MLF’s grassroots weekend circuit expands to 12 Regional tournaments, allowing bass anglers to compete closer to home for lucrative prizes and qualify for the 43rd Annual BFL All-American Championship
BENTON, Ky. (Sept. 13, 2024) – Major League Fishing (MLF) announced today the 2025 schedule for the Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine (BFL), highlighted by the expansion to 12 Regional tournaments. This expansion ensures that grassroots MLF anglers can fish closer to home on lakes they know and love for a chance to win a $50,000 Phoenix 819 Pro bass boat with a 200-horsepower outboard as a boater and a new $20,000 cash award as a co-angler, plus qualification into the BFL All-American Championship.
Increasing the number of Regional tournaments to 12 will allow 65 boaters and co-anglers to qualify from each division – up from 50 in 2024 – while simultaneously reducing the field size in each Regional from 200 to 130 boats.
With advancement opportunities to the All-American, Toyota Series Championship and REDCREST – the Bass Pro Tour championship – for a shot at winning top awards of $120,000, $235,000 and $300,000, respectively, the BFL offers the best payouts and advancement opportunities for the lowest entry fee available anywhere.
“The Phoenix Bass Fishing League is the foundation of tournament bass fishing,” said MLF Executive Vice President & General Manager Kathy Fennel. “Our passionate BFL anglers represent the single largest group of bass tournament anglers in the world. They are the lifeblood of MLF that keeps the industry moving forward, and we are excited to provide them with the highest-quality, most rewarding, close-to-home weekend tournaments available anywhere.”
The 2025 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 134 events throughout the season, including five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 60 boaters and Strike King co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying event winners, will advance to one of 12 BFL Regional tournaments. There they’ll compete to finish in the top three, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American.
The 2025 BFL All-American, for qualifiers from the 2024 season, will take place May 29-31, 2025, at Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and is hosted by Visit Hot Springs and the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.
Full program details, including payouts, rules and entry dates, will be announced later this fall. For the complete 2025 BFL schedule visit MajorLeagueFishing.com.
2025 MLF Phoenix BFL Regional Tournament Schedule:
Oct. 3-4 James River (Northeast & Shenandoah) Richmond, Va.
Hosted by Richmond Region Tourism
Oct. 3-4 Lake Erie (Buckeye & Michigan) Sandusky, Ohio
Hosted by Shore & Islands Ohio
Oct. 3-4 Lake Norman (Piedmont & South Carolina) Huntersville, N.C.
Hosted by Visit Lake Norman, Visit Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Park & Recreation
Oct. 3-4 Mississippi River (Great Lakes & Illini) Quad Cities, Ill.
Hosted by Visit Quad Cities
Oct. 10-11 Douglas Lake (Mountain & Music City) Dandridge, Tenn.
Hosted by Visit Jefferson County TN
Oct. 10-11 Grand Lake (Okie & Ozark) Grove, Okla.
Hosted by the City of Grove and the Grove Convention and Tourism Bureau
Oct. 10-11 Kentucky Lake (Hoosier & Mississippi) Buchanan, Tenn.
Hosted by the Henry County – Tourism Authority
Oct. 10-11 Lake Murray (North Carolina & Savannah River) Columbia, S.C.
Hosted by the Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board
Oct. 10-11 Logan Martin Lake (Bama & Choo Choo) Lincoln, Ala.
Hosted by the City of Lincoln
Oct. 17-18 Lake Seminole (Bulldog & Gator) Bainbridge, Ga.
Hosted by Visit Bainbridge
Oct. 24-25 Dale Hollow Reservoir (LBL & Volunteer) Byrdstown, Tenn.
Hosted by the Byrdstown-Pickett County Chamber of Commerce
Oct. 24-25 Lake Eufaula (Arkie & Cowboy) Eufaula, Okla. Hosted by Vision Eufaula
Proud sponsors of the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7 Brew Coffee, Abu Garcia, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, BUBBA, E3, Epic Baits, Fishing Clash, General Tire, GSM Outdoors, Lew’s, Mercury, Mossy Oak, Onyx, Phoenix, Polaris, Power-Pole, PowerStop Brakes, REDCON1, Strike King, Suzuki, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, WIX Filters and YETI.
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About Major League Fishing
Major League Fishing (MLF) is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, producing more than 250 events annually at some of the most prestigious fisheries in the world, while broadcasting to America’s living rooms on CBS, Discovery Channel, Outdoor Channel, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network and on demand on MyOutdoorTV (MOTV). Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, the MLF roster of bass anglers includes the world’s top pros and more than 30,000 competitors in all 50 states and 17 countries. Since its founding in 2011, MLF has advanced the sport of competitive fishing through its premier television broadcasts and livestreams and is dedicated to improving the quality of life for bass through research, education, fisheries enhancement and fish care.