LOWRANCE SOUTH AFRICA Issue 26 | Page 20

BRAND AMBASSADOR MICHAEL CANNON Our new Lowrance Brand Ambassador, 30-year-old Michael Cannon, was virtually born Bass fishing and using Lowrance units. From around three years old he would go out on the boat with his dad Roy, learning all the tricks of the trade from one of the best! Growing up in Westville (attending Westville Boys High), it was easy enough to get to Inanda, Albert Falls and Midmar Dams, where the pair spent many hours practising their skills. They fished off their Rebel 440 with a 90hp Yamaha, which was equipped with a Lowrance fishfinder. While Michael admits he started fishing Juniors quite late (aged 16), all the years of practise paid off. He made the KZN and Junior Protea sides for the next two years in a row. He took a sabbatical from serious fishing over the next four years (from 2007) while he completed his B. Comm majoring in Marketing and Management. But he did enjoy getting out occasionally on their next acquisition – a Nitro Bass boat with a 90hp Mercury motor, equipped with two Lowrance HDS Gen 1 units. A few years later, they upgraded to a Nitro Z6 boat with a 115hp Mercury motor and two Lowrance HDS Gen 2 units.