Hooters Bass Fishing | 2008 Tour Update 6

2008 Tour Update 6

National Championship

Milford Lake, Junction City, Kansas, was the battleground for the 2008 BASS Federation Nation National Championship. The top angler from each state and a few foreign countries (Mexico, Canada, Italy, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Japan) compete for six golden tickets to the 2009 BassMasters Classic. Hooters Bass Fishing qualified for this prestigious event by receiving 1st place Ohio and overall 1st place champion of the BASS Northern Divisional at Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin in August 2008.

Representing the great state of Ohio and fishing in the National Championship was an honor. The event was covered by many Medias and draws global exposure. One of the most rewarding parts of the event was fishing with and meeting so many of the volunteer men and women from Ft. Riley Army base. You couldn’t have picked more hard working and absolute toughest observers who rode with the contenders in the brutal conditions during the National Championship. I would personally like to thank 1SG Richard Hawk who rolled with HBF on those grueling days of competition. You can see 1SG Hawk and me coming off a wave at the National Championship on pages 78/79 full spread photo in BassMaster Magazine, (Parting Shot)! Nice orange Hooters gloves Sarge!

Even though HBF was not fortunate enough to get one of the golden tickets to the Classic, making the National championship was an experience of a lifetime. HBF would like to thank all of our sponsors that help us qualify for these opportunities, Ft Riley, BASS and ESPN, the Ohio Federation and all its members, our new friends we made from all over, foreign and domestic. As well as the Hooters stores of Topeka, St. Peters, MO., and Illinois that made the long bus ride home a lot easier

Fish on!

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