Anglers Quest 2010 Sam Rayburn Weekend Team Series #9 out of Mill Creek Park in Brookeland, TX began this event with 50 teamed anglers showing up to fish for the $3370.00 purse. After the playing of the National Anthem this event was started at 6:30 am. The anglers had to be in line to weigh by 3:15 pm. This Rayburn Weekend Team Series after all 9 events will provide Rusty Clark & Cory Rambo for the 2nd year in a row the “Team Anglers of the Year” with free entries to all 2011 Rayburn Weekend Team Series events.
FLASH All A/Q lake series championships have been reinstated for 2010 and will be done on home series lakes. The Top 25 anglers entering a minimum of 5 Rayburn Weekend Team series events will automatically qualify for the 1-day Sam Rayburn Weekend Team Championship on October 9th. Any angler making the cut to any A/Q Championship will also qualify for the “Tournament of Champions” at Lake Palestine on November 11-12-13-14.
Sam Rayburn water was in good shape and about 6 ft below normal pool level with water temps ranning 82-84 degrees. The weather at takeoff was a very nice 74 degrees with a warming to 92 degrees by weigh in time. The fish catching was pretty good on Big Sam today as there were 14 limits brought to the scales, for a total of 90 bass at 262.78 lbs making the average bass brought to the scales today weigh 2.91 lb.
The team of Alan Moore from Lufkin & Clint Teutsch from Diboll ran Alan’s Ranger/Rude bass rig to various mid lake scattered grass areas in 6′-8′ water to catch their 5 bass limit. They had a limit of fish in the boat in the first 30 minutes of the T and caught another 12 keepers during the day. They also had the big bass of the event a fine 7.21 lber. Alan & Clint had their limit at 22.80 lbs making them a $1445.00 payday for a 1st place finish.
The team of Chris McCall from Jasper & Pete Shivers from Kirbyville ran Chris’s Ranger/Rude bass rig to mid main lake areas with grass to catch their bass with their unnamed rods & Abu Garcia reels spooled with 65# Berkley Fireline Braid tipped with Santone 3/4 oz. grass jigs with Gambler Flap Daddy trailers in 6-8 ft of water. They had a limit of keepers in the boat by 9 am and culled several times by 3 pm to finish in 2nd place with a sack of 20.85 lbs and collected $800.00 for their day on the water.
The team of Larry Ford from Kirbyville & Mark Nelson from Silsbee ran Larry’s Ranger/Mercury to various mid lake grass lines in 6′-8′ water to catch their 5 bass limit on Falcon rods tipped with top water ribbits. Larry & Mark had 19.41 lbs that made them a $500.00 payday for a 3rd place finish.
The team of Jaret Latta & Chris Fontenot from Nacogdoches ran Jaret’s Ranger/Yamaha bass rig to mid main lake areas to catch their bass. They managed to cull up to their best 5 keepers to finish in 4th place with 18.68 lbs and collect$300.00 for their day on the water.
The team of Brian Branum from Brookeland & Bill Rogers from Jasper ran their Skeeter/Mercury bass rig to mid main lake on a milk ran to various places throughout the day to finish in 5th place with a total of 5 bass at 18.14 lbs fishing with Tour Tackle jigs around grass and brush piles. They took home $200.00 for their day on the water.
The first place out of the money team was 6th place, Mike Needham & Todd Gualandri were present at the awards ceremony so the Santone & ZZ Lures gift certificates were awarded to them for their catch of 16.40 lbs.
A/Q would like to give a special thanks to our sponsors who offer the Incentive Bonus dollars for our anglers in the Anglers Quest Tournament Trail, Tiremax, Bass Guard culling systems, Bowden Marine, Santone Lures, ZZ Custom Lures and PAA Payday. Please read the qualifications for these great incentives on our Anglers Quest website.
On September 11th & 12th Anglers Quest will be at Lake Livingston at Kickapoo Bait & Tackle for the 9th of 9 Livingston Weekend Team & Individual events. Then on September 18th & 19th A/Q is back to Lake Conroe at El Dorado Jack’s for the 9th of 9 Individual & Weekend Team events. Then on September 25th & 26th A/Q is back to Lake Houston at Lake Houston Marina for the 9th of 9 Weekend Team & Individual events.
Be sure to check out the A/Q website klik for “Championship Qualifiers” to get your status and info on all the Championships.
Anglers Quest suggest the use of these sponsors products & services: American Rodsmiths, Antex Roofing, Automated Mailing Solutions, Bass Guard Culling Systems, Big State Fabrication, Bill Lewis Lures, Bowden Marine Sales & Service, Custom Built Awards, Check-It Stik, City of Jasper, Tx-Chamber, Don McGill Toyota of Katy, Double ZZ Custom Lures, El Dorado Jacks, Executive Security Integrators, FishingWorld, Gullo Yamaha Motorsports, Kickapoo Bait & Tackle, Lake Houston Marina, Lake Livingston Area Tourism Council, Lake Palestine Area Chamber/Tourism, Lone Star Buffet, Mill Creek Grocery, MSD Building Corporation, PAA Payday, Rayburn Country Resort, Royal Purple Synthetic Oil, Santone Lures, StyleTile, Sign Designs Now, Superior Paint Works Inc., The Stump Restaurant & Club, TIREMAX of North America, Vincent Turf Farms
God Bless & Good Fishing to All……
Anglers Quest, Mr Bill & Barbara LongBy: Bill & Barbara Long / Anglers Quest
