2023 Pro Staff
Andrew Nordbye
Bio:
Youtube personality and content creator Andrew Nordbye and wife Codi make their home on beautiful Lake Guntersville. Andrew recently received his invitation to compete on the MLF Invitational Pro Circuit.
Bobby Lane
Bio:
A Florida native, Bobby was born in Tampa and raised in Lakeland. He grew up in a fishing family, spending his time as a kid on the lakes around Kissimmee with his fishing heroes, his father and grandfather as well as his brothers, Chris and Arnie Lane.
Bobby has fished professionally since his start on the FLW Tour in 2004. Since then, he has fished almost every pro circuit including the Bassmaster Elite Series, the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour and the FLW Pro Circuit and he has never missed a championship qualification in almost 20 years.
Bobby wanted to give back to the community that supported him in his journey to become a professional bass angler. With a family of his own, he saw the importance of a proper education and the need to support our youth to get outdoors. In 2010 Bobby started his first youth tournament geared towards junior and high school anglers. Each year almost 400 anglers compete in the Bobby Lane Cup. With support from the community and multiple sponsors, Bobby is able to award upwards of $38,000 in educational scholarships to deserving youth anglers each year.
Bobby, along with his wife Madeline, run the LCS Viking Anglers Club at their children’s school. They host club tournaments each year as well as provide a platform for the students to fish the Bass Nation youth tournaments.
Family: wife (Madeline) kids (Alexis, Bobby III & Amberly)
Online:Facebook: Bobby Lane Fishing, Instagram: @bobbylanefisherman, Twitter: BobbybassLane, You Tube: Bobby Lane Fishing, Tik Tok: @bobbylanefisherman
Career Winnings: $2.56 million
CareerHighlights:
- 9 - Career wins
- 70- Top 10 finishes
- 167- Top 20 finishe
- 2007 Stren Series Potomac River Champion
- 2009 Stren Series Potomac River Champion
- 2009 Elite Series Tennessee Triumph Champion
- 2012 Corporate Cup Kissimmee Chain Champion
- 2015 MLF Challenge Cup Harris Chain Champion
- 2017 Major League Fishing World Champion
- 2018 Bassmaster Open Kissimmee Chain Champion
- 2021 General Tire Team Series Champion
- 2022 Redcrest Champion
Sponsors:
Berkley, Abu Garcia, Phoenix Boats, Yamaha Outboards, Gravely, Academy Sports & Outdoors, Power Pole, Lowrance, Costa Sunglasses, Frogg Toggs, Starbrite Solutions, Startron Fuel Treatment, TH Marine, Skinny Water Marine, Inno Advanced Car Racks, B & L Tires, Charleston Rubber & Gasket, Keller Mechanical and Engineering, Camp Mack a Guy Harvey River Resort, Bass Addiction Gear, Plano, Frabill, Cuda Brand
Chris Lane
Bio:
Chris Lane has been fishing professionally since 2000, but his tournament fishing goes back to when he was just a boy and would have family tournaments between his dad, grandfather, and his brothers Bobby and Arnie Lane.
Chris Lane lives with his wife and four children in Guntersville, Alabama. Originally from Central Florida he made the move in 2009, giving him a more central location and a terrific place to raise a family.
Chris Lane began hosting an annual kids fishing camp, Reeling in Future Pros upon moving to Guntersville, AL. His strong family values keep him focused on giving back to his community and the fishing industry.
Below are some Facts, Career Highlights and Sponsors:
Family: Wife(Holly), Kids(Cal, Hunter, Hannah, Coleman)
Weigh-in Music:The PowerPole Song by R. Clawson
Online:ChrisLaneFishing.com/@ChrisLaneFish
Facebook.com/ChrisLaneFishing
Career B.A.S.S. Winnings - $1,916,947
CareerHighlights:
- 2015 Elite Series Sabine River Champion
- 2014 Elite Series St.John’s River Champion
- 2013 Elite Series Plano Championship Champion
- 2012 Bassmaster Classic Champion
- 2012 Southern Open Champion
- 7 career B.A.S.S. wins
- 28 top-10 B.A.S.S. finishes
- 99 top-50 B.A.S.S. finishes
- Host of Annual Chris Lane Kids Fishing Camp
Hobbies: Golf, spendingtime with family
Sponsors:
Power Pole, Bass Pro Shops, Mercury, Luck E Strike, Legend Boats, River 2 Sea, Costa, FroggToggs, CR&G, TH Marine, Motor Guide, Bob Hembree Chevy, Lithium Pros, Raymarine, Foodland,Big Green Egg, River Rocks Plantation
David Mullins
Bio:
Hometown - Mt. Carmel, Tennessee
Hobbies - Deer and duck hunting, weight lifting, sports
Years as a Pro - 5
Career Highlights - 2016 Southern Open Champion (Douglas Lake) and 5 Top 10 Finishes in BASS events
Social Media - Instagram/Twitter - @Dmullinsfishing, Facebook - David Mullins fan page
Sponsors - frogg toggs, Triton Boats, Garmin, Sunline, New Breed Archery, Nichols Lures, ConnectScale, Doomsday Tackle Company, Scottsboro Tackle Swimbaits, Benchmade Knife Company, TackleDirect
Keith Poche
Bio:
Keith Poche was born and raised in Natchitoches, Louisiana where he grew up fishing for fun as a kid. He started college in Louisiana and transferred to Alabama, to play football for Troy University. He only played one season for Troy University before a shoulder injury sidelined him.
