2012 Dewey Mullins Tribute Bass Tourney Series: Tale of the Scales

After 10 tourneys to date in this year's series, anglers collectively have weighed a total of 416 keeper-sized bass. What do you think the average size of all those bass is? If you guessed 1.8 lbs. (without any rounding up or down), you got it right. In case you don't want to take my word for it, the collective total weight for those 416 bass was 765.39 lbs. Do the math for yourself.

I have to admit I was a little surprised by that average weight. I thought it would be a tad higher.

Our worst single-tourney average occurred June 2, when 43 bass were weighed, with a collective weight of 65.28 lbs. That amounted to an average of 1.5 lbs. Our best single-tourney average occurred April 21, when 33 bass were weighed, with a collective weight of 66.95 lbs. That amounted to an average of 2 lbs.

In case you're interested, here are our statistics for each tourney this season:

March 31 - 19 anglers weighed 52 fish for a total of 103.01 lbs., average 1.9 lbs.
April 14 - 18 anglers weighed 43 fish for a total of 85.92 lbs., average 1.9 lbs.
April 21 - 12 anglers weighed 33 fish for a total of 66.95 lbs., average 2.0 lbs.
May 5 - 10 anglers weighed 25 fish for a total of 48.20 lbs., average 1.9 lbs.
May 12 - 18 anglers weighed 55 fish for a total of 108.52 lbs., average 1.9 lbs.
June 2 - 16 anglers weighed 43 fish for a total of 65.28 lbs., average 1.5 lbs.
June 9 - 14 anglers weighed 41 fish for a total of 77.04 lbs., average 1.8 lbs.
June 23 - 14 anglers weighed 40 fish for a total of 67.78 lbs., average 1.6 lbs.
June 30 - 10 anglers weighed 27 fish for a total of 48.11 lbs., average 1.7 lbs.
July 14 - 19 anglers weighed 57 fish for a total of 94.58 lbs., average 1.6 lbs.