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Alabama’s Harrison Edges Field for Win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Pickwick Lake

Tennessee’s Towry Earns Victory in Co-Angler Division

IUKA, Miss. (March 16, 2026) – Boater Cody Harrison of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, caught five bass weighing 22 pounds, 8 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Pickwick Lake . The tournament was the second of five events of the season for the BFL Mississippi Division. Harrison earned $2,320 for his victory.

“I ran downriver today and didn’t stop until I got to the Natchez Trace bridge,” Harrison said. “I started out cranking some current breaks and caught two fish pretty quick. But I really didn’t get on anything until I stopped just shy of the dam.”

Harrison said he continued to fish current breaks and around 10 a.m. changed the color of his swimbait from a Citron color to a Green Bean color. That’s when his luck changed.

“On the first cast I made with the new color I caught a 4-6,” Harrison said. “I knew I had figured out the color. So, I made a few drifts and culled up to 19 pounds. I bounced around to let the spot rest, then I went back and fished it hard, but I didn’t get a fish that would help me.”

“I didn’t start (Garmin) LiveScope until 1:00 when I pulled up into a little sneaky place,” Harrison went on to say. “I could see the fish down there, and I knew something was about to happen.”

Harrison said he tried an Alabama rig and could see fish following it, so he switched back to the True Bass Hollow Body Swimbait 4.5 with a ¾-ounce True Bass True Lock Swimbait Jig Head and promptly caught a 5-pound, 7-ounce bass, one that weighed 4-14 and one that went 3-6 to cull up to more than 21 pounds. Harrison opted for a ¾-ounce jig head instead of his usual ½-ounce head for use in the high current.

“I really didn’t think I would win,” Harrison said. “I thought a top 5 was possible. I knew I had 22 pounds and some change, so I felt like that was pretty solid. I lost two fish, and whenever you lose one… I mean, you have to fish clean to win, so I thought losing those two was going to be a killer. I thought a win was out of the question.

“So, I was really glad to get a win on this lake,” Harrison went on to say. “I’m here all the time and I know so much about this place it usually burns me. I have too much water, and I kind of get spaced out too much. The last Toyota Series event I fished here I had fish from one end to the other and I didn’t know where to start and I just bombed. I’m just glad I got to redeem myself after the last Toyota event I fished here.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st:         Cody Harrison, Muscle Shoals, Ala., five bass, 22-8, $2,320
2nd:        Clayton Ellis, Saltillo, Miss., five bass, 21-5, $1,360
3rd:         Donny Beck, Killen, Ala., five bass, 18-6, $630
4th:         Skip Howell, Okolona, Miss., five bass, 17-13, $530
5th:         Blake Daugherty, Pope, Miss., five bass, 17-9, $470
6th:         Trent Suratt, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., four bass, 16-14, $915 (includes $500 Phoenix bonus)
6th:         Corban Knight, Somerville, Tenn., five bass, 16-14, $415
8th:         Charles Watts, Corinth, Miss., five bass, 16-9, $390
9th:         Shane Cox, Iuka, Miss., four bass, 16-5, $380
10th:       JR Dukes, Tillatoba, Miss., five bass, 16-2, $520

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Clayton Ellis of Saltillo, Mississippi, earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award after landing a 7-pound, 1-ounce bass worth $200.

Scott Towry of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $1,160 Saturday after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 10 pounds, 6 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:          Scott Towry, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., three bass, 10-6, $1,160
2nd:        Christopher Beach, Brookhaven, Miss., three bass, 8-14, $580
3rd:         Wade Mitchell, Woodland, Miss., three bass, 8-12, $315
4th:         Bill Goldman, Tylertown, Miss., three bass, 8-5, $265
5th:         Thomas Alexander, Austin, Ark., three bass, 7-11, $235
6th:         John Higginbotham, Denham Springs, La., three bass, 7-5, $210
7th:         Larry Stewart Jr., Brandon, Miss., one bass, 6-1, $302
7th:         Johnny Suratt, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., two bass, 6-1, $202
9th:         Ansel Davis, Tylertown, Miss, one bass, 5-4, $190
10th:       Jeff Porter, Southaven, Miss., two bass, 5-1, $185

Larry Stewart Jr. of Brandon, Mississippi, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award after landing a 6-pound, 1-ounce bass worth $100.

After two events, Blake Daugherty of Pope, Mississippi, now leads the 7 Brew Mississippi Division Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 495 points, while John Higginbotham of Denham Springs, Louisiana, leads the Mississippi Division Co-Angler of the Year race with 485 points.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 8-10 BFL Regional tournament on Lake Eufaula in Eufaula, Alabama. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top prize of a new Phoenix 518 pro with a 115-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard, worth $33,500.

The 2026 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of six BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top seven, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2026 BFL All-American will take place May 28-30, at Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina, and is hosted by Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, Mystik Lubricants, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular BFL updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV and Rumble, 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 20 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.

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Fondren, Stewart Tie for Win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Percy Priest

Kentucky’s Jones Tops Co-Angler Division

ANTIOCH, Tenn. (March 16, 2026) – Boaters Chris Fondren of Lebanon, Tennessee, and Logan Stewart of Nashville, Tennessee, each caught five bass weighing 19 pounds, 8 ounces, to tie for the win at the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Percy Priest. The tournament was the first of five events of the season for the BFL Music City Division. Fondren earned $9,100, including a $7,000 Phoenix bonus, and Stewart earned $2,200.

“There was a lot of boat traffic on the lake,” Fondren said. “The bigger fish seemed to be closer to the river channel, so I just tried to go wherever there wasn’t a boat and try to catch bigger-than-average fish. I tried to stay closer to deep water.”

Fondren said he stayed midlake and focused on broken chunk rock and channel swings with a crankbait, jerkbait and swimbait.

“I pretty much junk fished my way through the day using all of those baits and managed to weigh in a 6-11,” Fondren said.

Fondren found his fish came in flurries and he culled all day long. He was still culling with five minutes to go in the tournament.

“As soon as I caught that big one at 10:00 I had right at 18 pounds with a mega-big fish in the box, which is one of the hardest ones to catch. I thought if I caught another 4- or 5-pounder I would be tough to beat,” Fondren said.

Unlike Fondren, Stewart said he fished “all over the lake” and found his fish also came in flurries.

“That lake can fish a little small at times, but I was able to run into (fish) and capitalized on a couple of bite windows,” Stewart said.

Stewart’s bass came during two different bite windows: from 9 to 10 a.m., and again around 1 p.m.

“Late in the day I was fortunate to catch a kicker on a Carolina rig out deep, and that was a key fish for sure,” Stewart said. “It was then I realized I had an outside shot.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st:          Chris Fondren, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 19-8, $9,100 (includes $7,000 Phoenix bonus)
1st:          Logan Stewart, Nashville, Tenn., five bass, 19-8, $2,200
3rd:         Scott Brummett, Brentwood, Tenn., five bass, 19-1, $740
4th:         Austin True, Dickson, Tenn., five bass, 17-14, $600
5th:         Mike Suddoth, Dickson, Tenn., three bass, 17-2, $730
6th:         Michael Stout, Gallatin, Tenn., five bass, 16-1, $460
7th:         Josh Womack, Gallatin, Tenn., five bass, 15-10, $450
8th:         Drew Boggs, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 15-8, $430
9th:         Pete Balishin, Sharps Chapel, Tenn., five bass, 15-6, $410
10th:       Zach Hedges, Utica, Ky., five bass, 14-15, $400

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Mike Suddoth of Dickson, Tennessee, earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award after landing a 7-pound, 3-ounce bass worth $200.

Kevin Jones of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $1,490 Saturday after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 12 pounds, 5 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:          Kevin Jones, Fort Campbell, Ky., three bass, 12-5, $1,490
2nd:        Mason Moore, Waynesburg, Ky., three bass, 11-3, $710
3rd:         Mitchell Adams Sr, Smyrna, Tenn., three bass, 10-15, $370
4th:         Redd Reynolds, Flintville, Tenn., three bass, 10-2, $300
5th:         Dylan Beard, Dickson, Tenn., three bass, 9-11, $265
6th:         David Marr, Cleveland, Tenn., three bass, 9-7, $230
7th:         David Wiley, Greenbrier, Tenn., three bass, 9-1, $230
8th:         Bradley Miller, Russelville, Ky., three bass, 8-15, $215
9th:         Pop Catalin, Cookeville, Tenn, three bass, 8-14, $210
10th:       Omar de Jesus, Goodlettsville, Tenn., three bass, 8-12, $200

Kevin Jones of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award after landing a 5-pound, 3-ounce bass worth $100.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 15-17 BFL Regional tournament on Kentucky-Barkley Lake in Calvert City, Kentucky. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top prize of a new Phoenix 518 pro with a 115-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard, worth $33,500.

The 2026 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of six BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top seven, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2026 BFL All-American will take place May 28-30, at Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina, and is hosted by Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, Mystik Lubricants, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular BFL updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV and Rumble, 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 20 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.

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Longwood’s Panzironi Holds Off Field for Victory at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Lake Toho

Florida’s Pabon Earns Win in Co-Angler Division

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (March 16, 2026) – Boater Eric Panzironi of Longwood, Florida, caught a total of five bass weighing 26 pounds, 6 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Toho. The tournament, hosted by Experience Kissimmee, was the third of five events of the season for the BFL Gator Division Presented by Merman’s Revenge. Panzironi earned $5,040 for his victory.

Panzironi recently competed in the Toyota Series event at the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes earlier this month and finished 12th, so he had a good idea of his plan of attack for the BFL tournament.

“I knew it was going to be tough,” Panzironi said. “The guys in the Toyota Series were really catching them, and fishing really slowed down after that event.

“I had a spot in Toho that I ran to and caught a 13- or 14-pound limit in the first 30 minutes,” Panzironi went on to say. “That bite slowed down pretty fast, so I knew I wanted to go to Kissimmee because I knew where some big ones were that I couldn’t get to bite during the Toyota Series event.”

Panzironi made the run to Kissimmee where he had located bass holding on brushpiles and proceeded to target post-spawn bass.

“They were in the brushpiles, and I threw a big worm at them and put it in their faces, and they ate it,” Panzironi said. “I got lucky. I think it was a timing deal. I hit them at the right time, caught them, and that was pretty much it.”

Panzironi targeted hydrilla and milfoil with a golden shad-colored Z-Man Chatterbait Elite EVO on Toho and used his 3-hour electronic period at Kissimmee, where he caught three good-sized bass he weighed in.

