With Mother’s Day just around the corner, TowBoatUS Capt. Dave Anderson may have some making up to do. But accomplished female tournament angler Janet Parker will forever be grateful for the assistance he provided her during the Bassmaster Central Open on Table Rock Lake.
Yes, Parker swears it’s true – Anderson actually declined a cell-phone call from his own mother while assisting her with a dead battery in the midst of competition on day 1 of the tournament.
Parker found Anderson’s decision to shun his own mother rather humorous, but there was nothing funny about being powerless after just her second stop of the day on the first day of the tournament, when attempting to crank up and run farther north on expansive Table Rock.
“On my second location I caught a keeper, but the fish were not really cooperating so I decided to make a run farther north, but my boat wouldn’t start,” Parker explained. Thank goodness she listened to her inner voice at the mandatory angler registration meeting the night before, and signed up for a BoatUS Angler membership with representatives who were on site.
“I always had the ‘it won’t happen to me’ attitude. Fortunately when I was at registration, I had a little voice say I'd better sign up for both the BoatUS Angler Unlimited On-the-Road and On-the-Water Towing services. I figured if I never used it I’d only be out $72, but if I needed it, it’d be priceless. Guess what – it proved priceless.
“The TowBoatUS captains went above and beyond what was required or expected. With permission from the tournament officials, Ranger Boats rep George Liddle met Capt. Dave at a marina with a new battery, and then Capt. Dave and Delton came to where I was fishing and installed the new battery.
“Capt. Dave and Capt. Delton even came to the weigh-in later that day to see how I did, and I reminded Capt. Dave that he’d better call his mama back.”
Turns out, Parker wasn’t the only angler that TowBoatUS aided during the event. Capts. Dave and Delton answered numerous other dispatch calls for on-the-water assistance from Parker’s competitors during the 3-day event on ‘The Rock.’
Tournament anglers who buy a BoatUS Angler membership will also benefit greatly from their subsequent free participation in the BoatUS Angler "Weigh to Win" tournament cash bonus program.
Simply said, it pays to buy a highly affordable BoatUS Angler membership, regardless of which B.A.S.S., FLW, LBAA, College Bass or PAA events you compete in, especially when you’re registered for the Weigh-to-Win cash tournament bonus program. That’s why hundreds of anglers signed up last year.
To make sure you are eligible in 2012, just dial (918) 742-6424 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CST, Monday through Friday, and ask for Kendell. She’ll make sure you get signed-up. To learn more, click here.