After surgery, he passed his time by fishing. It was then, that he realized his love of the sport and was introduced to tournament fishing. He fell in love and after several years of fishing local tournaments, the Bassmaster Weekend Series and Bassmaster Opens, his hard work paid off and he qualified to fish the Bassmaster Elite Series.
Since fishing in the Bassmaster Elite Series Keith has had 35 top 50 finishes, 14 top 20 finishes, 6 top 10 finishes and finished 3rd at the Bassmaster Classic. In 2014 he joined Major League Fishing and won 1st place in his very first show! Keith has also been actively involved over the last 9 years with multiple charity organizations and events, including Wounded Warriors, A-Hero, Tackle the Storm, Outdoors Without Limits, Lee King Benefit Foundation, Ryan Newman Foundation and A Life Line Foundation.
Keith currently resides in Pike Road, Alabama with his wife Brandy and two daughters, Isabella and Ava.
Kyle Cortiana
Bio:
Kyle Cortiana has been fishing with his father since he was 3 years old and did it all from the bank or docks.After getting his Civil Engineering Degree from Oklahoma State University in 2008, Kyle got married and saved enough money so that he and his father could purchase their first bass boat. They immediately started fishing weekly jackpots together and had a lot of success. With their success as a team, Kyle grew a competitive desire to try his hand at solo events.
In 2016, Kyle fished his first season of the Major League Fishing (formerly FLW) Costa Series and Won Angler of the Year. With this Title, he got invited to join the 2017 FLW Tour and accepted that invite.From 2017 thru 2021, Kyle balanced a full-time civil engineering position with the full-time schedules of the FLW Tour and Costa/Toyota Series.
But at the end of 2021, Kyle and his wife Miranda decided to make a major life change which included selling their dream home, quitting their jobs in engineering and healthcare, and buying a 5th wheel camper to travel/live full-time on the road and depending on fishing as the only source of income. While on the road, they adopted Marshall which is a black Malti-poo-poo (yes two Poo’s) and are now a happy fishing family that you’re likely to see anywhere there’s water and 5th wheel hookups!
Mark Rose
Bio:
A 12-year veteran of the FLW Tour and one of the most successful anglers in FLW history, Mark Rose was the 2018 FLW Tour Angler of the Year. The Arkansas native has eight tour-level wins, 61 Top 10s and nearly $3 million in career winnings to his credit.
Why he fishes: "I feel like I was blessed with good outdoor skills and I'm very competitive. Bass fishing was a way I could pursue those."
Sponsors:
General Tire, MidwayUSA, Lew’s, Strike King, Bass Cat, Lucas Oil, Realtree Fishing, Mercury, Grime Boss, Landers Outdoors, Bass Boat Technologies, Mustad, Seark Boats, Seaguar, Premier Bank, Power-Pole, Bob’s Machine, Mammouth Coolers, Bass Mafia, DD26
Roland Martin
Bio:
Fishing in 291 tournaments, Martin's BASSMASTER career includes the following achievements – 19 tournaments won, 9 B.A.S.S. Angler-of-the-Year titles, nearly 100 Top Ten finishes, and 25 appearances in bass fishing's world championship event, the Bassmaster Classic. Also a record, he has 19 second place BASS finishes. His career tournament winnings exceeded one million dollars in 2004.
Roland Martin was the first professional bass fisherman to be inducted into all five Halls of Fame (IGFA Hall of Fame, Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame, Professional Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, Florida Sports Hall of Fame, and Legends of the Outdoors-Hall of Fame).
He is also good friends with fellow fishermen Bill Dance and Jimmy Houston, and they appear many times on his show, Fishing with Roland Martin, now in it’s 48th year on television. Roland Martin also has a very large presence on social media platforms.