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bY the numbers LIVeWeLL LAMBERT’S KENTUCKY LAKE SMACKDOWN e by Colin Moore The number of times Lambert’s name appears on the list of the top 50 all-time heaviest Kentucky Lake Tour single-day stringers. Brandon Hunter and Jim Moynagh are tied for second in the top-50 group with three each. ach tournament season brings a fresh record or two to the annals of the Walmart FLW Tour. This year, records fell at Kentucky Lake in early June, mainly to winner Jason Lambert of Pickwick Dam, Tenn. See what we mean: twenty-nine The number of pounds that Lambert brought to the scale on the tourna- ment’s last day. It’s the single-day record for a Kentucky Lake Tour event now. Who’s in second? It’s Lambert, with 25- 05 on the third day of his incredible 2016 performance. 97-02 2 The number of Kentucky Lake FLW Tour events in which Lambert has managed to average more than 20 pounds per day all four rounds. He’s the only Tour angler to do it so far. To break that down, Lambert has actually caught seven 20-pound-plus lim- its in the pair of tournaments he’s fished there since joining the Tour in 2014. 14 For the Record To put Lambert’s records in perspective, there have been 11 Walmart FLW Tour events on Kentucky Lake, dating back to 1996. In pounds and ounces, Lambert’s four-day weight. It broke the record set in 2014 by Skip Johnson of Michigan (88-10). Lambert was runner-up that year with 87-08. EIGHT Where Lambert’s 97-02 four-day total ranks all time among heaviest four-day weights brought in on the FLW Tour. 89-06 Runner-up Brandon Hunter’s haul, which is now second place among the heaviest four-day stringers from Kentucky Lake. fLWfIshIng.com I august-september 2016