Anglers Quest 2010 Sam Rayburn Weekend Team Series #5 out of Mill Creek Park in Brookeland, TX began this event with 80 teamed anglers showing up to fish for the $5260.00 purse. Due to predicted high winds & thunder storms this event was started as a trailering event at 6:10 am. The anglers made their last cast at 3:15 pm and had to be in line to weigh by 4:00 pm. This Rayburn Weekend Team Series after all 9 events will provide the Team Anglers of the year with free entries to all 2011 Rayburn Weekend Team Series events.
< Sam Rayburn water was in good shape and about normal pool level with water temps ranning 73-75 degrees. The weather at takeoff was a calm 70 degrees with a warming to 79 degrees by weigh in time. The fish catching was pretty good on Big Sam today as there were 25 limits brought to the scales, for a total of 143 bass at 343.01 lbs making the average bass brought to the scales today weigh 2.39 lb. The team of Larry Ford from Kirbyville, Tx & Mark Nelson from Silsbee, Tx ran Larry’s Ranger/Mercury to various mid lake grass lines in 3-6′ water to catch their 5 bass limit on Falcon rods tipped with top water ribbits. Larry & Mark also had the 1st Big Bass of the event, a fine 5.47 lber that paid them an additional $150.00 making them a $1900.00 payday for a 1st place finish. The team of Brian Branham from Brookeland, Tx & Bill Rogers from Jasper, Tx ran their Skeeter/Yamaha bass rig to the mid lake areas to finish in 2nd with their best 5 bass, caught using their American Rodsmiths rods tipped with Tour Tackle jigs with flap daddy trailors around grass that tipped the scales at 20.17 lbs. They had a limit in the boat by 10 am and then culled several more times throughout the day. Their day on the lake payed back $1000.00 for their efforts. The team of Rusty Clark from Sam Rayburn & Cory Rambo from Orange, Tx ran their Cory’s Ranger/Mercury bass rig to mid main lake areas to catch their bass using their Castaway Rods. They managed to catch 5 keepers by late in the day to finish in 2nd place with 15.29 lbs and $980.00 for their day on the water. They also wanted to thank their sponsors Castaway & Golden Triangle Industries for their support. The team of Jaret Latta & Chris Fontenot from Nacogdoches, Tx 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 late in the day to finish in 3rd place with 14.82 lbs and collect$700.00 for their day on the water. The team of Randy Despino from Colfax, La & Patrick Richardson from Shreveport, La ran Randy’s Skeeter/Yamaha bass rig to mid main lake points with grass to catch their bass with American Rodsmiths rods tipped with cranks & C-rigged worms in 15-20 ft of water. They had a limit of keepers in the boat by 10 am and culled several times by 3 pm to finish in 4th place with a sack of 14.32 lbs and collected $500.00 for their day on the water. The team of Brian Branham from Brookeland, Tx & Bill Rogers from Jasper, Tx ran their Skeeter/Yamaha bass rig to the mid lake areas to finish in 5th place with their best 5 bass, caught using their American Rodsmiths rods tipped with Tour Tackle jigs with flap daddy trailers around grass beds that tipped the scales at 13.70 lbs. They had a limit in the boat by 10 am and then culled 2 times throughout the day. Their day on the lake payed back $325.00 for their efforts. Ben Vaughn & Michael Latham from Lufkin, Tx ran their Champion/Mercury bass rig to mid main lake on a milk ran to various places throughout the day to finish in 6th place with a total of 5 bass at 13.31 lbs fishing with cranks & tx rigged worms around scattered grass. They took home $260.00 for their day on the water. They would like to thank Tri Lakes Tackle for their support. The team of Mike Needham from LaPorte, Tx & Todd Gulandri from Friendswood, Tx ran their bass rig to mid lake areas to catch their limit of 5 bass pitching frogs in shallow 2-4 ft deep grass edges and ended up with 13.14 lbs to finish in 8th place and collect $170.00. The team of Trey Smith & Hunter Gothia from Bridge City, Tx ran Trey’s new Allison bass rig to mid lake areas to probe the grass and bring in 5 bass at 13.09 lbs to garner the last money at 8th place and collect $150.00. The first place out of the money team was 9th place Tommy Hill & John Frazier, they were not present at the awards ceremony so the Santone & ZZ Lures gift certificates were awarded to the 10th place team of Chris Sparks & Travis Boudreax for their catch of 5 bass at 12.65 lbs. The entire results from this and all A/Q events put on by Anglers Quest can be viewed at our Anglers Quest website. 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. Anglers Quest will be back on Sam Rayburn next Saturday May 8th for the 5th Individual Series event. On May 15th & 16th Anglers Quest will be at Kickapoo Bait & Tackle on Lake Livingston for the 5th of 9 Livingston Weekend Team & Individual Series events. Then on May 22nd & 23rd A/Q is back to Lake Houston at Lake Houston Marina for the 5th Weekend Team & Individual events. And then to Lake Conroe at El Dorado Jack’s for the 5th of 9 Conroe Individual & Weekend Team Series events on May 29th & 30th. Anglers Quest is now accepting Credit Cards. Call Mr Bill or Barbara Long at 281-852-8842 for any information or entry. Be sure and get your entry in as early as possible as boat take off #’s are issued when you sign up for every series except the Tuesday and Wednesday series which draw #’s. 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
