MLF announces tackle subscription service
Thursday, February 18, 2021
As part of several new membership program offerings from Major League Fishing in 2021, the organization has announced the Champions Club, a unique fishing subscription service tailored specifically to anglers looking to take their skills to the next level with content and products from the sports top pros and industry-leading brands. Champions Club is available for preorder now and will officially launch in March, with the first subscription boxes delivered in just a few weeks.
The MLF Champions Club is the first and only monthly subscription service that follows a professional bass fishing tour, offering a wide variety of benefits that include five to six premium lures from industry-leading brands delivered each month, exclusive discount codes on fishing gear and outdoor products, exclusive webinars and an 8 x10 Champions Collectors Photo, along with opportunities to win free product through
MLF announces sponsorship deal with Toro
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Major League Fishing announced today that it s entered into a sponsorship agreement with mower manufacturer Toro.
We are pleased that another major non-endemic brand has tapped into the sport of professional bass fishing, said Jim Wilburn, MLF president and CEO. Our MLF fans and anglers have shown tremendous loyalty to our sponsors products and we are confident that Toro will find this partnership extremely beneficial. Toro is a great brand and were excited that theyve chosen the Bass Pro Tour to showcase their products.
Toro has been named the title sponsor of the Bass Pro Tour Stage One event at Sam Rayburn Reservoir and will sponsor the Toro Cut Line a television feature segment that will showcase anglers who are on the elimination bubble at each event.
Modified Feb 10th, 2021 at 7:55 PM
Lake Palestine Readies for Bass Pro Shops REDCREST 2021 Presented by Old Wisconsin Sausage
REDCREST 2019 Champion Edwin Evers will be among the 40 anglers competing at REDCREST 2021 next week on Lake Palestine.
Bass Pro Tour Championship to Showcase Top 40 Anglers Competing on Lake Palestine for $300,000 Top Prize
FLINT, Texas (Feb. 10, 2021) – Major League Fishing (MLF) Bass Pro Shops REDCREST 2021 presented by Old Wisconsin Sausage is set to visit Lake Palestine and the Flint, Texas area next week, Feb. 21-25, to crown the newest Bass Pro Tour champion. The five-day tournament, shot for television broadcast on CBS, the Discovery Channel and the Outdoor Channel, will showcase the top 40 Bass Pro Tour anglers from the 2020 season competing for the prestigious REDCREST Championship and the top prize of $300,000.
Chalk Talk: DeFoe on rocks, boulders, riprap and gravel
Friday, February 12, 2021 (
Editor s note: The following is the latest installment in a series of fishing tips presented by
The Bass University. Check back each Friday for a new tip.)
While many professional anglers grew up fishing mostly wood or grass cover, 2019 Bassmaster Classic champion Ott DeFoes upbringing on the lakes of east Tennessee made him a huge fan of the really hard stuff.
Weve got rocks of all shapes and sizes, he said. They are a key form of bass-holding cover.
Accordingly hes learned to seek them out on many lakes around the country. Even on vegetation-filled fisheries like Guntersville rocks like riprap can play a key role, as proven during the last two Bassmaster Classics held there. While those tournament wins were spot-specific, DeFoe believes that one great thing about rockier lakes is that they tend not to be spot-oriented. Instead, they can be patterned. Once you dial in
Spot On: Hook a Giant Western Spotted Bass
Several waters have the potential to produce the next world-record spotted bass on any given day.
Cody Meyer caught this spot a world-record at the time in 2016 from Bullards Bar in California. (Photo courtesy of Cody Meyer) February 08, 2021 By Ken Duke
The first rule of trophy fishing is that you must fish in waters that hold trophies. You can use the best methods and baits ever made, but unless you cast them in the right waters, you will fail to catch exceptional fish. Fortunately, if you re targeting giant spotted bass and live in the southwestern United States, you’re already in the right neighborhood, and the best waters are close by.