Rollin'
The latter part of summer was just as hot and heavy as it started for Hooters Bass Fishing this year. In July HBF was invited to the Fort Knox Army base in Kentucky for a most impressive tank demonstration. HBF loaded up the Hooters Bass Fishing tow vehicle with family and all the Hooters gear and Hooters Magazines I could get my hands on and rolled to Kentucky. What a great opportunity to thank our military. After cleaning out the truck of all that Hooters stuff and personally thanking many soldiers. I and family witnessed one of the most awesome, powerful, exhilarating experiences of our lives! The ground rumbled and several tanks rolled up side by side and began to dissect and light up multiple targets up to two miles away! I’ve never felt the fury from those cannons or seen anything so impressive in all my life. This invitation to Fort Knox was truly the highlight of the year, to witness those tanks and also personally thank our heroes.
The rest of July consisted of; another top ten finish at Rocky Fork with team partner Scotty Baker in the USA BASSIN team trail. A seventh place to be exact. A strong limit of five fish was caught and more great points to qualify Team Hooters for the USA BASSIN Super Regional. Team Hooters won the Super Regional event last year and took home a brand new boat. USA BASSIN is a great trail, check it out! Also HBF scored another great finish at the Ohio River, Gallipolis, in the OBFN State Invitational. 2009 is wrapping up to being a record year for HBF in the OBFN trail. One tournament remains for the quest for angler of the year and State team qualifications. After this event HBF is in second place if you removed everyone’s drop event. The Ohio BASS Federation is another great trail I strongly encourage anyone to participate their states BASS Federations. Hats of to the OBFN for their promotion of fellowship, conservation and especially all the youth programs.
August rolled in with a great visit from Coach Jim Stofko and his band of merry men. Coach Stofko and senior captains from the Moeller High School football team enjoyed some great fishing and fellowship at the Hooters Bass Fishing headquarters private lake before starting two a day practice for the upcoming season. If those boys play ball as well as they can fish, look out for their competition! Getting young folks in the outdoors is what it’s all about, hats off coach Stofko!
Rollin is just what HBF did in August to one of our favorite destinations. Lake Champlain, New York was the battlegrounds for the second of three events on the BASSMASTER Northern Open trail this year. HBF had the pleasure of meeting, fishing and rooming with two of the greatest people I’ve simply ever had the pleasure to meet; Don and Will Peet from the Vera Bradley Corp. Don, father and son, Will came to New York for Will’s first major league bass tournament. I was so impressed with Don’s devotion to his children and Family and the human race for that matter. If I could ever hire a team manager, this guy would be it! Young Will at 16 years wise was equally impressive, his sportsmanship and manners and the fact he was jumping in the big leagues and the youngest contender in the tournament was refreshing and amazing. HBF had two great days with strong limits weighing over 12lbs each day and two great partners for the event. What a great region and beautiful waters. HBF would like to thank Chris Jackson, the city of Plattsburgh and Don and Will Peet. I would also like to thank the ESPN and BASSMASTER folks for a great time and all the fun and exposure Hooters receives at these events.
Congrats to the following Hooters Gift card recipients for their performance at the Ohio Bass Federation’s State Invitational on the Ohio River, Gallipolis!
Angler Division
~Big Bass~
Randy Peck
Kokosing Valley Bass Club
Hooters Gift Card - $25.00
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~1st Place~
Randy Peck
Kokosing Valley Bass Club
Hooters Gift Card - $50.00
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~2nd Place~
Bill Schumate
Hard Knox Bassmasters
Hooters Gift Card - $25.00
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Co-Angler's Division
~Big Bass ~
Brian Mailot
Out Cast Bassmasters
Hooters Gift Card- $25.00
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~1st Place ~
Don Coots
Hard Knox Bassmasters
Hooters Gift Card - $50.00
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~2nd Place ~
Chad Kelley
Champaign County Bassmasters
Hooters Gift Card - $25.00
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Thanks, enjoy, best Fishes!
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