2007 Trails:
NBC Southern Division, BASS Weekend Series South Carolina, ABA Division 96
 

Accolades:
4th 2006 BASS Weekend series Murray, 2nd 2007 ABA Clarks Hill, 1st 2007 ABA Clarks Hill big fish, Finished 11th in points BASS Weekend series & Spirits
 

Bio:
I am 32 years old, and live in Gilbert South Carolina with my loving wife DeDe Ward and my beautiful little girl Chloe. I am a boat salesman for a prominant dealership in Columbia South Carolina. I started fishing very young with my father, and grandparents. I was raised in the lower state of SC, and fished the Edisto river for bass and redbreast. I owe a great deal, for my casting ability, to the river for it will make you work to get the bait in very tight places. I started fishing ponds as I became older, and started fishing the local Festival of Roses tournament. The spirit of competition ran over me, and I then started fishing local open tournaments on Santee-Cooper with different friends. I entered Newberry College on a football scholarship, and became good friends with the quarterback. He and I shared the same love for fishing, and used to go to Billy Dreher Island, on lake Murray, and wade the banks in search of bass. I finally obtained and old bass boat my sophomore year, and rest is history. I fished more and more tournaments locally until I felt like I could compete in a trail. I am a member of a local bass club, which also helps me learn more each day I get to be on the water. My dream is to be able to fish one of the major tournament trails, and become well known for my fishing accomplishments. For now I will support my family by selling boats, but I will always have the same dream.

Rod Ward.