American Bass Anglers (256)232-0406

Open Series Presented by Caymas Boats

Division 7 South Florida
Director: Billy Benedetti (256)230-5632

Next Scheduled Event:

9/23/2023

Okeechobee

Roland Martin Marina & Resort

Online Registration Cut Off or Late Fee Begins: 9/21/2023

A Package Registration signs you up for all five events within this division. Four one-day events and the two-day Division Championship. Members can sign up through the Wed prior to the event by 5 pm with no late fee

2023 Season Schedule - Download PDF Flier
(Some events have live results leaderboard, click the first (left) column date "date of the event" to see live results where available)

Date Live (new)	Lake/Results	Info	Temp Res
1/28/2023 (Entry Cut Off) 1/27/2023	Okeechobee	Roland Martin Marina & Resort	PDF
2/25/2023 (Entry Cut Off) 2/24/2023	Okeechobee	Scott Driver Park	PDF
3/25/2023 (Entry Cut Off) 3/24/2023	Okeechobee	Roland Martin Marina & Resort	PDF
5/13/2023 (Entry Cut Off) 5/12/2023	Okeechobee	Scott Driver Park	PDF
9/23/2023 9/24/2023 (Entry Cut Off) 9/22/2023	Okeechobee	Roland Martin Marina & Resort	PDF

The event listed below is a Postseason Event and has specific qualifications requirements. See the Season Rules for eligibility requirements prior to registering.

4/06/2024 4/06/2024	TBA	TBA		PDF Day 2 PDF		TBA

2021 Schedule - 2022 Schedule - 2023 Schedule - Other Divisions

Division 7 Points Top 25
Place	Name	Events	Total Weight	Fish Released	Points
1	Bradley Brad MacQueen	4	52.56	19	945
2	Benny Townend	4	52.08	20	943
3	Roland Smith	4	52.11	16	938
3	Eric Grassel	4	51.47	17	938
5	Kyle Powers	4	51.40	15	930
6	Alex Terescenko	4	47.50	17	927
7	Jonathan LeCrone	4	46.66	14	917
8	Robert Nelson	4	46.92	18	916
9	Charles Coleman Jr	4	47.19	17	915
10	Kelly Autrey	4	50.00	17	913
11	Alan Retter	4	47.04	16	911
12	Mike Jones	4	41.69	18	907
13	Todd Gilbert	4	42.29	13	906
14	Neil Nix	4	35.78	13	890
15	David Bradford	4	34.42	15	884
16	Colton CJ Barbosa	4	33.22	12	881
17	Jerry Vanis	4	30.11	15	874
18	Victor Knight	4	26.82	10	864
19	Don DeMott	4	23.22	10	849
20	Ryan Martin	4	20.57	12	848
21	Christopher Jerdan	4	20.88	10	845
22	Logan McMasters	4	21.17	13	844
23	Craig Middleton	4	17.12	4	838
24	Gary Milicevic	3	45.04	15	724
25	Anthony Cilladi	3	40.01	11	698
26	Robert Branagh	3	30.36	15	690
27	Curtis Lewis	3	39.26	13	684
28	Trevor Hamlin	3	36.38	13	680
29	Yoan Alvarez	3	29.55	10	673
30	William Willie Manning	3	29.00	12	669
31	Rich Tate	3	22.97	9	665
32	Eric Morgan	3	28.67	10	664
33	Timothy Tim King	3	26.68	10	657
34	Jim Eddy	3	23.14	7	643
35	Thomas Littich	3	22.84	10	641
36	Moses Wilson	3	19.48	10	635
37	John Tavano	3	10.80	5	607
38	John Gillen	3	0.00	0	600
39	Eddie Miller	3	0.00	0	585
40	Dillon McMillan	2	36.24	10	490
41	Robert Kimbrough	2	31.53	10	472
42	Cody Farnham	2	26.45	10	468
43	Chris McBeath	2	23.38	8	463
44	Stephen Ben Surrency	2	22.58	10	457
45	Benjamin McCann	2	26.28	10	452
46	Justin Morgan	2	28.76	6	451
47	Roger Crafton	2	24.00	5	449
48	Nicholas Hoinig	2	27.44	5	435
48	Justin Mahon	2	13.02	6	435
50	Alexander Mut	2	12.97	6	433
51	Greg Jones	2	13.41	5	432
52	Steve Broughton	2	16.20	5	430
53	Donald Locke	2	16.19	5	429
54	Dererk Savage	2	6.12	4	425
55	Kail Stevens	2	12.58	5	421
56	Kevin Baber	2	13.62	5	420
57	Anthony Valachovic	2	5.76	1	417
58	Ronnie Buck	2	9.89	5	416
59	Ryan Kroeger	2	5.84	3	412
60	Jeff Harper	2	10.11	4	399
61	David Sheffield	2	0.00	0	387
62	Christopher Schirling	1	29.26	5	250
62	Michael Venditto	1	18.90	5	250
64	Casey Warren	1	23.15	5	247
65	Jorge Steve Fidalgo	1	18.34	5	240
65	Cody Davis	1	15.78	5	240
65	William Troyer	1	10.41	5	240
68	Fernando Fernando Rosa	1	15.25	5	239
69	Douglas Doug Walker	1	11.19	5	237
70	Anthony Scott Kirsch	1	16.38	5	236
71	Jeff Zablo	1	9.91	5	235
71	Joey Joey Roberts	1	9.42	3	235
73	Stephen Brock	1	9.25	3	234
74	Cody Whitley	1	8.64	5	233
75	John Cantale	1	9.11	3	232
75	Jeffrey Herndon	1	8.48	5	232
77	Danny Shelton	1	13.38	5	230
78	Patrick Layhew	1	7.26	5	229
79	Robert Bobby Dupree	1	11.45	5	224
80	Jason Blair	1	13.24	4	221
81	Jessie Mizell	1	3.83	2	220
82	Michael Slipy	1	12.38	5	219
82	Tony Bennett	1	10.53	5	219
84	Jack Arcuri	1	3.82	3	218
85	Clifford Pizza	1	2.86	2	217
86	Ryan Shane Thompson	1	10.61	4	212
87	Mike Hicks	1	8.57	4	211
88	Reid Heard	1	9.83	5	208
88	Clark Bundy	1	7.26	2	208
90	Richard Rich Patterson	1	0.00	0	207
90	Ronald Ron Roker	1	0.00	0	207
90	Rafe Sexton	1	0.00	0	207
90	Brent Tetreault	1	0.00	0	207
90	Mike Vititoe	1	0.00	0	207
90	Jeff Kaulbars	1	0.00	0	207
90	Roger Gonzalez	1	0.00	0	207
97	Mark Knight	1	8.73	5	205
98	Thomas Danger Kelly	1	7.36	5	202
99	Giovanni Gio Pizza	1	7.17	5	201
99	Barry Edie	1	0.00	0	201

