I am going by my club weights and the drop off on say like the BFL tournaments after the top 2 or 3 finishers. There are still going to be big sacks. The consistency just doesn't seem to be there like it used to be. I ain't just talking about the top weights. And it could be pressure having a lot to do with it, but we fish from daylight till noon and if you didn't have 20 pounds you didn't even weigh. Now, 14 and 16 pounds is winning big and I don't get it. The guys I fish against are some of the best around.
Well here are the facts, last place in the money in each Choo Choo BFL at Guntersville:
February:
2010: 12lbs 1oz
2012: 17lbs 4 oz
UP 5lbs 3oz
March:
2010: 16lbs 5oz
2012: 15lbs 9oz
DOWN 12oz
April:
2010: 17lbs 9oz
2012: 15lbs 9oz
DOWN 2lbs
May/June
2010: 17lbs 10oz
2012: 13lbs 15oz
DOWN 3lbs 11oz
Sept 2 day:
2010: 12lbs 2oz
2012:13lbs 11oz
UP 1lb 9oz
In total the last check for BFL is up 5oz in 2012 compaired to 2010, and the winners blew the winning weights out of the water from two years prior in all but 1 event.
Everstart Series
2012- May - 3 day event
Winner: 82lbs 15oz
Tenth Place: 58lbs 14oz
Way back in the good old days......
2004- May- 4 day event
Winner: 79lbs 9oz
Tenth place: 47lbs 13oz
FLW Tour:
2009:
Winner: 83lbs 3 oz
Tenth: 60lbs 13oz
2010:
Winner: 95lbs 7oz
Tenth: 61lbs 4oz
2011:
Winner: 102lbs 8oz
Tenth:62lbs 10oz
You guys must be right pressure is killing this place. Check out those Everstart weights both from the month of may. Amazing how pittiful 2012 makes 2004 look with one less day to fish, and 5 less fish in the total weight.
They should probably just drain the place the way it's falling off.
