Having just returned from New Hampshire and my third experience as a member of Team Ontario,

During the week of August 18-22nd, I was busy preparing for the 2008 annual Hank Gibson Ontario BASS Federation Nation (OBFN) Provincial Qualifier that would be held in Orillia August 23rd and 24th.

For me more than any other sport, tournament bass fishing has always been a continual series of highs and lows. My first tournaments date back to 1986 when I got my first small aluminum bass boat.

In 1990 Canada's Hank Gibson of Keswick Ontario made history. He became not only the first Canadian but the first non American to ever qualify for and fish the Bassmasters Classic - the Stanley Cup of professional bass fishing.