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[Big Bass Tour]

Just a quick note here so that people have the correct data. The ONLY entity that can answer your questions regarding the number of fish weighed at our events is us since we have the numbers.  For last weekends event we had a total of 438 fish weighed in with a 3.5lb average, a little less than 150 fish per day.  We had zero mortality during the event and all fish were released alive from the AFTCO Bass Bus. 

We've been on the lake for 10 years now and this average weight and the overall numbers of big fish were only bested by the numbers in 2011. The fishery is in amazing shape and that 9lb monster was something to see. 

[abkeenan]

57 minutes ago, Big Bass Tour said:

Just a quick note here so that people have the correct data. The ONLY entity that can answer your questions regarding the number of fish weighed at our events is us since we have the numbers.  For last weekends event we had a total of 438 fish weighed in with a 3.5lb average, a little less than 150 fish per day.  We had zero mortality during the event and all fish were released alive from the AFTCO Bass Bus. 

We've been on the lake for 10 years now and this average weight and the overall numbers of big fish were only bested by the numbers in 2011. The fishery is in amazing shape and that 9lb monster was something to see. 

Thanks for chiming in BBT Staff. You guys run a class act. Thanks for giving us the stats as well. How many entrants participated this year if you don't mind me asking?

[Big Bass Tour]

2 minutes ago, abkeenan said:

Thanks for chiming in BBT Staff. You guys run a class act. Thanks for giving us the stats as well. How many entrants participated this year if you don't mind me asking?

Thank you for the kind words and for fishing with us. We had just over 900 anglers this year, roughly 5% increase over 2018.

[Champ188]

Don't want specific or even general information on where, but were the fish redistributed in every major area of the lake or only near the weigh-in site? 

[Patlock]

I saw the release boat on the trailer going up 465  heading toward  Branson West at 3:45 Sunday. I would assume since the tournament ended at 3:00 the fish were on it. 

[Big Bass Tour]

5 hours ago, Champ188 said:

Don't want specific or even general information on where, but were the fish redistributed in every major area of the lake or only near the weigh-in site? 

I’ll ask the fishcare team but I believe in one location closer to mainlake. I will update further if that’s incorrect.

A point to remember for everyone. We are one event on the lake one time per year and we handle roughly the same amount of fish as one five fish stringer event with 150-200 boats. There are countless tournaments handling far more fish and “redistributing” them throughout the lake during the pre-spawn, spawn and post-spawn. Not to mention those who are legally taking limits of fish daily at all times of the year. 

While the size of our events certainly draw a lot of attention, we are simply one event with limited impact because of our format. 

Thanks all.