Ok. Did some research on the topic of past tourney weights, some WBC, NW Bass, Scholarship, Frost bites: 1. June 2003, 20lbs 2ozs - WBC 2. June 2004, 22-3 - WBC 3. Aug 2004, 18-8 - WBC 4. Sept 2004, 19.04 - Northend 5. Oct 2004, 22-9 - Scholarship 6. Nov 2004 - 23-9 - Frostbite 7. May 2005 - 31-3 (Three Days) - Jamboree 8. April 2005 - 12.88 (one day) - NW Bass 9. July 2005 - 24.10 - WBC 10. Sept 2005 - 26.91 - NW Bass Champisonship 11. Oct. 2005 - 24.69 - Scholarship In my research (remember, I am an engineer), the 80% of the winning teams also had the big fish, with an average weight of just under four pounds. In the NW Bass Champ., the winning team had BF for both days, hence the heavy weight. My point is that historically, the huge weights in our discussion set up unrealistic expectations for most anglers, especially new tournament anglers. I am just trying to "keep it real". As tournament anglers, or with any competition, setting your sights too high can be your downfall. What I like to say to my hoop teams, "Over-analysis, leads to paralysis". I think the same holds true for bass fishing.
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