2018 Classic
Lake Okeechobee, March 9th and 10th 2019
Another Classic has come and gone! This may have been the lowest, if not one of the lowest lake levels we fished on the the Big ” O “. And lots of muddy chocolate milk water in most areas. And only 1 casualty from low lake levels and hopefully not too bad for George who braved the elements and tried fishing solo. Even in the rim canal he had a close encounter with a rock or two. We had 7 teams out of the 11 that qualified show up. I would like to wish a speedy recovery to those teams that could not be there and a speedy recovery on engine repair team Joe an Greg too. The Classic was not the same without Joe and Greg, but I think Godwin made up for them thinking he could out-drink the infamous moonshine Darrell brought. Enough said and what happens at the Big ” O ” stays at the Big ” O “. Now lets start with Friday pre-fish day. After the teams went out and explored no team seemed very confident due to the conditions and some teams getting stuck in the muck. Day 1 went well with a least 2 other tournaments going out the same time and we were able to get out before the the other clubs. With the thought of how bad Friday was it was encouraging to see 6 teams bring in a limit and 1 team wounded from the rock encounter decided he had enough and one of his batteries was acting up too. Total weight was 81.20 lbs and 3 bass weighing over 5 lbs. Sunday we were able to launch before the other tournament and again all teams had limits. But a much slower day with total weight of 66.99 lbs.
I would like to thank all the sponsors / members who donated gifts for the raffle. We always have a great time, but we are thinking next year to try and do something different to help generate the extra money that goes towards the payouts for the Classic. More info to come.
First Place with 10 bass weighing 32.46 lbs goes to Gary and Richard
Second Place with 10 bass weighing 27.65 lbs goes to Godwin and Keith
Third Place with 10 bass weighing 26.41 lbs goes to Josh and Marc
Big Bass day 1 weighing 5.84 lbs goes to Josh and Marc
Big Bass day 2 weighing 5.25 lbs goes to Godwin and Keith
Congrats to all! Weigh in below.
Congrats to Jason and Darrell who won the 2018 Angler of the Year honors. Great Job !!!
Want to wish Steve a speedy recovery too. The Monday after the Classic he had his right shoulder replaced. Will be out for at least a few months we are thinking.