By Joe Balog
This weeks professional fishing tours revealed an eye-catching difference among venue choices. While the Basmaster Elites struggled to catch 12-inch keepers, the BPT Heavy Hitters were reeling in hawgs at record pace. Each tournament, however, featured intense competition and memory-making moments for the fans. Such left me wondering, which scenario is better?
Lets recheck the numbers, using Sundays round of competition as an example. That day, the 10 finalists on the Elite Series all caught limits from the Sabine River system, weighing between about 7 and 11 pounds. By contrast, all 10 of the top BPT competitors caught at least one bass weighing around 6 pounds or more apiece, topped off by Fletcher Shyrocks 9-pound monster that anchored a 4-pound-plus average for all 14 of his bass. Heavy Hitters, indeed.