| Angler\'s Quest Russell Batchelor & Raymond Minchew WIN!!  Anglers Quest Tuesday Series Championship |  |
| by Bill & Barbara Long / Anglers Quest |
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Lake Houston water was a little off color from the recent rains and approximately normal pool level. The weather was really nice with a lot of sunshine with a steady 5-10 mph north breeze on both days of the event as low 50’s at daybreak to mid 70’s during the days greeted the anglers. As Day 1 got underway with the playing of "The National Anthem", the 25 qualified teams took off into the dim morning light at 7:00 am going for the $14,095.00 purse which was the payback by Anglers Quest at this Tuesday Championship event. The Bullett/Mercury team of the brothers Mike Dorcz from Humble & Eddie Harrison from Huffman brought 5 Bass to the scales to lead the way on day 1 with 13.87 lbs. Mike & Eddie had a fine 4.71 lber in their sack to nab the 1st Big Bass and set the mark. Mike reported catching the Big Bass on a Tx rigged trick worm in 4ft of water around some brush in Luces Bayou. The Cobra/Mercury team of Russell Batchelor & Raymond Minchew from Crosby rose to the top of the leader board for 2nd on day 1 with 5 bass that tipped the scales at 12.72 lbs. It was the Bowden Marine BassCat/ Mercury team of Greg Crawford & Jesse Johnson from Huffman to hold down the 3rd spot on day 1 with 5 bass at 12.17 lbs. The ProCraft/Mercury team of Tommy Brooks & Lance Lyles from Houston, Tx brought in a fine sack of 5 bass that tipped the scales at 11.84 lbs to hold down the 4th spot on day one. It was the father & son team of Kevin & Marcus Rhodes from Humble to hold down the 5th spot on day 1 with 5 bass at 11.73 lbs. The Tracker/Mercury team of Jason Reyes from Huffman & Waylon Hull from Humble brought 5 bass to the scales that weighed in at 11.69 lbs to grab the 6th spot on day one. Day 2 was started at 6:55 am by the playing of "The National Anthem". Day 2 weigh-in was exciting as the lead changed several times. Batchelor & Minchew brought another 5 bass to the scales at 13.97 lbs for a 2-day total of 10 bass at 26.69 lbs. They reported catching most of their bass in Luces Bayou and a couple in the main lake around lilly pads in 1-4 ft of water on tx rigged pumpkin/chartreuse lizards and small yellow/blue backed cranks. They collected the 1st place check of $2500.00 and the A/Q Goal Post. Russell & Raymond bought their team during the Calcutta auction on Friday night for $200.00 and received a 1st place Calcutta check for $2000.00. Russell & Raymond wanted to thank God 1st for allowing them to execute this win. They also wanted to thank A-Z Tire company, their wifes Lisa & Stephanie for their support and they also wanted to thank Mr Bill & Barbara Long for making this Win possible. This 1st place finish gave them a total payday of $4500.00. Good Job Guys!! The team of Mike Dorcz & Eddie Harrison give it a valiant effort by bringing in another 5 bass on day 2 at 9.09 lbs to give them a 10 bass total of 22.96 lbs for 2nd place and a check for $1675.00. They bought their team in the Calcutta auction for $115.00 and received another check for $1450.00. They also kept the 1st Big Bass honors with that fine 4.71 lber weighed in on day 1 and collected another check for $750.00 for that one bite. Mike & Eddie reported they caught all their bass on Texas rigged trick worms around brush in 2-6 ft of water in Luces Bayou. For their weekend they collected a total of $3875.00. The new 2009 Angler of the Year team of Jason Reyes & Waylon Hull brought in another 5 bass that weighed 10.48 lbs to give them a 2 day total of 10 bass at 22.17 lbs and the 3rd place check of $900.00. They reported catching all their bass on small crank baits & Texas rigged brush hogs around docks & piers. They did buy their team in the Calcutta auction for $615.00 and collected a check for $1200.00. Their weekend paid back $2100.00 for their efforts. The team of Tony Hawk & Jeremy Murray brought 10 bass in over the 2 days that tipped the scales at 22.04 lbs to claim 4th place and a check for $625.00. They reported catching their bass on small crank baits on shallow laydowns & brush in the main lake and up the E. Fork river. They also bought their team in the Calcutta auction for $605.00 and collected their purse cut of $965.00 to give them a $1590.00 payday. The team of Daryl Kujawa & Richard Meiss weighed in a total of 10 bass at 20.35 lbs over the 2 days and collected $500.00 for their 5th place finish. Larry Cotten bought the team in the Calcutta auction for $425.00 and received $425.00 for his cut of the purse. The Championship event generated a catch of 170 bass weighing 359.23 lbs with an average weight per bass of 2.11 lbs. A special Thanks goes out to Wayne Machann the manager, and the Coys, owners of The Lake Houston Marina for giving the space to do the Anglers Quest events. Nearly all the bass were caught cranking small cranks, or flippin Texas rigs or shakey headed plastic baits in 1-6 ft water all over the lake. Anglers Quest 2009 Schedules are available now online. The 1st event for the 2009 season will be the Saturday Team Series event January 2, and the 1st Individual series event January 3, 2010 at Sam Rayburn going out of Mill Creek Park. Please be sure to check out our "New" Saturday Team Series & Individual Series on Lake Houston, Lake Conroe and Lake Livingston in 2010. Please call 281-852-8842 for entry or info. Anglers Quest will be accepting credit cards again in 2010. Anglers Quest wants to thank all the Anglers that participated in any A/Q events in 2009 and also Thanks to all the A/Q Staff & Sponsors. Schedules & results for all A/Q series events are always available online at the Anglers Quest website. Anglers Quest suggest the use of products & services from these sponsors: American Rodsmiths, Antex Roofing, Automated Mailing Solutions, Bill Lewis Rattle Traps, Big State Fabrication, Bowden Marine Sales & Service, Custom Built Awards, Check-It Stik, City of Jasper, Tx-Chamber of Commerce, City of Mount Pleasant/Titus County Chamber of Commerce, Double ZZ Custom Lures, El Dorado Jacks, Executive Security Integrators, Extreme Sounds 4 ATVs, FishingWorld, Gullo Yamaha Motorsports, Kickapoo Bait & Tackle, Lake Livingston Area Tourism Council, Lone Star Buffet, Mill Creek Grocery, MSD Building Corporation, Power Pole, Rayburn Country Resort, Royal Purple Synthetic Oil, Santone Lures, Sign Designs Now, Stratos 2X Bonus, StyleTile, Superior Paint Works Inc., T/A Lure Retrievers, Team Marine USA, The Stump Restaurant & Club, TIREMAX of North America, Vincent Turf Farms God Bless & Good Fishing to All... Anglers Quest, Mr Bill & Barbara Long
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