A big bass pot auction, headed up by Auctioneer, Skip Galloway from Highlands, Tx took place next with all different kinds of items brought and donated by the fishermen and the sponsors to raise money for their Big Bass Pot went off very well. The big bass pot auction raised $2295.00. The Calcutta Auction followed and sold teams from $50 to $350 and raised $3390.00 to add to the anglers pot.

The Lake Livingston Area Tourism Council, and chief cook Phil Smith treated all 35 team championship anglers and their families to a very good old fashion catfish fry and all the trimmings at the final day weigh in at Kickapoo Bait & Tackle on Sunday.

The weather was an absolute delight as low 60’s at daybreak to low 80’s during the day with a slight breeze for the entire event. As Day 1 got underway with the playing of the national anthem after a 1 hour delay because of the fog, the 35 Qualified Teams took off into the dim morning light at 7:30 am going for the $10,618.73 purse which was the 97% payback promised by A/Q at all Championships.

The torrential 14 days of rain that led up to the event had both lakes above flood stage going into the event. Lake Houston on day 1 was still about 24" above normal and very muddy, but the 35 teams still brought in 5 limits of bass, 81 fish that totaled 175 lbs with an incredible limit from Ricky Guy from Deer Park & Larry Cotton from Channelview that led the way at 16.25 lbs.

Ricky & Larry reported catching their bass on the north end of Lake Houston in the commode hole area of the lake on Texas rigged brushhogs and spinner baits.

Chris Diberardino from Crosby & Dean Coleman from Kingwood, held down the 2nd spot on day 1 with another nice limit at 11.30 lbs also caught on the north end of the lake in Luces Bayou on small crank baits.

John Payette & Scott Hill both from Houston brought in 5 bass @ 9.73 lbs to hold down the 3rd spot on day 1. John & Scott reported catching all of their bass in 30 minutes off of 1 dock in Luces Bayou on Bomber fat A fire tiger crank baits.

Day 2 was started by the national anthem at 6:20 am on a beautiful clear morning from Kickapoo Bait & Tackle in Onalaska, Tx. Day 2 weigh-in was exciting as over half the teams from day 1 still had a shot at winning the event.

Ricky Guy & Larry Cotten brought in another limit of bass on day 2 that weighed 10.37 lbs to give them a 2 day total of 26.62 lbs and take home the win and the A/Q trophies and $3895.07. Ricky & Larry lost the lower unit on their Champion-Mercury rig early in the day and were forced to fish the cove at Kickapoo Bait & Tackle to catch their last 3 keepers to win the event.

Jeff Jackowski & Steve Cross from Spring brought 5 bass to the scales on day 2 to boost their 2-day total to 23.26 lbs and claimed the 2nd place A/Q plaques and $2047.54. Jeff & Steve reported catching their bass on an all day bite from numerous areas of the lake on Texasrigged worms and spinner baits.

John Payette & Scott Hill brought in 5 bass on day 2 to boost their 2-day total to 21.28 lbs and claim the 3rd place plaques and $827.13. Larry Jenkins & Dale Hill both from Livingston brought in 5 bass on day 2 to boost their 2-day total to 21.12 lbs and claim 4th place plaques and $534.75. 5th place was claimed by Al Aaron from Crosby and Phil Addison from Baytown, they weighed a 2 day total of 8 bass at 20.58 lbs to claim their A/Q plaques and $250.00.

The Big Bass of the event, a 5.18 lber was brought to the scales on day 2 by Al & Phil, that one bite netted them $1560.01. The big bass came on a Bumper Stumper spinner bait. The last money spot, $200.00 and plaques for 6th place was collected by Don Knapp from Montgomery and Todd Threlkeld from Trinity with 19.89 lbs. The 2nd big bass, Larry Johnson & Glenn Bradley from Baytown brought in a fine 5.00 lber on day 1 their 1 bite paid them $668.57.

Anglers Quest has 1 event left for 2002, a 2 day Pro-Am event on Lake Houston, November 16-17, call 281-852-8842 for info or entry. Anglers Quest 2003 Schedules are now available, if you would like one, please notify us for one.

The 1st event for the 2003 season will be the Saturday Series Team event on Lake Livingston, January 4, 2003 going out of Kickapoo Bait & Tackle. We always accept credit cards online and by phone for entry fees, call 281-852-8842.

Anglers Quest wants to Thank all the Anglers that participated in any A/Q events in 2002 and also Thanks to all the A/Q Staff & Sponsors. Anglers Quest is Sponsored by: Advent Communications, Alpine Marina, All-Star Rods, Anchorage Marina, B & D Auto Glass, Big Daddy’s Liquor, Check-It Stik, Classic Awards & Trophies, DeMontrond Dodge, Kickapoo Bait & Tackle, Lake Houston Marina, MSD Building Corporation, Quality Mop & Broom, Royal Purple Oil, Superior Seals Inc, Union Planters Banks, Waterwood Resort & Marina & The Lake Livingston Area Tourism Council.

God Bless & Good Fishing..
Mr Bill & Barbara Long