(Co-Angler)
1	Sam Goldberg	4	30.84	12	955
2	David Sterling	4	37.36	10	945
2	Ashton Gilbert	4	36.21	9	945
4	Christian Izzy Irizarry	4	28.04	10	943
5	Rene Castellon	4	28.14	12	938
6	Steve Burke	4	29.44	9	934
7	Phillip Ford	4	24.79	7	931
8	Coleman Roberts	4	25.50	12	930
9	Robert Robby Zellers	4	29.06	10	929
10	Brandon Prophitt	4	26.24	10	925
11	Jose Gallardo	4	27.04	9	924
12	Charles Doug Caldwell	4	21.71	8	903
13	Brian Yeatts	4	16.63	10	899
14	Matt DeMott	4	17.61	7	898
15	Scott Hopping	4	25.56	6	895
16	William Bill Fox	4	15.55	8	890
17	Bobby Jackson	4	13.94	6	883
18	Frank Bassdaddy Ay	4	13.16	7	879
19	Chris Mead	4	13.83	8	878
20	John Gasperak	4	11.81	7	874
21	Joao John Gobbo	4	8.42	3	861
22	Ernie Johnson Jr.	4	7.42	3	850
23	Michael Chadwick	4	8.39	2	849
24	Jay Trudel	3	23.60	8	716
25	Manuel Ledezna	3	26.89	9	713
26	John Trudel	3	26.28	9	705
26	Hunter Kaiser	3	23.11	8	705
28	Fernando Reja	3	22.61	8	697
29	Sabin Griffis	3	14.48	7	678
29	Shawn York	3	14.46	8	678
31	Paul Hanley	3	13.93	6	667
31	Jim Jim Short	3	13.18	6	667
33	Kurt Schumacher	3	10.49	4	665
34	Carl Alex Scott	3	11.47	8	657
34	Jack Gunns Koontz	3	9.75	4	657
36	Cesar Jaimes	3	7.48	5	654
37	Omar Jaimes	3	7.83	4	649
38	Kenny Cleveland	3	7.00	4	637
39	John Sims	2	27.09	6	493
40	Ray Ruiz	2	18.02	6	483
41	Tyler Nekolny	2	19.22	6	481
41	Aymon Wilcox	2	14.91	6	481
43	Clifford Pizza	2	14.28	4	455
44	Stephen Brock	2	8.32	4	451
45	Robert Oakley	2	10.24	3	449
46	Benjamin Roberts	2	9.32	3	444
47	Semori Novembre	2	4.65	3	439
48	Robert Robbie Moore	2	5.38	3	432
49	Giovanni Gio Pizza	2	5.08	2	427
50	Brandon St. Pierre	2	6.03	3	426
51	Deflin Pernas	2	3.06	2	421
52	Garrett Vick	2	1.73	1	420
53	Edwin Rivera	2	3.42	2	416
54	David Lane	2	1.47	1	413
55	Clyde Allbaugh	2	0.00	0	402
56	Mauricio Marciales	2	0.00	0	397
57	JW Battle Jr.	1	10.72	3	249
58	Scott Crawford	1	13.40	3	247
59	Scott Farnham	1	10.17	3	240
60	Nelson Williams	1	5.82	3	239
61	Doug Staetter	1	6.25	2	238
62	Daniel Troyer Jr	1	4.94	3	233
63	Jordan Langford	1	6.95	3	232
64	Cameron Cam Kersey	1	7.23	3	231
64	Dominik Bent Rod Teezy Spain	1	4.03	3	231
66	Barry Colbert	1	6.29	3	230
67	Irving Mercado	1	6.91	3	229
68	Howard Hammonds	1	3.56	2	228
69	Tyler Carey	1	2.95	2	225
70	Ricardo Armenta	1	2.04	1	219
71	Edgar Medina	1	2.00	1	218
71	Pedro Gutierrez	1	1.80	1	218
73	Leslie Williams	1	4.26	2	217
74	Robert Bobby Zellers	1	2.50	2	214
75	Dale Wolfskill	1	0.00	0	207
75	John Smith	1	0.00	0	207
75	Kevin Priester	1	0.00	0	207
75	Erik Judson	1	0.00	0	207
75	Robert Gibson	1	0.00	0	207
75	Jason Denise	1	0.00	0	207
75	Jose Contreras Reyes	1	0.00	0	207
75	Keith Barlow	1	0.00	0	207
83	Charles Tuck Tucker	1	0.00	0	202
83	Benton Peoples	1	0.00	0	202
85	Cody Whitley	1	0.00	0	195
85	Rich Tate	1	0.00	0	195
85	Peter Frumkin	1	0.00	0	195
85	Frank Trey Davis	1	0.00	0	195
85	Timothy Tim Adams	1	0.00	0	195

