Anglers Quest Houston Individual #5
Anglers Quest 2013 Lake Houston Individual #5 out of Lake Houston Marina in Huffman, Tx began this event with 22 anglers showing up to fish for the $1370.00 purse. This 5th event of 2013 was started at 6:00 am. The weigh in time was conducted at 4:00 pm. Any Individual entering 6 of the 8 Houston Individual Series events will automatically qualify for the 2-day Lake Houston Individual Championship. The top Individual in points after 8 events will be declared the Angler of the Year and will be awarded free entries to all 2014 Houston Individual Series events. The Individuals entering all 8 Houston Individual Sunday events will automatically qualify for all 3 of the Lake Series 2-day Championships. Any Individual qualifying for any A/Q Championship will be allowed to enter the “Tournament of Champions” on October 23-27 at Toledo Bend.
Lake Houston water was in good shape and about 1 1/2 feet below normal pool level with water temps ranning 70-74 degrees. The weather at takeoff was a calm 62 degrees with the day warming up to 85 degrees. The fish catching continues to be good on Lake Mud as there was 12 limits brought to the scales for a total of 75 bass at 186.63 lbs making the average bass brought to the scales today weigh 2.48 lb.
Randy Quin from Huffman, Tx ran his Champion/Mercury bass rig to the west fork creek areas to catch his bass throwing Tx rigs & spinner baits in 1-3 ft of water around flooded grass and brush. Randy managed to catch 15 keepers to finish in 1st place with a great bag of 5 bass tipping the scales at 15.74 lbs and made himself $625.00 for his day on the water.
Tommy Brooks from Humble, Tx ran his BassCat/Mercury to north & south lake creeks to catch his bass throwing tx rigged worms in 2-4 ft of water around flooded grass and brush. Tommy managed to catch numerous keepers to finish in 2nd place with a great bag of 5 bass tipping the scales at 15.31 lbs and made himself $325.00 for his day on the water.
Chris DiBerardino from Huffman, Tx ran his brand new Bowden Marine prepped BassCat/Mercury bass rig to the north & south end of the lake to finish with 5 bass at 14.31 lbs to claim $150.00. Chris wanted to Thank his sponsors Mercury Marine, Bass Kandi, Mustad, Top Brass, Seaguar, Daleys Fish & Hunt and Power Pole. Wesley Bennett from Houston, Tx ran his bass rig to the north end of the lake to finish with 5 bass at 14.12 lbs to claim 4th & Big Bass with a fine 5.94 lber and collected $110.00 for his day of fishing. Danny StAndrie finished in the 1st place out of the money with 13.89 lbs to receive the Rhino Bed Liner $50.00 Gift Card from Martels Welding Works. You must be present at weigh in to collect the gift cards or they are passed to the next boat.
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, The Foremost Group..ie The Salamone Agency, Bowden Marine, Power Pole “Captains Cash”, Solar Bat Sunglasses, Martel’s Rhino Bed Liners, Buster McNutty’s Gift Cards, Sam Rayburn Resort and PAA membership bonus. Please read the qualifications for these great incentives on our Anglers Quest web site.
On May 21st & 28th A/Q will be at Lake Houston Marina on Lake Houston for the 9th & 10th of 23 Houston Tuesday Series events. On May 25th Anglers Quest will remain at Lake Houston for the 5th of 8 Saturday Team Series events. Anglers Quest will be back at Kickapoo Bait & Tackle on Lake Livingston on May 26th for the 5th of 8 Individual Series events.
NOTE Anglers Quest in an effort to increase entries in the Individual Series events on Lake Livingston & Lake Houston has switched the dates of the 2 series events to make the Individual events not fall on the same weekend as the Team events. The 3 remaining Livingston Individual events will be on June 23-July 21-August 18. The 3 remaining Houston Individual events will be on June 9-July 14-August 4. We do hope this change does not cause anyone any inconvenience…we are trying to make these 2 series better for you and A/Q.
Anglers Quest still accepts 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. 2013 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, City of Onalaska, Custom Built Awards, Executive Security Integrators, FishingWorld.com, Foremost Insurance Group, Foster Fence Ltd, Freeway Truck Sales, Jasper Economic Development District #1, Kickapoo Bait & Tackle, Lake Houston Marina, Lone Star Buffet, Martel’s Welding Works, Need More Tackle, Power Pole, Rayburn Country Resort, Royal Purple Synthetic Oil, Sabine County Tourism, Solar Bat Sunglasses, Superior Paint Works Inc., The Stump Bar & Grill, Tri County Construction Co., Vincent Turf Farms,
God Bless & Good Fishing to All…
Anglers Quest, Mr Bill & Barbara Long
By: Bill & Barbara Long, Anglers Quest
