Heaviest Average Tournament Weight?

[James]

The USFA Oconto tournament on Green Bay this past weekend produced a winning weight of almost 64 lb for 8 fish which is an 8 lb per fish average. Does anyone know the highest average weights produced in tournaments on Lake Erie, Saginaw Bay, etc. and how this weight from Green Bay compares?

[Tom22]

I know it took 135# for 15 on Saginaw bay ,last year....

[mnjimcarp]

HEAVYWEIGHT!!! that is great. 8 POUND AVERAGE IS TRULY AT THE TOP OF THE WEIGHTS FOR AN eight fish weigh-in. congratulations.
hehehehe, i am heading up there on wednesday for nearly a week. report to follow.

[henckel]

Fort Peck is pretty notorious for great one-day tournament catches, but putting two days back-to-back appears to be just about impossible.

In 2000, Bob Magnuson and Carlo Swenson set the one-day record with 48.51 pounds for five walleyes -- better than a nine-pound average -- but added only 15.79 pounds to it the second day for a 64.30 total for 10 walleyes.

But in terms of averages -- and great one-day results -- you can't beat Dan Majeske at ##### Creek two weekends ago. He zeroed the first day of the tournament, then weighed in 38.99 pounds for just four walleyes the second -- darn near a 10-pound average. He went from tied-for-last to second place in the tournament.

In the 2000 Governor's Cup, Casper, Wyo., fishermen Mitch Horning and John Marohn had a 43.56-pound one-day catch on the final day for five walleyes -- also better than an eight-pound average -- good enough to vault them into third place in the final standings.

These are the type of catches that give fishermen hope that they can bounce back from bad days -- no matter how poorly they start out in a tournament. But as to getting an eight-pound average for two days? Nope, you'll find no challengers in Montana. You boys in Wisconsin are still the champs. -- mark

[Fish-on]

Go to www.in-fisherman.com and search for the all time PWT records. The PWT has had some huge weights over the years, mostly at Erie. That's a great weight but not the all-time best.