I made it to 49 lbs and it quite adding my weight for fish when I wood catch one in the last bass tournament online while I was still catching fish
Most bass only tournaments count your top 5 bass. If you caught 4 10lb bass and one 9lb bass and everything else came in at 8.5lb your score won't go up. Don't forget that some tournaments only count specific species. Largemouth bass only or largemouth and spotted, but not striped bass.