“This win feels great,” Panzironi said. “The last two years have been pretty rough. I lost my dad and I haven’t been able to get things together in tournaments, so it feels good to get a nice check in the Toyota Series and then come right back and win this one. I put my time in down there and worked my butt off, and it paid off finally.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st:        Eric Panzironi, Longwood, Fla., five bass, 26-6, $5,040
2nd:      Anthony Cilladi, Oviedo, Fla., five bass, 22-9, $2,480
3rd:       Shelton Smith, St. Cloud, Fla., five bass, 20-0, $1,200
4th:        Kyle Fox, Lakeland, Fla., five bass, 19-10, $885
4th:        Tanner Seabolt, Okeechobee, Fla., five bass, 19-10, $885
6th:        Danny Inabnett, De Leon Springs, Fla., five bass, 18-12, $690
7th:        Matt Wieteha, Miami, Fla., five bass, 18-10, $760
8th:        Brady Lunsmann, Citrus Springs, Fla., five bass, 18-4, $630
9th:        Dan Weber, Palm Bay, Fla., five bass, 17-12, $790
10th:     Andrew Ready, Auburndale, Fla., five bass, 17-8, $560

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Dan Weber of Palm Bay, Florida, earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award after landing an 8-pound, 8-ounce bass worth $200.

Brandon Pabon of Deltona, Florida, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $2,620 Saturday after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 14 pounds, 5 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:        Brandon Pabon, Deltona, Fla., three bass, 14-5, $2,620
2nd:      Sabin Griffis, Indiantown, Fla., three bass, 13-0, $1,240
3rd:       Lenny Leibold III, Franklin, Pa., three bass, 11-11, $600
4th:        Larry Austin, The Villages, Fla., three bass, 11-4, $475
5th:        Tim Endris, Salt Springs, Fla., three bass, 11-2, $410
6th:        Pat Herolt, Citrus Springs, Fla., three bass, 11-1, $345
7th:        William Lewis, Jacksonville, Fla., three bass, 10-5, $330
8th:        Chris Westhelle, Sanford, Fla., three bass, 10-2, $315
9th:        Robert Burnette, Lakeland, Fla, three bass, 10-1, $300
10th:     Andrew Cruz, Lakeland, Fla., three bass, 9-14, $193
10th:     Aaron Doll, Palm Bay, Fla., three bass, 9-14, $193

Pabon also earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award after landing a 7-pound, 4-ounce bass worth $100.

After three events, Dylan Quilatan of Windermere, Florida, now leads the 7 Brew Gator Division Presented by Merman’s Revenge Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 722 points, while Chris Westhelle of Sanford, Florida, leads the Gator Division Presented by Merman’s Revenge Co-Angler of the Year race with 699 points.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 8-10 BFL Regional tournament on Lake Eufaula in Eufaula, Alabama. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top prize of a new Phoenix 518 pro with a 115-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard, worth $33,500.

The 2026 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of six BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top seven, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2026 BFL All-American will take place May 28-30, at Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina, and is hosted by Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, Mystik Lubricants, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular BFL updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV and Rumble, 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 20 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.

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Mobile’s Marston Edges Field to Win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Lake Mitchell

Alabama’s Wiggins Tops Leaderboard in Co-Angler Division

CLANTON, Ala. (March 16, 2026) – Boater Keith Marston of Mobile, Alabama, caught a total of five bass weighing 18 pounds even to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Mitchell. The tournament was the third of five events of the season for the BFL Bama Division. Marston earned $3,260 for his victory.

“I’ve fished Mitchell for about 15 years,” Marston said. “It’s just a fun place to fish where you can always go catch a lot of fish. I usually go up there this time of year and spend a couple of days there.

“I prefished Thursday afternoon in a gale-force wind and didn’t learn much of anything,” Marston continued. “The temperature fell overnight and the water temperature fell six or seven degrees, so Friday I didn’t learn much, neither.”

Marston said his plan for tournament day was to make a run up to a creek mouth, near the dam where he caught a good fish in practice. After an hour of fog delay, the field was released to fish and Marston headed for the creek mouth. The spot didn’t produce, however, and Marston was forced to run back south to some islands below the dam he had never fished before.

“I threw my shaky head up there on the point of an island that had current running around it, and I caught a 6-5 largemouth,” Marston said. “It was just being at the right place at the right time. It was a fight on a spinning rod.”

Marston’s shaky head rig consisted of an Owner Shakey Ultrahead and a Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craw. Marston also mixed up his presentation with a Reaction Innovations Smallie Beaver.

After 30 minutes of inactivity, Marston returned to midlake to fish rocks and bulkheads. That strategy paid off, as Marston finished his limit then began to run the lake trying to cull smaller fish. Moving water forced Marston to go heavier with his bait, and he chose a War Eagle jig.

“We had about an hour to go and I knew I had about 16½ pounds, and I asked my co-angler if he wanted to run back up to the creek mouth below the dam,” Marston said. “We ran up there and he culled a fish and then I stuck one about 3¼ pounds. I culled out a 2 ½-pounder, and it gave me just enough to eke out a win.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st:        Keith Marston, Mobile, Alabama., five bass, 18-0, $3,260
2nd:      Blake Davenport, Jemison, Ala., five bass, 17-13, $1,500
3rd:       James Willoughby, Gulfport, Miss., five bass, 16-8, $770
4th:        Robert Pelt II, Montgomery, Ala., five bass, 16-7, $585
4th:        Tyler Wesley, Pinson, Ala., five bass, 16-7, $585
6th:        Kevin Jackson, Eufaula, Ala., five bass, 15-9, $480
7th:        Mark McCaig, Oxford, Ala., five bass, 15-6, $960 (includes $500 Phoenix bonus)
8th:        David Parsons, Dothan, Ala., five bass, 15-5, $440
9th:        Chris Allen, Wedowee, Ala., five bass, 14-3, $420
10th:     Phillip Herring, Richton, Miss., five bass, 13-15, $410

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Marston earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award with his 6-pound, 5-ounce bass, worth an extra $200.

Randy Wiggins of Birmingham, Alabama, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $1,440 Saturday after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 10 pounds, 1 ounce.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:        Randy Wiggins, Birmingham, Ala., three bass, 10-1, $1,440
2nd:      Michael Donaldson, Thorsby, Ala., three bass, 9-11, $710
3rd:       Jim Jeter, Birmingham, Ala., three bass, 9-5, $370
4th:        John Bryan, Carrollton, Ga., three bass, 9-0, $265
4th:        Raymond Sturz, Opelika, Ala., three bass, 9-0, $265
4th:        Phillip Easterling, Clanton, Ala., three bass, 9-0, $265
7th:        Rodney Graham, Childersburg, Ala., three bass, 8-12, $230
8th:        David Rhudy, Calera, Ala., three bass, 8-11, $215
9th:        Jeffrey Ford, Trion, Ga, three bass, 8-9, $210
10th:     Scott Noles, Woodland, Ala., three bass, 8-8, $200

Brian Lasiter of Kinston, Alabama, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award after landing a 3-pound, 15-ounce bass worth $100.

After three events, Blake Davenport of Jemison, Alabama, now leads the 7 Brew Bama Division Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 724 points, while Jeffrey Ford of Trion, Georgia, leads the Bama Division Co-Angler of the Year race with 736 points.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 22-24 BFL Regional tournament on Watts Bar Lake in Spring City, Tennessee. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top prize of a new Phoenix 518 pro with a 115-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard, worth $33,500.

The 2026 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of six BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top seven, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2026 BFL All-American will take place May 28-30, at Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina, and is hosted by Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, Mystik Lubricants, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular BFL updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV and Rumble, 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 20 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.

by AnglersChannel

Andy Newcomb Wins Toyota Series Plains Division Season Opener at Lake of the Ozarks

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (March 13, 2026) – With major weather changes every day of the event, the Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats Plains Division opener on  Lake of the Ozarks set up well for an adaptable local expert to succeed. Few fit that description better than Andy Newcomb of Camdenton, Missouri – the 2021 Plains Division Angler of the Year (AOY), Newcomb has fished all over the country and has five previous top-six finishes in Toyota Series events on his home lake. This time, after years of “almost” and “next time,” the affable Missouri angler sealed the deal.

Weighing the biggest bag of the final day of competition on Thursday (19 pounds, 5 ounces) Newcomb rocketed up from eighth place to get the win. With a three-day total of 50-7, he edged last year’s champ, Cole Breeden , by slightly more than a pound. For the win, he pocketed $59,795 and also qualified for the Toyota Series Championship this fall.

A favorite every time he launches the boat on Lake of the Ozarks, Newcomb put together the perfect event this week. Never weighing in less than 15 pounds, he kept himself in the hunt and walloped a big bag on the final day.

“I’ve worked very hard for this one; I’ve fished every inch of this lake,” said the Missouri, pro. “When I have a day that’s fun fishing, I go somewhere I’m not familiar with or haven’t been, and I just try to learn every bit of it. That way, when the conditions arise, I feel comfortable everywhere I go.

“On the last day, I tend to throw caution to the wind, and go for the absolute biggest bag I can, even if that means not catching a bass. That’s what I did today – I went to a part of the lake I hadn’t been to at all in the tournament and just fished some history and fished the conditions. I just did what I used to do.”

Finally a winner on his home lake, Newcomb wasn’t sure he had it when Day 2 leader David Brand put his fish on the scale.

“I literally told a buddy of mine as we were standing there, he said ‘Did you have a good day?’ I said, ‘I had a good day, I’m sure just good enough to be in the top three.’ I wasn’t sure until David put his fish on there, so, it’s pretty cool.

“It really feels good to put in all that time and effort and have it come to fruition,” Newcomb added. “Lake of the Ozarks is a super special place to a lot of people. It’s given me the opportunity to fish for a living. To win a big one here, you can’t put it into words – or, I can’t; my vocabulary isn’t big enough.”

More than probably any other lake that isn’t filled with grass, Lake of the Ozarks has remained a holdout in the era of high-level forward-facing sonar use. Not that bass can’t be caught with forward-facing sonar, but, many times, it’s not emphatically the way to win. Newcomb proved that again this week, weighing only a couple of fish on ‘Scope the first days, but using it for a 5-pounder and a few other key bites on the final day.

On Day 1, Newcomb went up the lake and threw a jerkbait, and he finished the day out with a 4-pounder on a spinnerbait in dirty water.

“Day 2, I started in the dirty water – I caught a heavy 2-, a 4-pounder, and lost a big one,” he said. “That kind of hurt me – it kept me in the stained water way too long. When I finally made the move and left, I started catching them immediately. I told my co-angler, ‘Man, those guys in the clean water smashed them today’ and they did.”

On the final day, Newcomb had some decisions to make.

“Wednesday night I really struggled with where I wanted to go,” he said. “Until Thursday morning, I didn’t know – I was rigged up for both situations. I got the gut feeling that I needed to go downlake, and that’s what we did. I threw a jerkbait to begin with, and they didn’t seem to want it. So, I picked up an A-rig and that’s what they wanted – I weighed every fish on an Alabama rig today.”

Kicking on his sonar early helped Newcomb dial in the winning combination.

“I would say I weighed two, maybe three on ‘Scope today,’ he said. “I did do some culling. I used my ‘Scope a lot earlier today. Yesterday I didn’t turn it on until about 1 o’clock. Today, I fished for about half an hour and then went ahead and turned it on, to try to get a vibe for the mood of the fish after that cold night. I wanted to see how they were reacting, if they were there and not biting, or just not even there.”

