Anglers Quest 2012 Livingston Saturday Series #4 out of Kickapoo Bait & Tackle in Onalaska, Tx began this event with 62 teamed anglers showing up to fish for the $4550.00 purse. Any team entering 6 of the 8 of Livingston Saturday Series events will automatically qualify for the 2-day Livingston Championship. The top team in points after all 8 events will be declared the Team Anglers of the Year and will be awarded free entries to all 2013 Livingston Saturday Series events. The teams entering all 8 Livingston Saturday series events will automatically qualify for all 3 of the Lake Series 2-day Championships. Any team qualifying for any A/Q Championship will be allowed to enter the “Tournament of Champions” on October 20-21 at Lake Falcon.
All A/Q Saturday Series events are trailoring events, this event started at 6:30 am. Livingston water was in good shape and 1 ft above normal pool level with water temps ranning 70-72 degrees. The weather at takeoff was a very windy 72 degrees with a warming to 83 degrees by weigh in time. The fish catching was real good on Livingston today as there were 15 limits brought to the scales, for a total of 96 bass at 220.44 lbs making the average bass brought to the scales today weigh 2.29 lb.
The team of Gene Pegoda from Huntsville, Tx & Jeff Clary from Tomball, Tx ran their bass rig to the Whiterock Creek area to catch their bass throwing Tx-rigs, jigs and spinner baits in 1-5 ft of water. They managed to catch & cull several keepers to finish with 15.12 lbs. This win made them $1580.00 for their day on the water.
The team of Tommy Shugart from Dayton, Tx & Curtis Jordan from Baytown, Tx ran Tommy’s bass rig to Kickapoo Creek areas to finish in 2nd with their best 5 bass that tipped the scales at 14.75 lbs. They had a limit in the boat by noon and then culled several more times throughout the day. Their day on the lake paid back $800.00 for their efforts.
The one man team of Luke Sims from Stephenville, Tx ran his bass rig to undisclosed lake areas to finish in 3rd with 14.30 lbs and collected $600.00 for their day on the water.
The team of Wade & Drew Ellis from Livingston, Tx ran their Nitro/Mercury to the back end of Kickapoo Creek to catch their bass throwing Tx-rigs & jigs in 1-5 ft of water. They managed to catch 5 keepers to finish in 4th with 13.42 lbs. This made them $400.00 for their day on the water. Jeff Stanley from Houston, Tx & Jimmy Emmons Jr from Humble, Tx finished in 5th with 13.00 lbs and collected $200.00. The team of Billy & Dale Driggers finished in 6th with 11.70 lbs and took home $160.00. The team of Chris DiBerardino & Kary Essl took 1st place out of the money with 11.26 lbs and won the 2 $15.00 Buster McNuttys gift cards and the 2 Martel’s Welding Works $25.00 off Gift Certificates towards the purchase of a Rhino Bed Liner.
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, Bowden Marine, Power Pole “Captains Cash”, Solar Bat Sunglasses, Martel’s Rhino Bed Liners, Buster McNutty’s Gift Cards and PAA membership bonus. Please read the qualifications for these great incentives on the Anglers Quest website.
A/Q would like to invite all anglers out to compete on Tuesday evenings at Lake Houston…come on out and see if your team can claim the “Big Dogs” honors. Anglers Quest will be at Lake Houston Marina on Lake Houston on April 21st & 22nd for the 4th of 8 Lake Houston Saturday & Individual Series events. On May 5th & 6th Anglers Quest will be at the Pavilion on Sam Rayburn for the 5th of 8 Rayburn Saturday & Individual Series events. Then on May 19th & 20th Anglers Quest will be at Kickapoo Bait & Tackle on Lake Livingston for the 5th of 8 Livingston Saturday & Individual Series events. Anglers Quest is now accepting Credit Cards. Pre enter any event and you DO NOT have to report to the A/Q bus the morning of the events. Call Mr Bill or Barbara Long at 281-852-8842 for any information or entry. 2012 schedules & results for all Anglers Quest series events are now available online at the anglers-quest website.
Anglers Quest suggest the use of these sponsors products & services: Automated Mailing Solutions, Bowden Marine Sales & Service, Buster McNuttys, Check-It Stik, City of Jasper, Tx-Chamber, Custom Built Awards, D&S Mobil RV Repair, Executive Security Integrators, Experience Lake Livingston, FishingWorld, Foster Fence Ltd, Humble Sign Co, Jasper Economic Development District #1, J&C Carts, Kickapoo Bait & Tackle, Lake Houston Marina, Lone Star Buffet, Martel’s Welding Works, Power Pole, Rayburn Country Resort, Royal Purple Synthetic Oil, Santone Lures, Solar Bat Sunglasses, Superior Paint Works Inc., The Stump Restaurant & Club, Tiremax Fishing, Tri County Construction Co., Vincent Turf Farms, Zapata Chamber of Commerce
God Bless & Good Fishing to All…
Anglers Quest, Mr Bill & Barbara LongBy: Bill & Barbara Long / Anglers Quest
