Casey Martin had a magical week at the Lake Chickamauga FLW Tour season finale last week. Not only did the Tour rookie mount a huge rally to qualify for the Forrest Wood Cup, he nearly broke two major FLW Tour records in the process.
His 4-day total of 103-03 was just the sixth time an angler has hit the century mark in an FLW Tour event (Open or Major) and it ranks 2nd on the all-time list behind only Brandon McMillan's 106-10 pulled from Lake Okeechobee in Feb. 2011.
The margin Martin won by – 22-11 – was the equivalent of a great stringer at Chickamauga last week and it also ranks 2nd on the margin of victory list in FLW Tour history. His final-day bag of 30-01 was the 12th-heaviest single-day stringer and second-best not caught out of Lake Okeechobee.
Below is a look at how Martin's performance stacks up against the other historic FLW Tour efforts over the years:
Heaviest 4-Day Tournament Weights
1. Brandon McMillan: 106-10 (Lake Okeechobee – Feb. 2011)
2. Casey Martin: 103-03 (Lake Chickamauga – June 2013)
3. Paul Elias: 102-08 (Lake Guntersville – Oct. 2011)
4. Randall Tharp: 102-02 (Lake Okeechobee – Feb. 2011)
5. Randall Tharp: 101-12 (Lake Okeechobee – Feb. 2012)
6. Chad Prough: 100-15 (Lake Okeechobee – Feb. 2011)
7. Terry Scroggins: 99-09 (Lake Okeechobee – Feb. 2011)
8. Brent Long: 95-07 (Lake Guntersville – June 2010)
9. Jacob Powrozink: 95-00 (Lake Okeechobee – Feb. 2011)
10. Tim Carroll: 90-03 (Lake Murray – Feb. 2006)
11. Anthony Gagliardi: 89-02 (Lake Murray – Feb. 2006)
12. Andy Morgan: 89-01 (Lake Okeechobee – Feb. 2011)
13. Tony Couch: 88-13 (Santee Cooper Lakes – March 1996)
14. Steve Clapper: 88-07 (Detroit River –July 2007)
15. Mark Rose: 87-04 (Lake Guntersville – June 2010)
16. David Fritts: 87-02 (Lake Guntersville – June 2010)
17. David Fritts: 85-06 (Lake Eufaula – March 1997)
18. Robert Behrle: 85-05 (Lake Guntersville – Oct. 2011)
19. David Young: 85-05 (Kentucky Lake – May 1997)
20. Jeff Coble: 85-00 (Santee Cooper Lakes – March 1996)
Largest Margin of Victory (10 pounds or more)
1. Randall Tharp: 23-09 (Lake Okeechobee – 2012)
2. Casey Martin: 22-11 (Lake Chickamauga – 2013)
3. Brett Hite: 20-04 (Lake Toho – 2008)
4. Paul Elias: 17-03 (Lake Guntersville – 2011)
5. Phil Marks: 16-05 (Sam Rayburn Reservoir – 2012)
6. Brent Ehrler: 13-02 (Table Rock Lake – 2010)
7. Ray Scheide: 13-00 (Lake Okeechobee – 2004)
8. Mark Rose: 12-10 (Wheeler Lake – 2012)
9. Randy Haynes: 11-00 (Lake Eufaula – 2013)
10. Chris Daniels: 10-12 (Lake Okeechobee – 1997)
11. Mike Wurm: 10-10 (Lake Murray – 1999)
12. Steve Kennedy: 10-01 (Kentucky Lake – 2003)
13. Jason Christie: 10-00 (Lake Hartwell – 2011)