Newcomb used a variety of Ozark staples to get it done. His jerkbait of choice was a Megabass Vision 110 in clown, wakasagi and a custom pattern. For his spinnerbait, he used a chartreuse and white, 5/8-ounce Zorro Bango Blade with a 4-inch X Zone Swammer as a trailer. His umbrella rig was the venerable YUM YUMbrella Flash Mob Jr., which he paired with some Keitech dummies and three 3.8-inch Bait Cave Customs Cave  Swimmers on 1/16-ounce Apex Tackle Pro Series Deaver Swimbait Heads. Of course, he used Daiwa rods and reels, as well as Daiwa line.

The light heads on his umbrella rig were a key move according to Newcomb.

“The fish were following it for a long ways before they would bite it,” he outlined. “I felt like if I used a heavier head, they would lose interest and swim away. I threw those lighter heads – you didn’t get all of them to bite, but I feel like I got more to bite because of that.”

Earning the win, Newcomb did a little bit of everything you can do at Lake of the Ozarks, and he mostly did it at the right times and in the right places, which is exactly how tournaments should be won.

“The first two days, I never even threw my bait near a dock,” he said. “Today, I weighed one over 5, and another that was probably 3 3/4 off a dock.

“I just pieced it together as I went. My game plan on Day 1 turned into something else, and then that was my gameplan on Day 2 until halfway through the day,” Newcomb said. “It was one of those tournaments where I did what I thought I should do at the moment. It was the way I should win.”

The top 10 pros at the Toyota Series at Lake of the Ozarks finished:

1st:          Andy Newcomb, Camdenton, Mo., 15 bass, 50-7, $59,795 (includes $35,000 Phoenix MLF bonus)
2nd:        Cole Breeden, Lebanon, Mo., 15 bass, 49-2, $9,608
3rd:         Brad Jelinek, Lincoln, Mo., 15 bass, 48-3, $7,438
4th:         David Brand, Dittmer, Mo., 15 bass, 47-8, $6,199
5th:         Chad Satterlee, Walshville, Ill., 15 bass, 47-6, $5,579
6th:         Harmon Marien, Eagle River, Wis., 15 bass, 46-11, $5,959
7th:         Michael Harlin, Sunrise Beach, Mo., 15 bass, 46-9, $4,339
8th:         Tyler Weberg, Eugene, Mo., 15 bass, 46-7, $3,719
9th:         Adam Boehle, Warrenton, Mo., 15 bass, 45-12, $3,099
10th:       Jeremy Johnson, Leavenworth, Kan., 15 bass, 45-4, $2,479

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Pro Joe Bennett of Ashland, Missouri, earned Tuesday’s $500 Berkley Big Bass Award with a bass weighing 5 pounds, 12 ounces, while pro Cory Steckler of Rocky Mount, Missouri, won Wednesday’s $500 Berkley Big Bass, weighing in a 6-pound, 9-ounce bass to earn the award.

Freeland Peterson of Henley, Missouri, won the co-angler division Thursday at Lake of the Ozarks with a three-day total of 12 bass weighing 32 pounds, 10 ounces. Peterson earned the top co-angler prize package worth $33,500, including a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower outboard motor.

The top 10 co-anglers at the Toyota Series at Lake of the Ozarks finished:

1st:          Freeland Peterson, Henley, Mo., 12 bass 32-10, Phoenix 518 Pro boat w/115-hp Mercury outboard
2nd:        Jason Sandidge, Centerton, Ark., 15 bass, 32-3, $3,318
3rd:         Ben Mathis, Murray, Ky., 13 bass, 31-8, $2,574
4th:         Chase Johnson, Quincy, Ill., 10 bass, 29-3, $2,252
5th:         Justin Girton, Overland Park, Kan., 12 bass, 29-1, $1,931
6th:         Oliver Siebert, Fenton, Mo., 12 bass, 28-9, $1,609
7th:         Tyler Neis, Imperial, Mo., 11 bass, 27-10, $1,287
8th:         Tyler Branson, Jefferson City, Mo., 11 bass, 26-1, $1,126
9th:         Dillon Saffle, Eureka, Mo., 12 bass, 24-1, $965
10th:       Alex Thomas, Fulton, Mo., nine bass, 23-8, $804

Co-angler Ryan Stagner of Robertsville, Missouri, earned the first Berkley Big Bass co-angler award of the week on Tuesday with a 5-pound, 4-ounce bass to earn the $150 prize, while Wednesday’s Day 2 $150 co-angler award went to Jeff Moss of Oronogo, Missouri, who weighed in a bass totaling 4 pounds, 11 ounces.

The Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats at Lake of the Ozarks was hosted by the City of Osage Beach. It was the first of three regular-season tournaments for the Toyota Series Plains Division. The next event for Toyota Series anglers will be the Toyota Series at Grand Lake , March 26-28, in Grove, Oklahoma. For a complete schedule of events, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com.

The 2026 Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats consists of five divisions – Central, Northern, Plains, Southern and Southwestern – each holding three regular-season events, along with the International and Wild Card divisions. Anglers who fish in any of the five divisions or the Wild Card division and finish in the top 25 will qualify for the no-entry-fee Toyota Series Championship for a shot at winning up to $235,000 and a qualification to REDCREST 2027. The winning co-angler at the championship earns a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower outboard. The 2026 Toyota Series Championship will be held Nov. 5-7 on Pickwick Lake in Counce, Tennessee, and is hosted by Explore Pickwick Lake & Hardin County Tourism.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Toyota Series include: 7Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PiranhO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated information visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular Toyota Series updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the MLF5 social media outlets at  Facebook,  Instagram and  YouTube.

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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV and Rumble, 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 20 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.

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Grove’s Littlejohn Holds on for First Career Win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Grand Lake

Oklahoma’s Fielder Earns Victory in Co-Angler Division

GROVE, Okla. (March 9, 2026) – Boater Micah Littlejohn of Grove, Oklahoma, caught five bass weighing 21 pounds, 10 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Grand Lake . The tournament, hosted by the City of Grove, was the opening event of the season for the BFL Okie Division. Littlejohn earned $4,200 for his victory.

Although Littlejohn didn’t get to practice for the Grand Lake tournament, he used his prior experience on the body of water to formulate a game plan.

“I know this lake pretty good, so I started off shallow and elected to not use (Garmin) LiveScope until later in the day,” Littlejohn said. “And that decision worked out pretty good, because my first fish came on my third cast, and it was a 4½-pounder. Then I lost a 4-pounder. I had a 12-pound limit in the first 30 minutes.”

Littlejohn said he then made a 15-minute run down the lake but couldn’t locate fish, so he returned to the mid-lake area from Shangri-La to Drowning Creek and turned on his LiveScope to target shallow main-lake spots.

“Once I did that, I caught four more fish around the 4-pound range,” Littlejohn said. “I caught my last fish with about five minutes left to go in the LiveScope period. I ended up culling out a 3-pounder with a 4-pounder right at the end.”

Only one of Littlejohn’s weigh fish came on a crankbait; the rest were caught on an Alabama rig.

“I lost three fish over four pounds, and I was really bummed,” Littlejohn said. “I kept saying, ‘Man, I blew this. I gave this tournament away because of the lost fish.’ Whenever I got to 18 or 19 pounds I thought if I could get one more big bite I’d be good. I never did get that big bite.”

Littlejohn didn’t need the big bite after all, and he ended up securing his first career win.

“This feels great,” Littlejohn said. “It’s always really hard to win on this lake. To be able to beat these guys and hold that trophy … that was a good feeling.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st:         Micah Littlejohn, Grove, Okla., five bass, 21-10, $4,200
2nd:        Billy Lemon, Sand Springs, Okla., five bass, 20-7, $2,540 (includes $500 Phoenix MLF bonus)
3rd:         T.J. Martin, Claremore, Okla., five bass, 18-13, $1,010
4th:         Dillon Roberts, Oologah, Okla., five bass, 17-15, $800
5th:         Nathan Luce, Claremore, Okla., five bass, 17-13, $700
6th:         James West, Spiro, Okla., five bass, 17-3, $600
7th:         Toby Hartsell, Afton, Okla., five bass, 16-14, $575
8th:         Tim Hickson, Cleveland, Okla., five bass, 16-12, $550
9th:         Kacey Moreland, Porter, Okla., five bass, 16-9, $525
10th:       Roger Hughes, Nowata, Okla., five bass, 16-6, $500

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Allen Musser of Ada, Oklahoma, earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award after landing a 6-pound, 4-ounce bass worth $200.

Fred Fielder of Afton, Oklahoma, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $2,100 Saturday after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 12 pounds, 2 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:         Fred Fielder, Afton, Okla., three bass, 12-2, $2,100
2nd:        Nathan Chuculate, Broken Arrow, Okla., three bass, 11-13, $1,020
3rd:         Shane Pelt, Columbus, Kan., three bass, 11-9, $505
4th:         Zack Holt, Yukon, Okla., three bass, 10-5, $400
5th:         Noah Vessar, Joplin, Mo., three bass, 10-2, $350
6th:         Mark Taylor, Oklahoma City, Okla., three bass, 9-13, $450
7th:         Alan Bernicky, Dardanelle, Ark., three bass, 9-7, $290
8th:         Brock Krohne, Belton, Mo., three bass, 9-6, $275
9th:         Orion Williams, Claremore, Okla., three bass, 9-5, $260
10th:       Jimmy Lee, Reeds, Mo., three bass, 9-0, $250

Fred Fielder of Afton, Oklahoma, and Harold Frazier of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, split the Berkley Big Bass $100 co-angler award after each landed a 6-pound, 3-ounce bass.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 15-17 BFL Regional tournament on Kentucky-Barkley Lake in Calvert City, Kentucky. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top prize of a new Phoenix 518 pro with a 115-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard, worth $33,500.

The 2026 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of six BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top seven, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2026 BFL All-American will take place May 28-30, at Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina, and is hosted by Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, Mystik Lubricants, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular BFL updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV and Rumble, 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 20 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.

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Kentucky’s Lamb Edges Field for Victory at Second Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event Sunday at Lake Guntersville

Tennessee’s Suratt Wins Co-Angler Division

GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (March 9, 2026) – Boater Luke Lamb of Nicholasville, Kentucky, caught a total of five bass weighing 26 pounds, 8 ounces, Sunday, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Guntersville. The tournament, hosted by Marshall County Tourism and Sports, was a rescheduled event from earlier this season and the second of back-to-back events at Lake Guntersville on the weekend – the third event of the season for the BFL Choo Choo Division. Lamb earned $6,510 for his victory.

Lamb said he had devised a winning strategy for the tournament and wasted no time in executing his plan.

“I went to some fish first thing I had found in practice, and they just weren’t there,” Lamb said. “So, I scrambled around for a little bit. But in the back of my mind I knew they were going to be there at some point. With the Daylight Savings Time change and it being cloudy, we were out on the water a lot earlier and it was darker out, and I think the fish were still just scattered.

“I had to give it a little bit of time,” Lamb added. “I knew if I was going to win the tournament those would be the fish I would have to catch.”

