Fishes BASS Southern Opens as Boater and various FLW Series and BASS Elite tournaments as non-boater.
Doug Burke Lakeside, CA basstickler@cox.net
Has been field testing various Optimum Baits and deps products for 5 years. Is on the water 2-3 days per week. Favorite lakes to fish are San Vicente and Diamond Valley Reservoir.
USCG licensed Captain, Full-time Guide/Owner of Karl’s Bassin’ Adventures Guide Service Inc. (Upper Chesapeake Bay, Susquehanna Flats, Conowingo Lake, Potomac River), Writes a monthly series in the Woods & Waters Magazine (Fishing the Upper Bay with Capt. Karl Bunch).
Fishes as a Co-Angler in the FLW Tour and FLW Series. Currently is sponsored and works with; Optimum Baits, Vertical Lures, Wireless Lanyard, Vicious Fishing Line, Save Phace, Reel Grip, Secret Weapon Lures, TC Custom Baits, JKruz Eyewear
David Conway SanDiego, CA conwaycustomrods@cox.net
David is well known for throwing big baits all day long going after that one dream fish.
Lee Cox Hagerstown, MD
U.S.C.G licensed Captain and also fishes the BASS Open Southern and Central Opens.
You know that's a hawg that Big Jim is holding just on the sheer fact that Jim is 6'4" and 300 lbs. Jim excels on the California Delta, Clear Lake and Shasta. His favorite baits from Optimum are the AC Minnow, Furbit, and the Deps Basirisky.
Trent Doser Henderson, Nevada
Has been field testing various Optimum Baits and deps products for about one year. Trent's home lake is Lake Mead. He works at Bass Pro Shops in Las Vegas and fishes in the Angler's Choice Circuit.
Mike participates in over 30 Bass tournaments on an annual basis. Heartland, BFL, Bassmaster weekend series in AR, MO, OK. He worked with the Missouri Department of Conservation and now is owner of Eutsler Outdoors, Inc. Also is the Editor of Heartland Trails magazine and does seminars at the Bass Pro Shops in MO.Sponsors: Optimum Bait Co., ima Japan, Nitro Boats State Team, Bass Pro Shops, Mercury Marine, Motor Guide, Mustad, Tru-Tungsten.
Mike Gardner was born and raised on the Southern California coast. He's been a successful deckhand, tournament professional, fishing periodical publisher, and a U.S.C.G licensed Guide. He currently guides in Newport Bay, San Diego Bay, and Long Beach Harbor for spotted sand bass, calicos and anything that will bite.
Art has been fishing for 40 years. A Navy veteran, he has had over 500 days of fishing on Diamond Valley Lake since it opened in late 2003. He's fished San Diego county lakes and Lake Perris for 25 and 15 years, respectively.
Adam Koda Fontana, CA
Adam has been fishing with Optimum and AA Worms for over 15 years. A very talented fishermen he has spent several years working on the long range boats out of San Diego and now he fishes competively in the Southern California Bass Circuits.
Fishes in Bassmasters Weekend Series –Northstar Division, MN State Bass Federation Tournaments. Sponsored by Optimum Baits, Tru-Tungsten,Secret Weapon Lures, Stay'nCharge, Stick 'em Lures.
Bruce Martin Las Vegas, NV
Cody Meyer Redding, CA
Cody was selected as one of the 8 Young Guns on the west coast. And for good reason. He has amassed over twenty top ten finishes and eleven first place finishes in his Angler Choice region. Cody's favorite lures are frogs and swimbaits.
David Mills Dallas, TX
David has been with Optimum for over 7 years and his favorite bait is still the 3" Micro Optimum. He often couples it with the Crashing Thunder and slow rolls it off the bottom. David enjoys doing seminars at the Texas BPS and Cabelas.
Michael qualified for the FLW Championship this year as a rookie. His strengths include finesse fishing and throwing jerkbaits. He has his own signature bait with ima Japan, called the Flit. Sponsors include: ima Japan, Optimum Baits, Keelshield, Pflueger reels, All Star rods, X-Tools, Shakespeare Fishing Line, Costa Del Mar sunglasses
Joey Outlaw
Age: 35 Tournaments: BASS Weekend Series and BFL's Accomplishments: 2005 BASS Weekend Series Tournament Winner and 2007 BASS Weekend Series Division Championship Tournament Winner Hometown: Camden, SC Fishing Sponsors: Optimum Baits, Vertical Lures, Kistler Rods Favorite Optimum Baits: Wacky Shad, Suspending Optimum Swimbait, IMA Jerkbait
Randy is a now a full time fishing guide on the California Delta and also performs over 40 seminars and guest appearances each year. He has been fishing with Optimum for 1 year and really enjoys using the Furbit Series, Titan Swimbait and the AC Minnow series.
Currently Guides on Lake Mead for Striper and Largemouth Bass. Vern is the tournament director for the U.S. Angler’s Choice Colorado River Trail. Vern has been fishing on Optimum’s team for 6 years and his favorite bait is the Optimum Heavy Cover Attractor. He can be found giving seminars at the Las Vegas Bass Pro Shops.
Todd Reed Marshalltown, IA
Fishes American Bass Anglers and as non-boater on several FLW-Everstart tournaments.
Fred Roumbanis Broken Arrow, OK
Finished #12 in the AOY standings for the BASS Elite Circuit. Fred is Sponsored by IMA Japan and the ZAPPU brands. He developed the ROUMBA with IMA and can be viewed at www.imalures.com
Bill Smith is currently fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series where he finished in second place during the last tournament on Lake Toho. He is also the backbone behind one of the nations finest tackle outlets, Backwaters Online.
Mark "Chief" Torres Camarillo, CA
Mark has been with Optimum for 4 years and really enjoys using the bigger sized swimbaits. Mark was the inventor of the Ambitious Buzz and continues to come up with new lure ideas. He had an excellent 2007 year and will fish in the Federation Championship in November at Lake Toho.
Ronnie Watts Florence, South Carolina
Ronnie has been fishing Optimum’s products for 1 year and enjoys the finesse worms and Heavy Cover Series. He has been fishing competitively for 10 years and his sponsors include: Optimum Baits, Ranger Boats, Mercury Marine, Marshal's Marine.
Todd Woods Murrieta, CA
Todd fishes the FLW Western Series. Has been fishing with Optimum since 2005.
