Lowrance SA was a proud
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sponsor of the 13 Black Bass
Fishing World Championship.
This pres gious event took
place last week at the Vaal
River in Johannesburg, with
13 countries compe ng for
the tle of WORLD
CHAMPIONS in bass fishing.
The countries that competed were:
·South Africa
·Spain
·Swaziland
·USA
·Zambia
·Zimbabwe
·Croa a
·Germany
·Italy
·Mexico
·Namibia
·Portugal
·Russia
This is the first me that USA has
ever sent a team to compete in a
bass World Championship. Their
presence created a lot of excitement,
as USA are o en considered the
“gurus” of world bass angling, and
this therefore made the 2017 World
Championship a cut above the rest. The US Team featured
no less than four
Lowrance Pro-anglers.
We caught up with one
of them -
Sco Canterbury
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Each country had three boats, with
two anglers per boat: amoun ng to 39
teams in total.
All teams had two prac se days
(where anglers from other countries
could get to know the Vaal River a bit
more), and three compe on days. At
the end of each compe on day,
every two - man team could weigh-in
a bag of five fish in total.
see video below
It was a ght compe on, with Italy,
USA and South Africa all figh ng for
the top spot. They also experienced
trying weather condi ons that made
finding those big bass that much more
difficult.
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