Lamb said he fished around for a while and returned to his starting spot mid-morning, and the fish were there.

“I did quite a bit of damage pretty quick,” Lamb said. “It slowed down just a little bit with a couple times of flurried action, but overall, it was pretty steady. I leaned on that area the rest of the day. I caught a lot of fish.”

Lamb said his mid-lake area produced 40 to 50 keepers for him during the tournament, most of them more than four pounds. His bass mainly came on an Alabama rig as well as a minnow. He targeted big female prespawn fish getting ready to make the transition.

“This lake has so many fish in it I knew I was going to have to find the big prespawn fish to be able to hang,” Lamb said. “I thought I had the potential to win, but it’s Guntersville, and anyone can have a really big bag, especially with that many boats on the water. But I never thought that I was safe (to win).

“This win feels great,” Lamb went on to say. “I’ve had a lot of close calls in tournaments in the past, so I never get my hopes up until weigh-in is over. Especially here. Someone can catch two giants during the day and beat you at any time.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st:          Luke Lamb, Nicholasville, Ky., five bass, 26-8, $6,510
2nd:        Evan Horne, Tuscumbia, Ala., five bass, 26-5, $3,150
3rd:         Matthew Bennett, Eclectic, Ala., five bass, 25-15, $1,470
4th:         David Cagle, Athens, Ala., five bass, 24-8, $1,330
5th:         Dawson Lenz, Senoia, Ga., five bass, 24-6, $885
5th:         Cal Lane, Grant, Ala., five bass, 24-6, $1,385 (includes $500 Phoenix bonus)
7th:         Connor Morris, Boaz, Ala., five bass, 24-1, $760
8th:         Anthony Goggins, Chelsea, Ala., five bass, 24-0, $710
9th:         Wayne Christopher, Huntsville, Ala., five bass, 23-12, $670
10th:       Jimmy Neece Jr., Bristol, Tenn., five bass, 23-9, $630

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

David Cagle of Athens, Alabama, earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award after landing a 7-pound, 1-ounce bass worth $200.

Kade Suratt of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $3,355 Sunday after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 16 pounds, 3 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:         Kade Suratt, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., three bass, 16-3, $3,355
2nd:        Randy Wiggins, Birmingham, Ala., three bass, 15-6, $1,625
3rd:         Nick Clowdus, Hayden, Ala., three bass, 14-5, $735
4th:         Roderick Green, Columbia, Tenn., three bass, 13-12, $565
5th:         Craig Childers, Taft, Tenn., three bass, 13-11, $485
6th:         Pop Catalin, Cookeville, Tenn., three bass, 12-12, $400
7th:         Tommy Pritchard, Bargersville, Ind., three bass, 12-9, $380
8th:         Jeffrey Eshelman, Owens Cross Roads, Ala., three bass, 12-8, $355
9th:         Tim Campbell, Ardmore, Ala, three bass, 12-6, $340
10th:       Billy Crider Jr., Kettering, Ohio, three bass, 12-1, $315

Kade Suratt of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award after landing a 7-pound, 7-ounce bass worth $100.

After three events, Hunter Davidson of Reform, Alabama, now leads the 7 Brew Choo Choo Division Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 714 points, while Payton Reed of Elora, Tennessee, leads the Choo Choo Division Co-Angler of the Year race with 685 points.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 8-10 BFL Regional tournament on Lake Eufaula in Eufaula, Alabama. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top prize of a new Phoenix 518 pro with a 115-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard, worth $33,500.

The 2026 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of six BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top seven, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2026 BFL All-American will take place May 28-30, at Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina, and is hosted by Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, Mystik Lubricants, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular BFL updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV and Rumble, 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 20 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.

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Rock Hill’s Winters Uses Home-Water Knowledge to Win Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Lake Wylie

North Carolina’s Lee Earns Victory in Co-Angler Division

YORK, S.C. (March 9, 2026) – Boater David Winters of Rock Hill, South Carolina, caught a total of five bass weighing 19 pounds, 1 ounce, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Wylie. The tournament, hosted by Visit York County, was the second of five events of the season for the BFL North Carolina Division. Winters earned $2,780 for his victory.

Winters said he focused his efforts on the lower end of Lake Wylie, between Nivens Creek and Allison Creek Park.

“My practice wasn’t so great,” Winters said. “I found a few areas that showed promise, but I never got any bites to amount to anything in practice.

“I ran straight to my first area where I had found them schooling the day before, and the first fish I caught was a 4-pounder,” Winters went on to say. “That was a good start to get me motivated and get me going.”

Winters said he left that area with a limit of 12 pounds on a jerkbait and headed to his second area, but Winters found the fishing slow there. He switched baits to an old favorite to try to change his luck.

“I changed to a Rapala Shad Rap 5 Crankbait, which is an old-school bait everybody kind of laughs about and nobody really throws anymore. I caught a 5-pounder and culled a couple of more times.”

Winters said his attack was a hodge-podge of springtime shallow-water fishing tactics, and he finished up his day throwing a jig when the sun popped out.

“I was looking for shallow bait,” Winters said. “Most of the bait right now is holding on gravel and clay banks. I know the lake; I’ve fished here for 20 years. I was just moving from spot to spot.

“I’ve been close to winning so many times and couldn’t get to the top, but this time it all panned out,” Winters added. “Honestly, I don’t know this has set in for me yet. It feels good. Now I just want to get the next win.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st:        David Winters, Rock Hill, S.C., five bass, 19-1, $2,780
2nd:      Daniel Sparks, Kingstown, N.C., five bass, 16-9, $1,420
3rd:       Ron Farrow, Rock Hill, S.C., five bass, 16-8, $740
4th:       Kaden Buchmann, Troutman, N.C., five bass, 15-14, $700
5th:       Michael Stephens, Gastonia, N.C., five bass, 15-12, $530
6th:       Keith Roberts, Hurt, Va., five bass, 15-9, $460
7th:       Jake Monti, Mooresville, N.C., five bass, 14-5, $950 (includes $500 Phoenix bonus)
8th:       Logan Anderson, Sherrills Ford, N.C., five bass, 14-2, $430
9th:       Travis Donaldson, Cleveland, N.C., five bass, 13-15, $410
10th:     Joey Outlaw, Camden, S.C., five bass, 13-14, $400

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Chad Sims of Lancaster, South Carolina, earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award after landing a 5-pound, 14-ounce bass worth $200.

Mark Lee of Gastonia, North Carolina, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $1,540 Saturday after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 11 pounds, 9 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:        Mark Lee, Gastonia, N.C., three bass, 11-9, $1,540
2nd:      Justin Bach, Kannapolis, N.C., three bass, 10-1, $710
3rd:       James Roten, West Jefferson, N.C., three bass, 9-10, $370
4th:       Dustan Hudson, Grover, N.C., three bass, 8-14, $300
5th:       Colby Shuping, Boomer, N.C., three bass, 8-5, $247
5th:       Riley Smallwood, Shallotte, N.C., three bass, 8-5, $247
7th:       Marvin Godard, Charlotte, N.C., three bass, 7-15, $322
7th:       Thomas Pennell III, Boiling Springs, S.C., three bass, 7-15, $222
9th:       Brandon Lawson, Union, S.C., three bass, 6-13, $210
10th:     Dale Surrett, Midland, N.C., three bass, 6-8, $175
10th:     Todd Huntley, Inman, S.C., three bass, 6-8, $175

Mark Lee of Gastonia, North Carolina, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award after landing a 5-pound, 5-ounce bass worth $100.

After two events, Kaden Buchmann of Troutman, North Carolina, now leads the 7 Brew North Carolina Division Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 497 points, while Todd Huntley of Inman, South Carolina, leads the North Carolina Division Co-Angler of the Year race with 491 points.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 15-17 BFL Regional tournament on Clarks Hill Lake in Appling, Georgia. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top prize of a new Phoenix 518 pro with a 115-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard, worth $33,500.

The 2026 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of six BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top seven, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2026 BFL All-American will take place May 28-30, at Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina, and is hosted by Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, Mystik Lubricants, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular BFL updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV and Rumble, 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 20 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.

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Cleveland’s Dyar Gets Elusive Kicker to Secure Victory at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Lake Guntersville

Alabama’s Brewer Tops Co-Angler Division

GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (March 9, 2026) – Boater Logan Dyar of Cleveland, Alabama, caught five bass weighing 28 pounds, 10 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Guntersville . The tournament, hosted by Marshall County Tourism and Sports, was the first of a back-to-back BFL tournament weekend at Lake Guntersville and the second event of the season for the BFL Choo Choo Division. Dyar earned $13,690, including the lucrative $7,000 Phoenix MLF bonus, for his victory.

“I had two grass areas on the south end of the lake I focused on,” Dyar said. “I wanted to start there in the morning and then rotate fishing a couple of bridges and then use the last three hours of the day to use my (Garmin) LiveScope.”

Dyar, who said he fishes Guntersville once or twice a week, relied on a jerkbait as well as a minnow to land his bass, although he weighed in a 9-pound Guntersville giant that fell for a Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap . The 9-pounder came around 10 a.m. and Dyar felt good about his day after the bass was in the livewell.

“I told my co-angler, ‘I’ve been looking for a bite like this for a long time, and I finally got a kicker. If I’m going to win, today’s going to be the day.’”

Dyar then turned his LiveScope on and said he caught three 5-pound bass, one over four pounds and quite a few over three pounds.

“I knew it was going to be hard to beat me with what I had,” Dyar said. “I haven’t been fishing BFLs that long, and everybody is chasing a win. BFLs are a hard win. It’s just a one-day shootout. Somebody’s going to smack them no matter what.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st:          Logan Dyar, Cleveland, Ala., five bass, 28-10, $13,690 (includes $7,000 Phoenix MLF bonus)
2nd:        Luke Lamb, Nicholasville, Ky., five bass, 27-3, $2,365
2nd:        Kyle Goldstein, Paso Robles, Calif., five bass, 27-3, $2,365
4th:         Zach Lemmond, Hartselle, Ala., five bass, 24-7, $1,150
5th:         L.J. Brown, Hokes Bluff, Ala., five bass, 23-11, $980
6th:         Hunter Davidson, Reform, Ala., five bass, 23-8, $810
7th:         Connor Morris, Boaz, Ala., five bass, 22-8, $770
8th:         Jed Lamb, Guntersville, Ala., five bass, 21-13, $820
9th:         Carson Calvert, Jasper, Ala., five bass, 21-8, $680
10th:       Westin Moss, Jasper, Tenn., five bass, 21-3, $640

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

James Swindle of Parrish, Alabama, earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award after landing a 9-pound, 2-ounce bass worth $200.

