Big healthy bass and big checks continue strong on Lake Okeechobee
CLEWISTON, FL – How is Lake Okeechobee doing? With lots of big bass hitting the stage and checks with big numbers being handed out, the anglers in the third qualifier of the 2018 Roland Martin Marine Center Series will tell you it’s doing just fine.
With 137 boats launching out of Roland Martin Marina at safe light for Qualifier #3, the highest paying team tournament trail in Florida continued strong.
The winning team of Charles Metheney and Brandon Medlock loaded their well with 28 pounds of Lake Okeechobee bass and banked the $6,000 winners check. They came from the north with black and blue Medlock jigs in the reeds and proved to be the winning ticket. And they needed all 28 pounds with the top eight teams bringing in sacks of 20 pound plus.
The second place team of Donny Bass and Mike Meisenheimer tapped some plentiful honey holes for 26-13 and cashed in for $3,000. The third place finishers included the top female finisher, Deanna Ford, that collected her bonus check from Mary Anne Martin and added $1,800 more with her teammate Anthony Ford with a weight of 24.73.
Overall, the highest paying team tournament trail in Florida paid out to the top 22 finishing teams with 83 of the 137 teams bringing healthy Lake Okeechobee bass to the scales. And despite what rumors and news-hype sound bites are saying, Lake Okeechobee is doing well. But one of the most famous big-bass fisheries in the world could use your support.
Recently, we launched SlowTheFlowFL.com to urge leaders to come up with solutions to get all of the excess water and nutrients entering Lake Okeechobee from the north under control. Visit SlowTheFlowFL.com today and join us in our efforts to protect Lake Okeechobee AND the coastal estuaries at the same time.
And be sure to join us in October for Qualifier #4 that all leads up to the Championship in December that will reward the top team with $25,000 or more. Thanks for joining us and we’ll see you in October – The RMMC Series.