeast Florida heat was also another factor that didn’t seem to affect the appetite of the legendary Lake Okeechobee bass nor the competitive spirit of the 312 anglers competing for top honors and the big payday. Legendary angler and tournament namesake, Roland Martin mentioned the bluegill beds as a key target and that proved to be the winning pattern for our top team.

“We worked top water lures early and late,” said Villegas. “Picked up two in the morning and two in the afternoon, including a 7.33 pound bass. We were on bluegill beds with visible spots that I found last week and produced even more this week. They were eating the bluegill.”

“I picked up one early on a burner worm,” said Stamm. “I was junk fishing but we were on fish - we knew where they were at. I’m just glad he (Villegas) finally called me and asked me to fish with him. I’ve been wanting to fish with him for three years.”

The partnership paid off to the tune of $6,000 for 1st place and another $250 for the highest finisher in HUK Gear with the winning weight of 27.45 pounds. In second place was the team of Kail Stevens and Bradley McQueen that collected $3,000 along with $250 for the Mercury Contingency Award with a total weight of 24.59 pounds. 

“We caught about 8 or 9 and ran all the way around the whole lake,” said Stevens. “We were junk fishing but mainly flipping Medlock Jigs and D-Bombs.”

Rounding out the top 3 was the team of Jason Blair and Colton Hester. Their total weight of 24.41 pounds, including a 7.08 pound bass, netted them $2,000.

As the highest paying team tournament trail in Florida, the payouts continued to 27 places. The contingency awards added even more ways to win. The Mercury Youth Award paid $100 to Brice Prowant as the highest finishing youth angler. Mary Ann Martin awarded the highest finishing Female Angler, Diane Willis with $100. The Gilbert Family of Cars awarded James Moretz and Harry Holstein with $250 as the highest finishing team with a Gilbert Family of Cars purchase. And the highest finishing Ranger Cup compliant angler, Buck Durrance, received a check for $1,000.

With even more ways to win, the limit of 6.54 brought in by the team of Wise and Infante earned them $300 for the Lowest Limit presented by AV-Inspection. Boat Covers Anywhere awarded the team of Litich and Dyer 2 new rods with the closest weight to 15 pounds without going over. And the team of Keyso & Perry collected 2 rods as well as the team closest to 20 pounds without going over.

For the complete standings and gallery of last Saturday’s action, visit our GALLERY page and be sure to share, tag and subscribe to help spread the word. And let us know if we can do more to make our trail and the experience even better.  

Until further notice, we’ll continue to follow CDC guidelines to ensure the safety of our anglers and staff. Please continue to wear your masks and practice social distancing so we can help stop the spread of this terrible virus. We’re all in this together and we look forward to seeing you at Qualfier #2, August 22, 2020.

Related pages:

• Video & Photo Gallery
• Final Results

The following are the assigned boat numbers for Saturday, June 13, 2020 RMMC Series Qualifier.

Please refer to IMPORTANT NEWS LINK HERE for updates on check-in and weigh-in.

If you have any questions, CONTACT US.

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Due to Covid-19 we will be doing things a little different for this event and possible others depending on the status of the virus at the time. PLEASE WEAR A CLOTH FACESHIELD OVER YOUR MOUTH AND NOSE TO HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD.

• Boat check and registration table will be set up behind the bathrooms at the boat ramp.

• Do NOT walk up to the registration table and do NOT get out of your vehicle when you pull up to sign in. Please roll down your window half way and staff will come to you to give you exemption and have you sign waiver while they are doing boat check.

• Please stage on the outside of the locks as we will call out boat numbers from there.

• When you come back to weigh in stay on your boat at the dock. Staff will be on the dock, when your boat number is called raise your hand so we can bring you a bag. Only one member of team will bring fish up to the scales the other must remain on boat.

• Once you weigh-in you can pull your boat out of the water. We will send you a link via text to connect to our streaming of the top 15 leaderboard and video.

*** THE PARKING LOT WILL BE BLOCKED OFF TO PREVENT SPECTATORS FROM GATHERING ***
PLEASE REACH OUT TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS NOT TO SHOW UP.

Let friends and family know they can tune into the website here [RMMCSERIES.com] for Live Leaderboard updates and Live Streaming Weigh-in.

CLEWISTON, FL - The 2020 Roland Martin Marine Center Series opens the season on June 13th with the first of 4 qualifiers leading to the Championship in December when teams compete for up to $20,000 and more. Register your team now and join the highest paying team tournament trail in Florida. 

More Ways to Win with the 2020 RMMC Series Contingency Programs

• Ranger Cup: $2,000 to a Ranger Cup compliant winner or $1,000 to the highest finisher that is Ranger Cup compliant.
• HUK contingency: $250 per event to the Highest placing finisher wearing a HUK shirt, hat, jacket or rain gear that comes across stage during weigh-in. Should both team members weigh-in together on stage contingency will be split.
• Mercury contingency: $250 per event to the Highest placing finisher on the boater side with a Mercury under warranty. $500 if package boat powered by Mercury purchased from Roland Martin Marine Center.
• Mercury Youth contingency: $100.00 to the Highest placing youth angler under the age of 18. 
• Gilbert Chevrolet contingency: $250.00 to the Highest placing finisher who owns a 2017 or newer vehicle purchased from Gilbert Chevrolet or Gilbert Ford.*
• Highest Finishing Female Angler: $100 Award from Mary Ann Martin for the Highest Finishing Female Angler.

More Sponsored Awards

• Big Bass Award - $500 sponsored by US Sugar
• Team Of The Year - Paid Entry Fees for 2021 Season sponsored by ARK Rods

Updated 2020 RMMC Series Schedule

Qualifier 1 - June 13, 2020
Qualifier 2 - August 22, 2020
Qualifier 3 - September 19, 2020
Qualifier 4 - October 10, 2020

CHAMPIONSHIP - December 5 & 6, 2020

Register your team now and we’ll see you in Clewiston.