Zac Brewer of Scottsboro, Alabama, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $3,345 Saturday after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 14 pounds, 13 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:          Zac Brewer, Scottsboro, Ala., three bass, 14-13, $3,345
2nd:        Austin Thomas, Jasper, Ala., three bass, 14-4, $1,615
3rd:         Nathan Hunhoff, Jasper, Ind., three bass, 14-3, $750
4th:         Mark Lyons, Marion, Ind., three bass, 13-1, $575
5th:         Grant Frazier, Manchester, Tenn., three bass, 12-10, $490
6th:         John Bates, Hartselle, Ala., three bass, 12-5, $397
6th:         Anthony Elliott, Hanceville, Ala., three bass, 12-5, $447
8th:         Shane Overly, Brentwood, Tenn., three bass, 12-2, $360
9th:         Jonathan Osborn, Cullman, Ala., three bass, 12-1, $340
10th:       Trent Wright, Birmingham, Ala., three bass, 11-10, $320

Curtis Brown of Scottsboro, Alabama, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award after landing a 9-pound, 3-ounce bass worth $100.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 8-10 BFL Regional tournament on Lake Eufaula in Eufaula, Alabama. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top prize of a new Phoenix 518 pro with a 115-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard, worth $33,500.

The 2026 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of six BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top seven, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2026 BFL All-American will take place May 28-30, at Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina, and is hosted by Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, Mystik Lubricants, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular BFL updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV and Rumble, 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 20 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.

by AnglersChannel

Morrison Rewrites Kissimmee Chain Record Books at Toyota Series Event Presented by Suzuki Marine

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (March 6, 2026) – Since stepping out of Peru, New York, pro Alec Morrison has had a knack for doing big things. This week at the Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats event on the Kissimmee Chain Presented by Suzuki Marine marked perhaps his biggest win yet.

In 2023, Morrison lapped the field on Sam Rayburn Reservoir, at the time setting a new record for margin of victory at a three-day Toyota Series event. This week, at the second stop of the season for the Southern Division, he shattered MLF/FLW weight records and won by more than 15 pounds. Blasting out a total of 90 pounds, 14 ounces, Morrison walloped 37-1 on Day 3. He pocketed $40,500 for the win. Finishing second, pro Brody Campbell of Oxford, Ohio, weighed an even 75 pounds over three days.

Morrison’s winning total is the heaviest in MLF history for five-fish limit tournaments on the Kissimmee Chain, surpassing Buddy Gross’ four-day total of 85-12 for the top spot. The second-biggest three-day total now belongs to Campbell; both he and Morrison unseated Ryan Armstrong, who hammered out 68-6 to win on the Kissimmee Chain last year. Morrison’s Day 3 weight also set the new all-time MLF record on the fishery. Jim Taylor and Mark Davis shared the previous high-water mark of 34-10.

The new rules allowing three hours of forward-facing sonar use at Toyota Series events certainly didn’t make things easier for the pros who are most adept with the technology. Still, as one of the best going in that realm, Morrison didn’t seem to have his style cramped much.

Targeting fish that had left the shallow spawning grounds or were held up on the way in, he waylaid big bags every day.

“I was hardcore ‘Scopin’,” said Morrison. “Those three hours a day were by far the most important for me.

“Beginning of practice, there were a lot of big fish up shallow, still in grass, spawning and staging. I caught like a 7 ½ prespawner staging in pads in practice. There were a lot of fish up there; a lot of guys were catching them. But it was very apparent that every single day of practice and this tournament, those big ones were leaving. They were leaving the spawning areas and moving out.

“A lot of guys this week were going back to the grass, and their fish were depleting,” he said. “I was staying out of the grass, and I had key areas, like highways those big ones were using to travel out and to stage. I really just did my best to stay around the biggest ones I could all week.”

On Day 2, Morrison’s main area didn’t produce – he had to bail and run brush and other isolated cover. On Day 3, he went back to the goods.

“This morning, I went back out to my main area, expecting more fish to be there considering they were moving out, and that’s certainly what happened,” he said. “I basically rolled up and had the weight I did within the first hour and a half – it was pretty magical.”

Fishing in less than 6 feet of water all week, Morrison used several baits, including a jerkbait.

“I had to have a lot of stuff on this week to stay on top of them,” he said. “A really cool one that is a killer is the new Megabass Vision 110 SR. It’s a shallow-water jerkbait, and the cool thing about it is no matter how hard you work it or how far you cast it, it’s only going to get down a maximum of 4 feet. That is gigantic for these fisheries in Florida. Even a standard Vision 110 diving to the 6-foot zone can be too deep of a jerkbait here.”

Morrison never weighed a bass he figured was spawning. His fish were a mix of plump prespawners and huge, depleted postspawn fish.

“It was definitely prespawn and postspawn – I caught zero spawners this week,” said Morrison. “The areas I was fishing there were prespawners staging on, and postspawners leaving the grass were using it as well. One of the biggest fish I had today was an 8-4, and she was super spawned out – a lot of length to it, but she was definitely postspawn.”

The last several years, Morrison has wintered in the Sunshine State – often staying with pro Garrett Rocamora of Lake Wales, Florida, who was in second on Day 1 and finished sixth. Between the two of them, they unlocked new levels on the Kissimmee Chain this week.

“It was a culmination – the both of us, we’ve spent a lot of time on this lake,” said Morrison. “Him more than I, and over the last three years, he’s helped me out a lot with how these fish move. When, why and where – a lot of that has to do with the shallow water aspect and those Florida concepts that we all try to learn. On the flip side, I’ve been able to take my ability to ‘Scope and fish way offshore, and over the past few years, we’ve blended those, and it’s been something special. We’ve worked really hard, the both of us, to be in a position like this. We were hopin’ for the 1-2, but this is awesome.”

Qualified for the Toyota Series Championship on Pickwick with the win, Morrison is also eyeing a return to the Kissimmee Chain in the fall for the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Championship. Currently, he’s sitting 25th in the points and has cashed in each of the first two events.

But for the moment, Morrison is content to bask in his first victory since 2023. Emotional on stage, he said this win was his biggest yet.

“It feels good,” he said. “There’s a lot of ups and downs. I basically live in my truck, and this certainly makes up for all the downs. I’m happy with the way things played out and feeling blessed to be able to get those big ones to bite this week.”

The top 10 pros at the Toyota Series at the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Presented by Suzuki Marine finished:

1st:        Alec Morrison, Peru, N.Y., 15 bass, 90-14, $40,500
2nd:      Brody Campbell, Oxford, Ohio, 15 bass, 75-0, $16,500 (includes $1,000 Phoenix MLF Bonus)
3rd:       Anderson Jones, Greenville, S.C., 15 bass, 65-14, $12,000
4th:       Chad Mrazek, Montgomery, Texas, 15 bass, 62-14, $10,000
5th:       Bobby Bakewell, Orlando, Fla., 15 bass, 62-11, $9,000
6th:       Garrett Rocamora, Lake Wales, Fla., 15 bass, 59-8, $8,000
7th:       Andrew Ready, Auburndale, Fla., 15 bass, 58-3, $7,000
8th:       Kyle Cortiana, Broken Arrow, Okla., 15 bass, 56-13, $6,250
9th:       Dylan Quilatan, Windermere, Fla., 15 bass, 56-7, $5,000
10th:     Aaron Yavorsky, Palm Harbor, Fla., 15 bass, 55-3, $4,000

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Morrison earned Thursday’s $500 Berkley Big Bass Award with a bass weighing 9 pounds, 9 ounces, while Tyler Nekolny of Coral Springs, Florida, won Friday’s $500 Berkley Big Bass, with a 9-pound, 12-ounce largemouth to earn the $500 award.

Jonathan Forrest of Sanford, Florida, won the co-angler division Friday at the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes with a three-day total of 13 bass weighing 47 pounds. Forrest earned the top co-angler prize package worth $33,650, including a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower outboard motor.

The top 10 co-anglers at the Toyota Series at the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Presented by Suzuki Marine finished:

1st:        Jonathan Forrest, Sanford, Fla., 13 bass, 47-0, Phoenix 518 Pro boat w/115-hp Mercury outboard
2nd:      Stephen Draghi, Sparrowbush, N.Y., 15 bass, 42-8, $5,000
3rd:       William Payne, Lackawaxen, Pa., 15 bass, 41-7, $4,000
4th:       Brett Hobson, Clermont, Fla., 15 bass, 40-14, $3,500
5th:       Pat Herolt, Citrus Springs, Fla., 12 bass, 40-6, $3,000
6th:       Walter Thompson, Saint Cloud, Fla., 15 bass, 39-5, $2,500
7th:       Larry Mullikin, Jacksonville, Fla., 13 bass, 38-15, $2,000
8th:       Roger Stubbs, McDonough, Ga., 14 bass, 38-3, $1,850
9th:       Travis Cato, Saint Cloud, Fla., 12 bass, 37-3, $1,500
10th:     Alan Hults, Gautier, Miss., 14 bass, 36-7, $1,250

Co-angler J.W. Battle Jr. of Apopka, Florida, earned the first Berkley Big Bass co-angler award of the week on Thursday with an 8-pound, 8-ounce largemouth to earn the $150 prize, while Friday’s Day 2 $150 co-angler award went to Forrest, who weighed in a 8-pound, 2-ounce bass.

The three-day Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats at the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Presented by Suzuki Marine was hosted by Experience Kissimmee. It was the second of three regular-season tournaments for the Toyota Series Southern Division. The next event for Toyota Series Anglers will be the Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats at Lake of the Ozarks, March 10-12 in Osage Beach, Missouri. For a complete schedule of events, visit  MajorLeagueFishing.com.

The 2026 Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats consists of five divisions – Central, Northern, Plains, Southern and Southwestern – each holding three regular-season events, along with the International and Wild Card divisions. Anglers who fish in any of the five divisions or the Wild Card division and finish in the top 25 will qualify for the no-entry-fee Toyota Series Championship for a shot at winning up to $235,000 and a qualification to REDCREST 2027. The winning co-angler at the championship earns a new Phoenix 518 Pro bass boat with a 115-horsepower outboard. The 2026 Toyota Series Championship will be held Nov. 5-7 on Pickwick Lake in Counce, Tennessee, and is hosted by Explore Pickwick Lake & Hardin County Tourism.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular Toyota Series updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the MLF5 social media outlets at  Facebook,  Instagram and  YouTube.

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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV and Rumble, 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 20 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.

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Glenwood’s Baker, Sherwood’s Brown Tie for Win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Lake Hamilton

Dardanelle’s Bernicky Claims Co-Angler Division Title

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (March 2, 2026) – Boaters Matt Baker of Glenwood, Arkansas, and Nicholas Brown of Sherwood, Arkansas, each caught five bass weighing 18 pounds, 3 ounces, to tie for the win at the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Hamilton . The tournament was the first of five events of the season for the BFL Arkie Division. For their wins, Baker won $3,010 after contingency awards while Brown brought home $2,510.

Although their days both ended with a tournament win, Baker’s and Brown’s experiences on the water took very different paths. Baker focused on the lower end of Hamilton, while Brown fished mid-lake. Both anglers found success in shallow water.

“I started off fishing shallow – cranking, a lipless (crankbait) and I had a (Z-Man JackHammer) ChatterBait on the deck – to take advantage of the low light and the morning bite,” Baker said. “I was able to get a small limit. I just dropped my trolling motor and went – just chucking and winding. There were a few specific targets, and I’d pick up a jig and work around them.

