The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation recently announced the winner of its national Take Me Fishing contest. The lucky guy of the contest, which was held in conjunction with Triple-A Baseball, was George Hans of Ankeny, Iowa. Hans, 74, was presented with the grand prize – a fully equipped, 17-foot Triton VT 17 bass boat powered by Mercury.
"I was completely in shock when they told me," said Hans, a Des Moines-area resident for the past three decades and a professional truck driver for more than 40 years. "Although I'm not a big angler, it looks like I'll be doing a lot more fishing."
Hans entered the contest at an Iowa Cubs game earlier this season. He was randomly selected from nearly 20,000 entries.
