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From The Presidents Desk - Michael Nowell
What a great tournament we had at Okatibbee 14 pounds! Don’t write off Okatibbee. The Slabs are
Lake. Okatibbee unfortunately has been known as coming. Mother Nature just needs time to work her
a small fish lake for several years now. But that has magic.
not always been the case.
We are halfway through our season now and
Back in the ‘80s, Okatibbee was producing sting- need to get things lined up for the end of the
ers full of massive slabs. My Dad and I would drive season. We need to decide on where to host the
down from Philadelphia just to Championship Tournament. I am
fish off the rocks along the road asking all members to talk to your
on the upper end of the lake board of directors and let them
and the dam. Just casting a jig know your thoughts on where the
under a cork we could both fill championship should be.
up a bucket with Big Slabs.
If any of you members has a
That was the norm for us contact for possible sponsorship
until the long drought came of the championship tournament,
along several years ago. The please reach out and see if you can
lake got down to just the deep- secure this for the club. If you have
est portions of the lake that any ideas or suggestions you can
still had water and stayed there pass them along to me or any of
for a long time. As a result, your board members.
the whole lake’s ecosystem was stunted. The fish,
baitfish, plants, and everything had to recover. But it Now it is time for the Christmas break. I hope all
is slowly getting better each year. of you have a wonderful holiday. May the Lord bless
you and your family this Christmas. Hope to see you
Did you know that for the past 2 years there all next time at Sardis.
has been at least one 4 pound crappie caught at
Okatibbee each spring? And now we just had a Sore Lip Them All
tournament where the winning weight was almost Michael

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