“Then I went ’Scoping,” Baker went on to say. “I had looked at the weather and knew the wind was going to be pretty dead mid-morning. The wind was going to pick up as the day went on. So I elected to use my ’Scope period during that slack time from 8:50 until 11:50 and caught them really good on a War Eagle ½-ounce jig targeting isolated wood. All in all, it was a fun day,” Baker added. “I caught 25 keepers or more.”

Brown’s day started out a bit slower than Baker’s, but he didn’t let the lack of catching bass early knock him out of contention.

“I had done some prefishing in the previous weeks, and as the weeks progressed the water got clearer and I was catching them in dirty water,” Brown said. “I showed up on tournament day, and the water was pretty clear. My spots just weren’t working and I kind of spun out a little until about 11:30. I only had one fish.

“So, I just went on the hunt for some stained water,” Brown explained. “I found myself in a place where I had never fished before. It was kind of tight in there where I was with a lot of shade. And (bass) were in there.”

Brown said he targeted shallow, stained water that held any kind of structure - and attacked the structure with lipless crankbaits, bladed jigs and swimming jigs.

“From 11:30 to noon I caught three solid fish,” Brown said. “I left there to go and try some other stuff. But at 3 o’clock I went back to my spot and made one more run through it and caught two more solid fish to cull two small ones. I culled my last fish at 3:15.”

When it was all said and done, the two anglers shared the winning spotlight, but both were happy to come away victorious.

“I was happy for Nick and Nick was happy for me – it was just a fun day,” Baker went on to say.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st:        Matt Baker, Glenwood, Ark., five bass, 18-3, $3,010
1st:        Nicholas Brown, Sherwood, Ark., five bass, 18-3, $2,510
3rd:       Keith Green, Hot Springs, Ark., five bass, 18-1, $1,050
4th:        Chris Huselton, Conway, Ark., five bass, 17-5, $680
5th:        Justin Howard, Austin, Ark., five bass, 17-3, $600
6th:        Sam Mitchell, Malvern, Ark., five bass, 16-13, $520
7th:        Jeremy Roberts, Conway, Ark., five bass, 16-7, $500
8th:        Aaron Mize, Clarksville, Ark., five bass, 15-15, $480
9th:        CJ Brustrom, Locust Grove, Ark., five bass, 15-10, $960 (includes $500 Phoenix bonus)
10th:     Bill Hughan, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 15-9, $430

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Keith Green of Hot Springs, Arkansas, earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award after landing an 8-pound, 12-ounce bass worth $200.

Alan Bernicky of Dardanelle, Arkansas, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $1,970 Saturday after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 10 pounds, 5 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:        Alan Bernicky, Dardanelle, Ark., three bass, 10-5, $1,970
2nd:      Darrin Franklin, Hot Springs, Ark., three bass, 10-0, $940
3rd:       Edward Hendricks, Conway, Ark., three bass, 9-3, $425
4th:        Derek Dixon, Pearcy, Ark., three bass, 8-13, $340
5th:        Christian Knight, Alexander, Ark., three bass, 8-3, $300
6th:        Theron Asbery, Melbourne, Ark., three bass, 7-13, $260
7th:        Jon Pease, Maumelle, Ark., three bass, 7-12, $250
8th:        Keagan Harrison, Sulphur Rock, Ark., three bass, 7-9, $235
8th:        Jody Jones, Harvey, Ark, three bass, 7-9, $235
10th:     Randy Allen, Russellville, Ark., three bass, 7-8, $215

Darrin Franklin of Hot Springs, Arkansas, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award after landing a 5-pound, 7-ounce bass worth $100.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 22-24 BFL Regional tournament on Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top prize of a new Phoenix 518 pro with a 115-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard, worth $33,500.

The 2026 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of six BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top seven, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2026 BFL All-American will take place May 28-30, at Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina, and is hosted by Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, Mystik Lubricants, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular BFL updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV and Rumble, 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 20 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.

by AnglersChannel

Kentucky’s Stephens Posts Win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Dale Hollow Lake

Byrdstown’s Gunter Earns Victory in Co-Angler Division

BYRDSTOWN, Tenn. (March 2, 2026) – Boater Lee Stephens of Columbia, Kentucky, brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 21 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Dale Hollow Lake . The tournament, hosted by Star Point Resort, was the first of five events of the season for the BFL Mountain Division. Stephens earned $11,100, including the lucrative $7,000 Phoenix MLF bonus, for his victory.

Stephens said he caught fish easily in practice but struggled to catch the quality bass in the 4-pound range he was after.

“I had caught a 4-pounder at a spot in practice and it was kind of a community spot, but I knew I’d probably be the first boat there, so I decided to start there and burn my (Garmin) LiveScope time,” Stephens said. “The fish were moving every day and that’s why I wanted to use my ’Scope time first thing. Twenty minutes in we found them up in shallow stuff and starting beating on them some. I had about 20½ pounds come out of my ’Scope time.

“At that time my exact words to my co-angler were, ‘We have a winning starter kit.’” Stephens added.

Stephens said he caught a good number of fish after that but found it hard to find the quality he needed to add to his bag. However, two small upgrades did improve his weight to 21-12.

Stephens’ ’Scope tactics during the tournament included swimming a minnow to target fish on the bottom.

“The guys here at Dale Hollow are really good at fishing the bait-ball stuff. Like really good,” Stephens said. “I typically try not to butt heads and compete with them at what they’re good at, so I was fishing hard targets with the ’Scope. And I needed a perfect bait presentation. Those fish are so educated. But you could trick them, as long as you got it to them exactly right and paid attention to how they react. I was catching 40 percent of the fish I was raising off the bottom.”

After the 3-hour electronics window expired, Stephens said he switched to an Alabama rig to cover water, but it didn’t prove as effective as swimming the minnow.

“I felt like I really needed another really big bite to get to 23 pounds, and I was a little disappointed in myself, that I couldn’t get that big bite,” Stephens said. “It was such a relief to see that other people didn’t have as good of a day as they typically do. Dale Hollow fishes so good and has so many big fish and has incredible numbers of 3½- to 4½-pounders.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st:        Lee Stephens, Columbia, Ky., five bass, 21-12, $11,100 (includes $7,000 Phoenix bonus)
2nd:      Rex Reagan, Livingston, Tenn., five bass, 19-8, $2,000
3rd:       Jeff Wilson, Lancaster, Ky., five bass, 19-0, $1,000
4th:        Jordan Garrett, Jamestown, Tenn., five bass, 18-8, $800
5th:        Isaac Peavyhouse, Jamestown, Tenn., five bass, 18-4, $700
6th:        Jarrod Conn, Burgin, Ky., five bass, 17-8, $600
7th:        Wyatt Pearman, Hodgenville, Ky., five bass, 17-7, $575
8th:        Terry Ford, Harriman, Tenn., five bass, 17-6, $550
9th:        Joe Rucker, Nicholasville, Ky., five bass, 17-3, $525
10th:     Matt Collins, Georgetown, Ky., five bass, 17-2, $500

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

George Headden of Oakdale, Tennessee, earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award after landing a 5-pound, 12-ounce bass worth $200.

Dakota Gunter of Byrdstown, Tennessee, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $2,100 Saturday after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 11 pounds, 9 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:        Dakota Gunter, Byrdstown, Tenn., three bass, 11-9, $2,100
2nd:      Timothy Ernst, Winchester, Ky., three bass, 10-4, $1,000
3rd:       Kendall Parnell, Monticello, Ky., three bass, 9-14, $550
4th:        Shane Bowman, Caryville, Tenn., three bass, 9-12, $400
5th:        Jeremy Nash, Cookeville, Tenn., three bass, 9-4, $350
6th:        Darren Kelly, Wartburg, Tenn., three bass, 8-14, $400
7th:        Jimmy Rhodus, Versailles, Ky., three bass, 8-11, $290
8th:        Pop Catalin, Cookeville, Tenn., three bass, 8-6, $275
9th:        Pat Eichmann, Nancy, Ky., three bass, 8-5, $260
10th:     Dewayne Drummonds, Gray, Ky., three bass, 7-13, $250

Gunter also earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award after landing a 4-pound, 3-ounce bass worth $100.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 22-24 BFL Regional tournament on Watts Bar Lake in Spring City, Tennessee. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top prize of a new Phoenix 518 pro with a 115-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard, worth $33,500.

The 2026 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of six BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top seven, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2026 BFL All-American will take place May 28-30, at Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina, and is hosted by Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, Mystik Lubricants, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular BFL updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV and Rumble, 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 20 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.

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Murray’s Morgan Holds Off Field for Victory at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Kentucky-Barkley Lake

Indiana’s Ruster Wins Co-Angler Division

GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. (March 2, 2026) – Boater Drew Morgan of Murray, Kentucky, caught a total of five bass weighing 23 pounds, 10 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Kentucky-Barkley Lake. The tournament, hosted by Kentucky Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau, was the first of five events of the season for the BFL LBL Division. Morgan earned $3,530 for his victory.

“During practice I did a bunch of looking around, practicing for not being able to use forward-facing sonar the whole day,” Morgan said. “So, I was going around marking exactly where my boat needed to be set up. And I was waypointing what I was actually casting at, whether it was a stump, rock pile, brush or a school of fish still in that winter schooling action that’s still going on. I found a handful of spots that had a good population of fish in an area, and a lot of it had to do with the current and the fish setting up correctly.”

Morgan said he hit his first spot and left his forward-facing sonar off to see if he could catch fish without it. He caught three on a swimbait right off the bat then relocated to his second spot and turned on his Garmin LiveScope. After about 45 minutes of fishing, he had boosted his weight to about 22 pounds.

Morgan said he fished from Paris Landing to the dam and threw a crankbait as well as an Alabama rig during his non-scope time purely for the fish-drawing power of the A-rig.  He tried a 4.8-inch Keitech Swing Impact FAT Swimbait both with and without the aid of LiveScope. His main producer, however, was a ¼-ounce jighead and a Rapala Crush City Freeloader . Morgan said when he reached 22 pounds he thought he might have a chance at winning the tournament but still felt someone would have a 23-pound bag.

“At 10:45 I caught a 4¾-pound fish that put me at 23-10, and then I didn’t catch a fish the rest of the day,” Morgan said. “Fishing without the ’Scope for about an hour I knew it was over for me. I had done about all I could do. All I could do was get on them fast and catch what I could catch. It was almost like it was a three-hour tournament for me.”

The win is Morgan’s second BFL win, with the first coming on Kentucky-Barkley Lake in April 2024.

