Rod Bates

Home: Landisburg, Pennsylvania
Family: (wife) Linda, (daughters) Kristen & Britney
Hobbies: Fishing & Hunting
Boat: Custom built Snyder Jet boat

Favorite Technique: Jig Fishing
Fishing Strength: Willingness to adapt
Favorite Lake: Lake Erie
Favorite Species Fished: Smallmouth Bass
Likes to Fish: I fish everywhere but most of my fishing is the Susquehanna River

Fishing all my life, we have pictures of me fishing in diapers and I am now 52
2 Top-10 tournament finishes
12 Years being a fishing guide
Bass Pro Shops Pro Staff member