Anglers Quest 2010 Sam Rayburn Weekend Team Series #8 out of Mill Creek Park in Brookeland, TX began this event with 60 teamed anglers showing up to fish for the $4045.00 purse. After the playing of the National Anthem this event was started at 6:20 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 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 4 3/4 ft below normal pool level with water temps ranning 90-92 degrees. The weather at takeoff was a calm 84 degrees with a warming to 98 degrees by weigh in time. The fish catching was pretty good on Big Sam today as there were 13 limits brought to the scales, for a total of 79 bass at 226.18 lbs making the average bass brought to the scales today weigh 2.86 lb.
The team of “The Todd” Castledine & Brent Broussard from Nacogdoches ran “The Todds” Legend/Mercury bass rig to various mid lake scattered grass areas in 2′-8′ water to catch their 5 bass limit on their Castaway rods & Shimano reels spooled with Seaguar and Suffix braid tipped with Strike Pro, Excite & Combat lures. They were able to hold their boat positions with their Power Pole. They had a limit of fish in the boat in the first 15 minutes of the T and caught 15 keepers during the day. The team weighed in at 2:30 to avoid any more of their fish dying, as their big bass bellied up. Todd & Brent had 23.38 lbs making them a $1550.00 payday for a 1st 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 late in the day to finish in 2nd place with 23.13 lbs and collect $820.00 for their day on the water.
Rusty Clark from Sam Rayburn & Cory Rambo from Orange ran their Ranger/Mercury bass rig to mid main lake on a milk ran to various places throughout the day to finish in 3rd place with a total of 5 bass at 18.47 lbs fishing with tx rigged worms around brush piles. They took home $600.00 for their day on the water.
The team of Shelby Shaw from Huntsville & Shane Gibson from Kilgore ran their Skeeter/Yamaha bass rig to various lake areas to finish in 4th with their best 5 bass, caught using their rods tipped with frogs around shallow grass that tipped the scales at 18.15 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 $400.00 for their efforts.
The team of Bobby Moody from Deer Park & David Smith from Humble ran Bobby’s Legend/Mercury bass rig to mid main lake areas to catch their bass using their rods tipped with cranks & tx rigged worms. They managed to catch 5 keepers by late in the day to finish in 5th place with 16.37 lbs and took home $200.00 for their day on the water.
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 & Revo reels spooled with Berkley Fireline Braid tipped with Santone Rayburn swim jigs & Gambler Cane Toads in 1-3 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 6th place with a sack of 14.71 lbs and collected $175.00 for their day on the water.
The first place out of the money team was 7th place, Keith Ray & Stephen West were present at the awards ceremony so the Santone & ZZ Lures gift certificates were awarded to them for their catch of 14.70 lbs.
Brian Branum & Bill Rogers had the Big Bass of the event at 7.19 lbs to collect $150.00 for that 1 bite. The entire results from this and all A/Q events put on by Anglers Quest can be viewed at the 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.
On August 21st & 22nd Anglers Quest will be at Lake Conroe at El Dorado Jack’s for the 8th of 9 Conroe Individual & Weekend Team events. Then on August 28th & 29th A/Q is back to Lake Houston at Lake Houston Marina for the 8th of 9 Weekend Team & Individual events. 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 at sign up.
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
