(Jul. 09, 2012 - The Umphrey Pavilion, Sam Rayburn, Tx)... Anglers Quest 2012 Sam Rayburn Saturday Series #7 out of The Umphrey Pavilion in Sam Rayburn, Tx began this event with 64 teamed anglers showing up to fish for the $4180.00 purse. This 7th event of 2012 was started as a trailoring event at 5:55 am. The weigh in time was conducted at 4:00 pm. Any Team entering 6 of the 8 saturday series events at Sam Rayburn will automatically qualify for the 2-day Rayburn Team Championship. The top Team in points after all 8 events will be declared the Anglers of the Year and will be awarded free entries to all 2013 Rayburn Saturday Series events. The Teams entering all 8 Rayburn Saturday Series events will automatically qualify for all 3 of the Lakes Individual Series 2-day Championships. Anyone qualifying for any A/Q Championship will be allowed to enter the "Tournament of Champions" on October 20-21 at Lake Falcon.
Sam Rayburn water was in good shape at 1 ft below normal pool level with water temps ranning 88-89 degrees. The weather at takeoff was a calm 76 degrees with a warming to 97 degrees by weigh in time. The fish catching was slow on Big Sam today as there were only 8 limits brought to the scales, for a total of 65 bass at 156.14 lbs making the average bass brought to the scales today weigh 2.40 lb.
The team of Rusty Clark from Sam Rayburn, Tx & Cory Rambo from Orange, Tx ran Cory’s new Ranger/Yamaha from Premier Yamaha Boats in Beaumont, Tx to north lake areas to catch their bass throwing c-rigged worms & lizards along with top water River2Sea proto-type pop n frogs in 1-8 ft of water. They managed to cull from 20 keepers to finish in 1st place with 18.47 lbs for the win and made them $1600.00 for their day on the water. Rusty & Cory want to Thank all of their sponsors: GTI Rentals, Pro Cure, River2Sea, Daley’s Hunt & Fish, Castaway Rods, River City Hospice, G&G Enterprise, Humminbird, Minn Kota & Ranger Boats.
Rodney Owens from Ragley, La & Scott Gill from DeRidder, La ran their bass rig to mid lake areas to catch their limit of bass and bring 14.88 lbs to the scales to garner 2nd place. They collected $850.00 for their day on the water.
The team of Bill Burns & WC Burns ran their bass rig to north lake areas to catch their bass throwing c-rigs in 8-20 ft of water. They managed to cull several times to finish in 3rd with 14.69 lbs and made them $610.00 for their day on the water.
The team of Chris McCall & Clayton Boulware ran Clayton’s Nitro/Mercury bass rig to north lake areas to catch their bass throwing Santone Lures swim baits & c-rigs in 5-15 ft of water. They managed to cull several times to finish in 4th with 14.29 lbs and made them $400.00 for their day on the water.
Daryl Pool from Manvel, Tx & Duane Colvin from Nederland, Tx ran their bass rig to north lake areas to probe the ditches, drains & points with grass to bring 10.91 lbs to the scales. They finished in 5th and also had the Big Bass of the event at 7.93 lbs to collect $390.00 for their day on the water. Moises Rubio & Allan Shivers had 9.31 lbs to finish in 6th and collect $170.00 in this event.
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 our 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!. On July 14th & 15th Anglers Quest will be at Kickapoo Bait & Tackle on Lake Livingston for the 7th of 8 Saturday & Individual Series events. On July 21st & 22nd Anglers Quest will be at Lake Houston Marina on Lake Houston for the 7th of 8 Houston Saturday & Individual Series events. Anglers Quest will be back at The Pavilion at Sam Rayburn on August 11th & 12th for the 8th of 8 Sam Rayburn 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 Long
