Email Address:
roger2@netusa1.net

Roger has been married to his beautiful wife, Laura, since 1991. He is also the proud father of two wonderful kids, Ryan and Rene. Roger not only enjoys bass fishing, but also camping with family and friends, coaching his kid's sport teams, and working and playing with his dog "Parker".

Roger's first major fishing trip was in the mid 80's to the beautiful state of Minnesota. A huge "thanks" goes to the Mann family (Doug, Juanita, Rick, and Reece) for including him on this trip. It was in this beautiful lake setting, with eager and abundant bass to catch, that a true passion came alive. Bass fishing has been in Roger's blood ever since.

In 1986 Roger went to Wright State University on a baseball scholarship. When not in class or on the baseball field, Roger pursued his love of fishing by attempting to catch many different kinds of fish: bass, walleye, white bass, and catfish.

Roger started tournament fishing in the mid 90's. With his current partner and long time friend, Eric Foister, Roger started fishing local tournaments and gaining valuable knowledge of the sport. As his abilities and confidence grew, Roger fished larger lakes and bigger tournaments. In 2001 Roger began competing in the Fishers of Men National Tournament Trail. After winning the overall points in 2001and coming in second in points in 2002, Roger's hard work, learning and studying, and confidence in his own ability has started to pay off with better tournament finishes and sponsors. He plans to continue with Fishers of Men because he believes in their message outside of the fishing. Larger individual tournaments are also in his future.

Indiana has reservoirs and natural lakes. This has helped Roger become a more complete bass angler. He prefers to crank and pitch but can finesse in grass, topwater, sight fishing, and Carolina rigging if needed. Roger likes throwing 200 and 300 series Bandit crankbaits and pitching homemade jigs and tubes.

During Spring and Summer, you can find Roger on one of the many northern and central Indiana Lakes, as well as sneaking off to Kentucky to Kentucky Lake or Lake Cumberland; also heading to Minnesota for the annual family fishing trip.

Please fell free to contact Roger. He would be glad to help answer any questions you may have.