Travis carries a six pac charter license, is CPR/First Aid certified and a TWIC card holder.  He was raised fishing with his parents in and around Washington State and the oceans off the coast of Washington.  He moved to Oregon in 1991 and started fishing the Rogue River.  

A few years later, Travis moved to the beautiful Umpqua Valley where he now lives with his wife and three children. It did not take him long to start fishing the Umpqua for Salmon and steelhead and eventually bass.  Thanks to his good friend, Captain Tim Abraham,  Travis soon started learning deep sea fishing in the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon Coast. 

Travis has learned the skills of fishing for several different kinds of fish through lots of hard work, practice and some great teachers.  He accredits his love of fishing to his late mother, known to family as Granny Jean.  She was an avid fisherwoman and instilled the love of fishing in Travis from a very young age.