In March of 2007, Bruce M. Baker of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife wrote a report entitled
“Summary Report of Results of Bass and Walleye Fishing Contests Held in Washington 2006” (No newer reports have been filed online). It had some interesting data in it… so I threw together
a little quiz and thought I’d give you a chance to see how good you are at guessing the answers.
1) In
1980 there were 66 bass contests in the state, in
1990 there were 125. How many were held in
2006?
a) 135
b) 147
c) 162
d) 188
2) A
total of ______________ fish were caught (smallmouth and largemouth).
a) 18,200
b) 22,371
c) 26,893
d) 29,221
3) The average
weight per bass was __________ pounds.
a) 2.01
b) 2.34
c) 2.41
d) 2.67
4) When both species (largemouth and smallmouth) were encountered, ____________
percent of the total number of bass caught were
smallmouth bass and ____________
percent were
largemouth bass.
a) 46%, 54%
b) 54%, 46%
c) 61%, 39%
d) 75%, 25%
5) A total of _____________
percent of all bass weighed in during contests were
released alive and reported in good condition.
a) 89%
b) 92%
c) 97%
d) 99%
In a couple of days, I’ll give the answers, OR you check them out for yourself on
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/docs/DFW/basswalleye/2006_bass_walleye_summar...…tell us how you did, but don’t talk about the answers until the cat is out of the bag. Have fun!