“To win here is a pretty special feeling,” Morgan said. “Especially with the competition in the LBL division. It’s pretty stout.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st:        Drew Morgan, Murray, Ky., five bass, 23-10, $3,530
2nd:      Noah Morgan, Russellville, Ky., five bass, 21-3, $1,770
3rd:       Harlan Thomas, Paducah, Ky., five bass, 18-8, $890
4th:        John Rediess, Smiths Grove, Ky., five bass, 18-2, $710
5th:        B.J. Fitzgerald, Whitesville, Ky., five bass, 17-11, $1,130 (includes $500 Phoenix bonus)
6th:        Marty Sisk, Evansville, Ind., five bass, 17-6, $540
7th:        Stephen Barga, Benton, Ky., five bass, 16-13, $520
8th:        Connor Deweese, Evansville, Ind., five bass, 16-8, $490
9th:        Mason Woley, Paducah, Ky., five bass, 16-6, $470
10th:     Dustin Vaal, Farmington, Ky., five bass, 16-4, $550

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Brian Futch of Herrin, Illinois, earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award after landing a 7-pound, 4-ounce bass worth $200.

Doug Ruster of New Palestine, Indiana, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $1,865 Saturday after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 11 pounds, 4 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:        Doug Ruster, New Palestine, Ind., three bass, 11-4, $1,865
2nd:      Phillip Altice, Springfield, Tenn., three bass, 10-10, $885
3rd:       Adam Lucas, Cape Girardeau, Mo., three bass, 10-8, $495
4th:        Marcus Mann, Benton, Ky., three bass, 9-15, $455
5th:        Jerry North II, Three Way, Tenn., three bass, 9-0, $315
6th:        Barrett Washburn, Hardin, Ky., three bass, 7-9, $270
7th:        Maddox Stamper, Fancy Farm, Ky., three bass, 7-2, $260
8th:        James Harper, Palmersville, Tenn., three bass, 6-5, $245
9th:        Corey Green, Paducah, Ky., two bass, 6-4, $240
10th:     Jeff Johnston, Nashville, Tenn., three bass, 6-3, $187
10th:     Hayden Swain, Tamaroa, Ill., two bass, 6-3, $187

Doug Ruster of New Palestine, Indiana, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award after landing a 4-pound, 11-ounce bass worth $100.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 22-24 BFL Regional tournament on Watts Bar Lake in Spring City, Tennessee. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top prize of a new Phoenix 518 pro with a 115-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard, worth $33,500.

The 2026 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of six BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top seven, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2026 BFL All-American will take place May 28-30, at Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina, and is hosted by Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, Mystik Lubricants, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular BFL updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV and Rumble, 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 20 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.

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Duluth’s Sisavath Gets Win in First Career BFL Event at Phoenix Bass Fishing League at Lake Lanier

Georgia’s Healan Earns Victory in Co-Angler Division

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (March 2, 2026) – Boater Jake Sisavath of Duluth, Georgia, caught five bass weighing 23 pounds, 4 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Lanier. The tournament was the first of five events of the season for the BFL Bulldog Division. Sisavath, fishing in his first career BFL event, earned $5,040 for his victory.

“I had a late boat draw and worried about the morning bite because I had caught them good the day before in the morning,” Sisavath said. “So I decided to use my (Garmin) LiveScope as soon as I started fishing for the first three hours of the day and ended up catching about 21½ pounds by 10:30.”

Sisavath said he knew he was off to a good start, so he then ran the south end of the lake, below Brown’s Bridge, for the next two hours looking for a kicker fish to anchor his limit.

“I ended up stumbling into one about 1:30 in the afternoon,” Sisavath said. “It was my biggest fish of the day – about a 5½-pound spot. I knew after I caught that one that I had a decent chance to take home the win. You’re never safe with 23 pounds at tournaments on Lanier, but you have a shot.”

Sisavath said he spent the day targeting rocks that staging prespawn bass were setting up on and probing the rocky banks with a shaky-head tipped with a soft-plastic stickbait.

This was my first BFL, and to win feels amazing,” Sisavath said. “I wasn’t sure what to expect. Before this I had only fished team tournaments with my brother. This was my first big solo tournament, so it feels amazing to have that hard work and time on the water pay off.

“It was also amazing to catch that big one at 1:30 in the afternoon without the ’Scope, to prove to myself that even though I just started fishing a few years ago with LiveScope, the old days of pond-hopping in the jon boat didn’t do me wrong,” Sisavath went on to say.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st:        Jake Sisavath, Duluth, Ga., five bass, 23-4, $5,040
2nd:      Brian Jamison, Greensboro, Ga., five bass, 23-3, $2,680
3rd:       Luke Lamb, Nicholasville, Ky., five bass, 21-0, $1,075
3rd:       Ethan Wiley, Lula, Ga., five bass, 21-0, $1,075
5th:        Emil Wagner, Marietta, Ga., five bass, 19-7, $1,320 (includes $500 Phoenix bonus)
6th:        Joe Eubanks, Marietta, Ga., five bass, 19-6, $690
7th:        Brandon Martin, Lula, Ga., five bass, 19-4, $645
7th:        Noah Abernanthy, Dahlonega, Ga., five bass, 19-4, $645
9th:        Nicholas Tunney, Marietta, Ga., five bass, 19-1, $590
10th:     Blake Friend, Winder, Ga., five bass, 18-4, $430
10th:     Chris Gould, Grovetown, Ga., five bass, 18-4, $430

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Brian Jamison of Greensboro, Georgia, earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award after landing a 7-pound, 4-ounce bass worth $200.

Tom Healan of Jefferson, Georgia, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $2,570 Saturday after bringing three bass to the scale that totaled 14 pounds, 7 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:        Tom Healan, Jefferson, Ga., three bass, 14-7, $2,570
2nd:      Richard Causey, Perry, Ga., three bass, 13-7, $1,340
3rd:       Robert McNear, Warner Robins, Ga., three bass, 12-14, $600
4th:        Andrew Dean, Newnan, Ga., three bass, 12-2, $475
5th:        John Battle, Gillville, Ga., three bass, 12-0, $410
6th:        Jaquas Dobbs, Conyers, Ga., three bass, 11-7, $345
7th:        Tony Hall, Athens, Ga., three bass, 10-2, $330
8th:        Justin Lemaster, Royston, Ga., three bass, 10-0, $315
9th:        Richard Jordan, Gainesville, Ga, three bass, 9-12, $300
10th:     Chandler White, Covington, Ga., three bass, 9-10, $280

Richard Causey of Perry, Georgia, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award after landing a 5-pound, 13-ounce bass worth $100.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 15-17 BFL Regional tournament on Clarks Hill Lake in Appling, Georgia. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top prize of a new Phoenix 518 pro with a 115-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard, worth $33,500.

The 2026 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of six BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top seven, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2026 BFL All-American will take place May 28-30, at Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina, and is hosted by Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, Mystik Lubricants, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated tournament information, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular BFL updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF5’s social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV and Rumble, 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 20 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.

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Rookie Aaron Yavorsky Wins Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Stop 2 at Santee Cooper Lakes Presented by Star brite

CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. (Feb. 28, 2026) – The final day of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by MillerTech finally started on time and went a lot better for most of the field. Stop 2 Presented by Star brite at Santee Cooper was pegged as one to watch, and today showed why, as 13 pros caught more than 25 pounds.

Leading after the first day, Aaron Yavorsky kept right on chugging, adding an even 32 pounds to his 35-4 to total up 67-4 and earn the win in style. Finishing second, Matteo Turano backed up his first day with 28-10 to also cross the 60-pound barrier with 60-3, and Cal Lane tallied up 59-7 on nine bass to finish third.

For the win, the 19-year-old Yavorsky takes home $100,000 and a REDCREST qualification. He also moves into the lead for 7 Brew Angler of the Year – narrowly ahead of Brody Campbell. Pro Circuit action resumes in late March on the Tennessee River for Stop 3 Presented by Suzuki Marine on Wheeler Lake.

In terms of two-day cumulative weights on the Pro Circuit, Yavorsky’s winning total is actually the fifth-highest all-time. And the young pro has now qualified for both the Bassmaster Classic and REDCREST before his 20th birthday.

Those accomplishments aside, he fished very well this week, but he didn’t do anything crazy to win – a minnow on offshore targets is a pretty solid game plan in the prespawn.

“I did some research; I heard Marion is a little sketchy to run, so I went to Moultrie,” he said. “I fished the wind-protected side the first day and fished some grass, didn’t do good, and then found some brush and stumps that had fish. I caught a 6-pounder on my first one, and that was interesting. Day 2 was slick calm, and I got to ride around the whole lake – there really wasn’t much stuff, but I found a couple places that had some giants. I didn’t really know the potential, but I would throw and see a bunch of big ones chasing my bait.”

Throwing a 7-inch 6^th Sense Shindo Shad on a 4.4-gram head with an 8-pound leader and a 7-foot Fitzgerald Fishing spinning rod was the ticket for Yavorsky. With it, he attacked brush and stumps in and on the edges of ditches in 15 to 20 feet.

“Day 1, I pulled up to one pile and they were just stacked – I caught 35 [pounds] in like 30 minutes,” he said. “In practice, that same pile, I threw my bait over it and like 30 big ones came out. I tried catching them, and they wouldn’t eat – I think it was a timing thing.”

Day 2, Yavorsky had to move a lot more, and he burned a pretty solid chunk of his three-hours of sonar running from target to target.

“Today, I went there first thing and caught a 6-pounder, and they didn’t turn on,” he said. “I ran around, and I went back to that place – I probably had 24 or 25 [pounds] at the time – and I caught an 8 and a 6. In my last 15 minutes of ‘Scope, I hit a stump I had, and I caught one almost 7 to put me over 30 pounds.

“I knew I had to run and gun; it was my whole game plan,” he said. “But it does get to you – I made a run down to the south end today to fish one brushpile, and somebody was already there. I probably wasted 20 minutes making that run – it’s stressful.”

This week, Yavorsky thinks that not having too many options actually helped him – a windy practice and it being his first time to the lake allowed him to focus on the best things he found.

“I usually like to pre-practice places, and I feel like if I pre-practiced here, it might have hurt me,” he said. “If you don’t, you never really know, but I think it helped this week. I think I would have had too much stuff to run and check. This week, I had a nice amount of stuff, and I stuck with it.”

One of the last anglers to sign up for all six events on the Pro Circuit schedule, Yavorsky actually rode the waitlist for a while. After the first two events, it’s already looking like a great decision.

“When they released the schedule, I saw that Harris was first and Kissimmee had the championship,” he said. “I knew that I needed to try to get in this. I had already visited like half the schedule – it looked good. But it took me a little while to figure out if I would be able to afford expenses.”

Now, he’s leading the points, a champion and rolling after a whirlwind start.

“It really hasn’t sunk in yet,” he said. “After Harris, taking the lead on Day 1 and then just bombing, I was pretty hungry for this one. I practiced pretty hard, I stayed focused, I locked in. Hopefully I can do that all year.”