Division News

Lewis wins at Okeechobee

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. – Curtis R. Lewis won the Boater Division in the American Bass Anglers Open Series, Presented by Caymas Boats, Florida South Division 7 regular season finale, held May 13, 2023, at Lake Okeechobee.

Schirling wins at Big O

CLEWISTON, Fla. – Christopher H. Schirling brought in a huge bag to win the Boater Division in the American Bass Anglers Open Series, Presented by Caymas Boats, Florida South Division 7 third tournament of the season, held March 25, 2023, at Lake Okeechobee.

Florida South Opens Season On ‘Big O’

ATHENS, Ala. – The Florida South Division 7 of the American Bass Anglers Open Series, Presented by Caymas Boats, begins its new season on Jan. 28, 2023, on Lake Okeechobee.

Wieteha lands heavy winning sack at Big O

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. – Matt B. Wieteha won the Boater Division in the final regular-season event of the Florida South Division 7 season in the American Bass Anglers Open Series, Presented by Caymas Boats, held May 14, 2022, on Lake Okeechobee.

Milicevic Lands Big Bag For The Win At Lake Okeechobee

CLEWISTON, Fla. – Gary K. Milicevic caught a big bag of bass to win the Boater Division in the American Bass Anglers Open Series, Presented by Caymas Boats, Florida South Division 7 tournament, held March 26, 2022 at Lake Okeechobee.

Launching at Roland and Mary Ann Martin’s Marina Resort in Clewiston, the Labelle angler brought in a 5-bass tournament limit for 24.81 pounds, a 4.96-pound average. He anchored that sack with a 6.48-pounder, putting a check for $2,600 in his pocket.

Knight Overcomes Adversity To Win Big On Okeechobee

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. – Victor H. Knight tallied a big bag to win the Boater Division in the American Bass Anglers Open Series, Presented by Caymas Boats, Florida South Division 7 tournament, held Feb. 19, 2022, at Lake Okeechobee.

Knight’s day didn’t start so well, but he made up for it later. First thing in the morning, he discovered a flat tire on his trailer. Fortunately, a 1.25-hour fog delay gave Knight enough time to change the tire in the parking lot of C. Scott Driver Park landing so he could launch his boat. On the water, things went better for the Cape Coral, Fla. angler.

