Anglers Quest 2012 Lake Houston Saturday Series #4 out of Lake Houston Marina in Huffman, Tx began this event with 50 teamed anglers showing up to fish for the $3235.00 purse. Any team entering 6 of the 8 Lake Houston Team Series events will automatically qualify for the 2-day Houston 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 Houston Team Series events. The teams entering all 8 Houston Team series events will automatically qualify for all 3 of the Lakes Team 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. This 4th event of 2012 was started at 6:25 am. Lake Houston water was in decent shape and at approximately normal pool with water temps ranning 75-78 degrees. The weather at takeoff was alot windy and 53 degrees with a warming to 72 degrees by weigh in time. The fish catching was slow on Lake Mud today as there were only 4 limits brought to the scales, for a total of 54 bass at 116.72 lbs making the average bass brought to the scales today weigh 2.16 lb.
The Team of Matt Benefield & Cody Werner from Huffman, Tx ran Matt’s BassCat/Mercury bass rig to the north end of the lake in Luces Bayou to catch their bass throwing rivets in 1-5 ft of water around pads using their American Rodsmiths & Denali rods & Revo reels. They managed to cull 2 times to finish in 1st place with 12.33 lbs. This win made them $1400.00 for their day on the water.
The team of Dean Coleman & Jimmy Emmons Jr from Humble, Tx ran Jimmy’s Champion/Yamaha bass rig to north lake creeks. They finished in 2nd with their best 5 bass caught with worms & small cranks in 1-5 ft water that tipped the scales at 11.21 lbs. Their day on the lake paid back $700.00 for their efforts.
The team of David Wheaton from New Caney, Tx & Lanny Diemert from Kingwood, Tx ran Lanny’s Champion/Mercury bass rig to north lake creeks. They finished in 3rd with their best 5 bass caught with tx rigged centipedes & small cranks in 1-5 ft water that tipped the scales at 10.72 lbs. Their day on the lake paid back $430.00 for their efforts. The one man team of Albert White from Houston, Tx finished in 4th with 4 bass at 10.54 lbs and also had the Big Bass of the event at 4.65 lbs and collected $425.00. The team of Cody Shirley & Hector Rios finished in 5th place and collected $155.00 for their day on the water.
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.
Anglers Quest will be on Lake Houston every Tuesday evening from 6:00-9:15 pm. Come on out and see if you can be the Big Dogs!. Anglers Quest will be at The Pavilion at Sam Rayburn on March 5th & 6th for the 5th of 8 Sam Rayburn Saturday & Individual Series events. On May 19th & 20th Anglers Quest will be at Kickapoo Bait & Tackle on Lake Livingston for the 5th of 8 Saturday & Individual Series events. On May 26th & 27th Anglers Quest will be back at Lake Houston Marina on Lake Houston for the 5th of 8 Houston 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
