Big Indiana Bass

Just a reminder to mark your calendars for the June 15, 2013 Riley Children's Hospital Tournament at Lake Monroe. Check out this impressive list of donors/sponsors for the tournament. There will be lots of great stuff to be had no matter how the fishing turns out. Also visit the events , be sure and give them a "like" for helping to raise money for such a good cause whether you're going to fish or not (it helps them spread the word), plus, as soon as we get them to 200 "likes", they're going to randomly draw a name and someone is receiving a Dobyn's rod gift certificate. So "like" the page like I just did, get entered for the drawing, and keep up with all the latest tourney info, raffles and prizes.

A fine showing today by the guys behind BASSTrakk, whoever that may be. Seventy-five percent of the field within 2 pounds or less of actual, and an average difference across the entire field of just 1.69 pounds (1-11). There were 6 over-estimates today, but none were by more than 1.1 pounds. Along a similar line, 6 unreported anglers, two of which were actual blanks, and all of them finishing in the bottom 10 places, so no harm/no foul there. Kudos this year for a job well done, easily the most accurate of the past 4 Classics. Here's the details from Day 2, with the same highlighting as Day 1.

Day one of the Bassmaster Classic is now in the books, and as someone who kept an eye on the BASSTrakk system throughout the day, I'm always interested to see how accurate those reported weights are versus what is actually weighed in by the contestants. I've followed this relationship for the past 3 years, so there are many old posts if you want to hear me mostly gripe about the past efforts. So far though, Day 1 looks like a pretty solid showing in general. Here's the stats to set the record straight for opinions you might read elswhere on the web concerning this feature.

• In total, 62.3% of the BASSTrakk weights were within 1.5 pounds of the actual weight of a contestant (green highlights).
• There were only 3 cases of BASSTrakk estimates being higher than an anglers actual weight (names & weight in red), meaning 94.3% of the time they underestimated a pros catch.
• There were 5 anglers with no reports for weight (platinum "NONES"), only one of which turned out to be an actual zero weight for the day. Most finished toward the bottom of the field, making this a much less eggregious error thanin the past.
• The average absolute difference between actual weight and BASSTrakk weight across the entire field was less than 2 pounds (1.92 to be exact, or 1-lb 14.7-oz.).
• Many of the guesses that were 2-5 pounds off occurred in the Top-12 anglers for the day. As such, while the absolute number seems high, the percent difference relative to the actual weight wasn't too bad since that group of anglers all weighed better than 16 pounds of bass on Day 1.

Hello,

I wanted to take a minute to share some information with you about an upcoming tournament. The 2nd Annual Richard Adams Memorial Bass Tournament, to be held Aug 25, 2013 at Mississenwa Reservoir (download entry flyer below).

It is a charity tournament with all the proceeds going toward the Richard Adams Junior Anglers Scholarship. Last year our event was such a success that, this year we will be able to award a $500 Scholarship to the junior member of the top team with a member 18 years or younger.

For the rest of the tournament info please take a look at the attached flyer and if you could pass it on to your club membership it would be greatly appreciated. Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have. Thanks so much for your time. We hope to see you in August!

Sincerely,
Bethany Maddox
(Granddaughter of Richard Adams)

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