Anglers Quest Super Team # 1
Albert Collins & Bobby LeBert WIN!!
By Mr Bill & Barbara Long
Anglers Quest
Super Team Series 2008
Lake Sam Rayburn-Brookeland, Tx
Mill Creek Park
January 27-2008
Anglers Quest 2008 Super Team Series # 1 blasted off after the playing of the national anthem at 7:00 am on Sam Rayburn with 82 teamed anglers showing up to go for the all cash purse of $7960.00. This Series will provide the "Team Anglers of the Year" with free entries to all 2009 Super Team Series events. The Super Team Series Championship will be a 2 day event held on Sam Rayburn for the Top 25 in points or any team entering all 7 events on September 6-7, 2008, this will be a no entry fee championship with $5000 guaranteed going to the winner. Top 5 and the Championship winning team from this Series will advance to the "Tournament of Champions" which will be held on Choke Canyon Reservoir on November 8-9, 2008 and will have a maximum of 38 teams from all Anglers Quest series go to a very exciting GUARANTEED $15,000.00 to the winner Championship. All Anglers Quest Championships include Calcutta auctions which builds the Championship purse to some very nice $$ to compete for.
 | | #1 Super Team winners Albert Collins & Bobby LeBert |
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The air temp at takeoff was 59 degrees with a warming to 66 degrees at weigh in time. The water was at approximately 5 ½ ft below normal pool level with water temps running 50-53 degrees in the main lake. The fishing was pretty good on Big Sam today as 19 limits were brought to the scales for a total of 123 bass at 367.02 lbs making the average bass brought to the scales today weigh 2.98 lb.
Albert Collins from Nacogdoches & Bobby LeBert from Brookeland, Tx run Bobby's Skeeter/Yamaha bass rig to mid and south lake areas to cull to their limit of 5 bass casting rattle traps and Tx rigged plastics to 6-8 ft deep grass edges and ended up with 23.33 lbs to finish in 1st place and collect the A/Q "Goal Posts" and $3600.00. Albert hung a fish of a lifetime for most anglers, a huge bass, a 12.33 lb monster bass to anchor their bag for the win.
Chris McCall from Jasper & Pete Shivers from Kirbyville, Tx run Pete's bass rig to mid lake grass beds to catch their limit of 5 bass flippin' Texas rigged plastic baits to 8 ft deep grass edges and ended up with 19.94 lbs to finish in 2nd place and collect $1350.00.
 | | 2nd place 19.94 lbs Chris McCall & Pete Shivers |
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Frank Cartwright & Selvin Cartwright from Shelbyville, Tx fished as a team today and gathered up their 5 bass and tipped the scales with 18.72 lbs to finish in 3rd place and collect $750.00.
David Ortiz from Baytown & Keith Matthews from Crosby, Tx run David's Triton/Evinrude bass rig to numerous areas north on the lake to catch their best 5 bass to bring to the scales to capture 4th place and $550.00 throwing c-rigs & rattle traps in the grass.
Mark Rouse from LaPorte & Randy Quin from Huffman, Tx powered Mark's Triton/Mercury bass rig to nearby mill creek areas with grass to catch their best 5 bass of 18.19 lbs throwing traps to garner 5th place and $400.00 for their day on the water.
Larry Cotten from Huffman & Clint May from LaPorte finished their day with their limit of 5 bass at 17.72 lbs and collected 6th place and $300.00.
Jason Woods & Corey Rambo from Orange, Tx finished in 7th place with 17.57 lbs and collected $265.00.
 | | 3rd place Frank & Selvin Cartwright 18.72 lbs. |
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Clay West from Lumberton & Clint West from Orange, Tx finished their day in 8th place with 17.40 lbs and collected $240.00 for their day on the water.
Anglers Quest will be back on Big Sam on February 2nd for # 2 of the 9 Sam Rayburn Saturday Series events. Enter these events anytime at Needmore Tackle or Mill Creek Grocery. Anglers Quest will be at Lake Livingston at Kickapoo Bait & Tackle on February 9th for # 2 of the 9 Livingston Saturday Series events. Enter these events anytime at Kickapoo Bait & Tackle or call Anglers Quest at 281-852-8842.
Anglers Quest 2008 Rules & Schedules are now posted on our web site at www.anglers-quest.com. Anglers Quest wants to thank all the anglers that participate in any A/Q events and also Thanks to all the A/Q Staff & Sponsors. A/Q 2008 Sponsors are: Allstar
Signworks, Alpine Marina, American Rodsmiths, Antex Roofing, Automated Mailing Solutions, Big State Fabrication, Custom Built Awards, Check-It Stik, City of Jasper, Tx-Tourism, Executive Security Integraters, Extreme Sounds 4 ATV's, FishingWorld.com, Hector's Mexican Restaurant, Inland Discount Marine Inc., JCS Granite, Kickapoo Bait & Tackle, Lake Houston Marina, Lake Livingston Area Tourism Council, Lone Star Buffet, Mill Creek Grocery, MSD Building Corporation, Needmore Tackle, Rayburn Country Resort, Re/Max Realtors, Royal Purple Oil, StyleTile.net, Superior Paint Works Inc., The Stump Restaurant & Club, Vincent Turf Farms.
 | | Monster Bass 12.33 lber Albert Collins & Bobby LeBert |
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God Bless & Good Fishing to all…
Anglers Quest,
Mr Bill & Barbara Long