The top 20 pros at the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Stop 2 on Santee Cooper Presented by Star brite finished:

1st:         Aaron Yavorsky, Palm Harbor, Fla., 10 bass, 67-4, $100,000
2nd:       Matteo Turano, Puryear, Tenn., 10 bass, 60-3, $24,800
3rd:        Cal Lane, Grant, Ala., nine bass, 59-7, $20,400
4th:        Hayden O’Barr, Scottsboro, Ala., 10 bass, 57-13, $17,900
5th:        Brody Campbell, Oxford, Ohio, 10 bass, 55-0, $16,900
6th:        Levi Thibodaux, Thibodaux, La., 10 bass, 53-15, $15,900
7th:        Austin Pemberton, Tuscola, Texas, 10 bass, 53-5, $15,000
8th:        Banks Shaw, Harrison, Tenn., 10 bass, 52-3, $14,000
9th:        T.J. McKenzie, Georgetown, S.C., 10 bass, 49-14, $13,500
10th:      Ethan Fields, Breese, Ill., nine bass, 47-11, $12,000
11th:      Tyler Campbell, Martin, Ga., 10 bass, 46-11, $10,000
12th:      Marty Robinson, Lyman, S.C., eight bass, 46-0, $10,000
13th:      Mitchell Robinson, Landrum, S.C., 10 bass, 45-6, $10,000
14th:      Dylan Hays, Pearcy, Ark., 10 bass, 45-1, $10,000
15th:      Kyle Austin, Ridgeville, S.C., nine bass, 44-12, $10,000
16th:      Colby Miller, Elmer, La., 10 bass, 44-9, $10,000
17th:      Dylan Nutt, Nashville, Tenn., 10 bass, 44-8, $10,000
18th:      Britt Myers Jr., Clover, S.C., 10 bass, 43-7, $10,000
19th:      Fred Roumbanis, Russellville, Ark., eight bass, 39-9, $10,000
20th:      Clint Knight, Russellville, Ky., nine bass, 39-8, $10,000

Complete results for the event can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Overall, there were 380 bass weighing 1,492 pounds, 9 ounces caught by 116 pros on Saturday. The catch included 40 five-bass limits.

Pro Cal Lane of Grant, Alabama, earned the Day 2 Berkley Big Bass award of $500 on Saturday after weighing in a bass that totaled 9 pounds, 15 ounces.

The Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by MillerTech Stop 2 at Santee Cooper Lakes Presented by Star brite was hosted by Destination Clarendon.

After Day 1 on Thursday was canceled due to strong winds, the full field of pros competed on Friday and Saturday in a five-fish, weigh-in format. The winner was determined by heaviest cumulative two-day weight and earned the grand prize of $135,000.

Television coverage of the MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by MillerTech Stop 2 on Santee Cooper Presented by Star brite will air as a two-hour episode, premiering at 9 a.m. ET, on Saturday, Sept. 13 on Vice TV.

The 2026 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by MillerTech features a field of up to 150 professional anglers competing across six tournaments around the country, for a total purse of $3.8 million and valuable 7 Brew Angler of the Year (AOY) points to qualify for the Pro Circuit Championship, set for Sept. 18-20 on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes in Kissimmee, Florida, and a coveted spot on the MLF Bass Pro Tour – the sport’s premier circuit.

The next event for 2026 is the MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Stop 3 at Wheeler Lake Presented by Suzuki Marine, set for March 19-21 in Decatur, Alabama.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by MillerTech include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, Bubba, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated information visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the MLF5 social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV, Game & Fish TV, Rumble 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 20 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.

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Florida’s Yavorsky Takes Lead on Day 1 of Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Stop 2 at Santee Cooper Lakes Presented by Star brite

CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. (Feb. 27, 2026) – After a canceled day due to wind, the actual Day 1 of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by MillerTech  event on Santee Cooper lived up to the billing in some ways, and was also one of the stranger tournament days in recent memory.

Launching in a steady rain, the pros waited for hours to actually start Stop 2 Presented by Star brite , as a dense blanket of fog made navigation on the main lake unsafe. The field finally took off at nearly 11 o’clock, with check-in times extended by an hour. Consequently, the pros had a majority of their fishing day to use forward-facing sonar, and not much time to waste regardless – it turns out that three hours of ‘Scope and five hours of fishing goes fast.

Leading the way, pro Aaron Yavorsky of Palm Harbor, Florida, hammered out 35 pounds, 4 ounces. Tuscola, Texas’ Austin Pemberton tallied an even 35 pounds in second, and pro Matteo Turano of Puryear, Tennessee, slipped into third place with 31-9. The Top 10 all caught over 25 pounds ( Cal Lane did it on just four bass!), and TJ McKenzie popped 27-15 with a 10-pounder for Berkley Big Bass. Still, the day was far off the pace that was hoped for after practice, as the shortened day, bad luck and fish movement definitely hurt the overall weights. That said, MLFNOW! produced a boatload of highlights, and when the full field shoots it out for the win tomorrow, it’s sure to be appointment viewing again.

The self-styled “’Scope GOAT,” Yavorsky led on Day 1 at the Harris Chain but weighed in only four fish the rest of the tournament, slipping to third. Today on Santee Cooper, he was culling 6-pounders.

“I made a long run down to Moultrie – I started on some fish I had on stumps, and they left,” he said. “So, I ran to the other end of the lake, and was fishing stumps – just prespawn around stumps.  It happened in like 45 minutes. I caught a 6 ½ first thing, and as soon as I caught that one, I knew I was going to catch them, because there were four or five others with it. My next cast I caught another 6 ½. I weighed them once I got five, and two casts later I caught a 7. I was throwing 6-pounders back before my ‘Scope ended.”

A lot of anglers had good practices in this event, which was part of why today was so hotly anticipated. But Yavorsky definitely knocked the three hours of forward-facing sonar out of the park.

“It’s kind of like home, running and gunning isolated structure – that’s what I like doing at the Harris Chain,” he said. “It’s a little bit different because it is deeper, but I feel pretty comfortable. I think there’s a morning bite, hopefully that fires tomorrow. But, I’ve got a lot of stuff I didn’t check that was good in practice.”

Yavorsky has also tightened up his approach between events, and it paid off today.

“I didn’t really practice for the no ‘Scope, after that first Harris Chain event, I figured out you have to be dialed in that three hours,” he said. “So, I dialed-in the ‘Scope, and I figure I’ll go fishing wherever looks good.”

Both Yavorsky and Pemberton are no strangers to big bass, and Pemberton had this event circled on the calendar, despite never having been to the lakes before. Like Yavorsky, he didn’t start on the money, but he adapted quickly and correctly.

“I only had one good day of practice, and the rest of the two, I think I only had three fish a day,” said Pemberton, who neglected to mention that his “good day” produced 43 pounds. “I ran around today and went to the areas I had from practice – I burned like three spots that didn’t have any on them. I went to another spot and caught two 7s; about 30 minutes later I went to another spot and caught two big ones, and then caught my last big one kind of in the middle of nowhere, where I’d never fished before.”

His three hours of modern sonar gone, Pemberton then hit the bank with a lipless.

“I went up in the dirt and caught three or four over 6,” he said. “I did not expect that – I didn’t catch a bass without ‘Scope in practice.”

A guide on O.H. Ivie, Pemberton was itching to get to a lake with timber and that was famous for giants. After the last few days, this likely won’t be his last time at Santee.

“It sets up just like my home lake,” he said. “Giants roam around, and if you can figure out how to trick ‘em you’ll have a megabag. I hope we get to go out for a full day tomorrow – I think I could have caught them a little quicker if we had got out earlier.”

The top 20 pros after Day 1 on the Santee Cooper are:

1st:          Aaron Yavorsky, Palm Harbor, Fla., five bass, 35-4
2nd:        Austin Pemberton, Tuscola, Texas, five bass, 35-0
3rd:         Matteo Turano, Puryear, Tenn., five bass, 31-9
4th:         Hayden O’Barr, Scottsboro, Ala., five bass, 29-0
5th:         Dylan Nutt, Nashville, Tenn., five bass, 28-2
6th:         T.J. McKenzie, Georgetown, S.C., five bass, 27-15
7th:         Brody Campbell, Oxford, Ohio, five bass, 27-6
7th:         Matt Baty, Bainbridge, Ga., five bass, 26-8
9th:         Cal Lane, Grant, Ala., four bass, 26-0
10th:       Britt Myers Jr., Clover, S.C., five bass, 25-12
11th:       Banks Shaw, Harrison, Tenn., five bass, 25-4
12th:       Colby Miller, Elmer, La., five bass, 25-2
13th:       Mitchell Robinson, Landrum, S.C., five bass, 24-0
14th:       Dylan Hays, Pearcy, Ark., five bass, 23-11
15th:       Kennie Steverson, Umatilla, Fla., five bass, 23-10
16th:       Caz Anderson, Haysville, N.C., three bass, 23-9
17th:       Carter Nutt, Nashville, Tenn., five bass, 23-3
18th:       Kyle Austin, Ridgeville, S.C., four bass, 22-6
19th:       Chad Mrazek, Montgomery, Texas, five bass, 21-7
20th:       Mike Surman, Boca Raton, Fla, five bass, 21-3

Complete results for the entire field can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Overall, there were 380 bass weighing 1,492 pounds, 9 ounces caught by 116 pros Friday. The catch included 40 five-bass limits.

Pro T.J. McKenzie of Georgetown, South Carolina, earned the Day 1 Berkley Big Bass award of $500 after bringing a bass that weighed 10 pounds, 5 ounces to the scale.

After Day 1 on Thursday was canceled due to strong winds, the full field of pros now compete on Friday and Saturday in a five-fish, weigh-in format. The winner is determined by heaviest cumulative two-day weight and will be awarded the grand prize of up to $135,000. Forward-facing and/or 360-degree sonar is limited to only 3 hours of competition each day.

Anglers will launch at 8 a.m. ET Saturday from the John C. Land III Landing, located at 4404 Greenall Road in Summerton, South Carolina. Saturday’s Championship weigh-in will also be held at the John C. Land III Landing and will begin at 4 p.m. Fans are welcome to attend all launch and weigh-in events and also encouraged to follow the event online throughout the day on the MLFNOW!® live stream and coverage at  MajorLeagueFishing.com.

The Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by MillerTech at Santee Cooper Lakes Presented by Star brite is hosted by Destination Clarendon.

The 2026 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by MillerTech features a field of up to 150 professional anglers competing across six tournaments around the country, for a total purse of $3.8 million and valuable 7 Brew Angler of the Year (AOY) points to qualify for the Pro Circuit Championship, set for Sept. 18-20 on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes in Kissimmee, Florida, and a coveted spot on the MLF Bass Pro Tour – the sport’s premier circuit.

The MLFNOW! broadcast team of Chad McKee and Rob Newell will break down the extended action live on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. ET. MLFNOW! will be live streamed on MajorLeagueFishing.com, the MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) app and Rumble.

Television coverage of the MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by MillerTech Stop 2 on Santee Cooper Presented by Star brite will air as a two-hour episode, premiering at 9 a.m. ET, on Saturday, Sept. 13 on Vice TV.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by MillerTech include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, Bubba, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly, Mercury, MillerTech, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PirahnO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

For complete details and updated information visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the MLF5 social media outlets at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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, Outdoor Channel, VICE, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, RFD-TV and Game & Fish TV, Rumble 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 20 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.

by AnglersChannel