Florida South Division 7 Returns to “Big O” For Round 2

ATHENS, Ala. – The Florida South Division 7 of the American Bass Anglers Open Series, Presented by Caymas Boats, returns to Lake Okeechobee for its second event of the season on Feb. 19, 2022.

The anglers will run out of C. Scott Driver Park landing, located at 10100 W. Highway 78 in the town of Okeechobee, Fla. Anglers can fish anywhere in the 730-square-mile lake except they cannot lock into the Kissimmee River, Caloosahatchee River or the Port St. Lucie Canal.

Locke Tallies Win With Big Bag On Lake Okeechobee

CLEWISTON, Fla. – Donald “Durand” D. Locke set a strong pace to win the Boater Division in the Florida South Division 7 of the American Bass Anglers Open Series, Presented by Caymas Boats, season opener, held Jan. 22, 2022, on Lake Okeechobee.

Launching at Roland and Mary Ann Martin’s Marina Resort in Clewiston, Fla. to fish the 730-square-mile lake on a cold, stormy day, Locke brought in an impressive five-bass tournament limit weighing 28.14 pounds. The Loxahatchee, Fla. angler capped his catch with a 6.26-pound bucketmouth to finish with a 5.63-pound average. For the first victory in the new division season, Locke pocketed a check for $5,200.

Florida South Division To Open On Okeechobee

ATHENS, Ala. – The Florida South Division 7 of the American Bass Anglers Open Series, Presented by Caymas Boats, begins its new season on Jan. 22, 2022, on Lake Okeechobee.

The anglers will run out of Roland and Mary Ann Martin's Marina Resort, located at 920 E. Del Monte Avenue in the town of Clewiston, Fla. Anglers can fish anywhere in the massive lake but cannot lock into the Kissimmee River, Caloosahatchee River, or the Port St. Lucie Canal.

Morgan Wins Florida South Event on Lake Okeechobee

ATHENS, Ala. – Justin Morgan won the Bass Pro Shops Open Series Florida South tournament held May 15th on Lake Okeechobee.

Davis Wins Florida South Event on Lake Okeechobee

ATHENS, Al. –Cody Davis won the Bass Pro Shops Open Series Florida South tournament held March 27th on Lake Okeechobee. Launching out of Roland Martin Marina & Resort in Clewiston, FL the Deerfield, FL Davis caught five bass weighing 19.22lbs for the Boater Division victory and took home a check for $5200.

“I was fishing about a quarter mile from the launch area and I caught them on a Gambler Big EZ for the most part. I also threw a Gambler GOAT swim jig and flipping a Gambler Ugly Otter. I caught eight fish today and I lost a real good fish also that would have helped my win but as it turned out, I didn’t need it.” Davis said.

Florida South Returns to Lake Okeechobee

ATHENS, Al. – The Florida South Division of the 2021 American Bass Anglers Open Series presented by Bass Pro Shops will host the third event of the season on March 27, 2021 on Lake Okeechobee in Clewiston, FL.

Weather for Okeechobee is forecasted to start out in the mid-60s at sendoff and climb into the height 80s with winds 5-10 from the south. This is the third event in the Divisions 2021 tour and will launch from Roland Martin Marina & Resort, located at 920 E. Del Monte Ave, Clewiston, FL 33440.

Milicevic Wins Division 7 Event on Lake Okeechobee

ATHENS, Ala. – Gary Milicevic of Labelle FL won the Bass Pro Shops Open Series Florida South tournament held March 6th on Lake Okeechobee.

Running out of Scott Driver Park in Okeechobee, FL the Labelle, FL angler had a limit of five bass weighing 26.16 pounds for the Boater Division victory and took home a check for $5200.

Hamlin Wins Florida South Opener

ATHENS, Ala. – Trevor Hamlin of Cape Coral, FL, won the Bass Pro Shops Open Series Florida South tournament held January 23rd on Lake Okeechobee.

Running out of Roland Martin Marina & Resort in Clewiston, FL the Cape Coral, FL angler caught five bass weighing 17.57 pounds. For the Boater Division victory, Hamlin took home a check for $5200 for his win.

Bass Pro Shops Open Series Coming To Lake Okeechobee

Athens, AL - The south Florida division of the Bass Pro Shops Open Series will hold their first tournament of the season on Lake Okeechobee. On Saturday, January 23, 2021, the tournament will be out of Clewiston, FL, launching out of the framed Roland Martin Marina and Resort.

It will be interesting to see how much Okeechobee has changed since last January. On this same weekend last year, Scott Kirsch of Edgewater, FL, won the boater side of the event with a five-fish limit of 18 pounds. Mason Meder won the Co-Angler side of the event with a three-fish limit of 10.91 pounds.