MLF Bass Pro Tour Schedule for 2025

Major League Fishing (MLF) has announced the schedule for the 2025 Bass Pro Tour, featuring seven stages across various renowned fisheries. The season kicks off on January 30 at Lake Conroe in Conroe, Texas, and concludes on August 10 at Saginaw Bay in Bay City, Michigan. Notably, the schedule includes three venues that are new to the Bass Pro Tour.

1. Stage One at Lake Conroe

Aerial View of lake Conroe in Texas. | MLF | Garrick Dixon

Final Results: Justin Cooper Catches $150k Buzzer Beater To Become The Bass Pro Tour Stage 1 Champion on Lake Conroe

Justin Cooper Holding The Bass Pro Tour Stage 1 Trophy | Photo by RMatsuura | Courtesy of MLF

For most of the day, Cooper and Colby Miller were locked in a neck-and-neck duel that could have gone either way. At one point, Miller even took the lead, but with just a minute left before time ran out, Cooper hooked a 1-pound, 10-ounce bass—just enough to edge past Miller with a final tally of 78-5 on 34 scorable bass. Miller finished agonizingly close at 77-4 with 35 fish...GET THE FULL STORY HERE.

Check out our Lake Conroe Fishing Report.
Check out the Bass Pro Tour Tournament Updates for Lake Conroe.

2. Stage Two at the Harris Chain of Lakes

Aerial view of bass anglers on the Harris Chain of Lakes in Florida. | MLF | Rob Matsuura

Final Results: Bobby Lane Wins MLF Bass Pro Tour Stage Two On The Harris Chain

Bobby Lane Holding the BPT Stage 2 Trophy — Bobby Lane Wins $150k: 19 Bass Total Weight 56-5 | Photo by TBrinks | Courtesy of MLF

Bobby Lane has spent 17 years carving out a career filled with wins, accolades, and moments that define a professional angler. But one thing had eluded him: a national tour victory in his backyard. Florida had given him heartbreak before. He had been close, painfully close. The last time he fished the Harris Chain, he had to watch Ott DeFoe hoist the trophy. Not this time...GET THE FULL STORY HERE.

Check out our Harris Chain of Lakes Fishing Report.
Check out the Bass Pro Tour Tournament Updates for the Harris Chain of Lakes.

3. Stage Three at Lake Murray

BPT pro, Matt Becker sets the hook on another bass on Lake Murray. | MLF | Charles Waldorf

Final Results: Drew Gill Wins Stage Three of the Bass Pro Tour at Lake Murray

Gill, the 22-year-old phenom. Wheeler, the eight-time champion, the relentless force, the man who doesn't lose these fights. They were locked in from the first cast, using identical strategies: forward-facing sonar in the morning and dock skipping with Neko rigs in the afternoon. Blow for blow, ounce for ounce. No one else even came close...GET THE FULL STORY HERE.

4. Stage Four at Lake Chickamauga/Nickajack Lake

Aerial view of a Lake Chickamauga takeoff at sunrise. | Rob Matsuura

Final Results: Rookie Jake Lawrence Stuns Wheeler with Epic Final-Second Win at Bass Pro Tour Nickajack

BPT rookie Jake Lawrence on stage after the weigh in celebrating by kissing his first BPT trophy. — Rookie Jake Lawrence lands a 5-pounder with 21 seconds left to beat Jacob Wheeler and win Bass Pro Tour Stage 4 on Nickajack Lake. | MajorLeagueFishing

For four days of the Bass Pro Tour’s Stage 4 on Nickajack Lake in Tennessee, Jake Lawrence and Jacob Wheeler traded shots—the rookie on a roll vs. the most winning BPT angler ever, who always seems to be on a roll. But in the final 60 seconds of competition, Lawrence fired the final shot...GET THE FULL STORY HERE.

Heavy Hitters Final Results: Hatfield’s Unexpected Lure Choice Nets First BPT Win and $110,000

Nick Hatfield celebrating his victory on Smith Mountain Lake holding up the Heavy Hitters championship belt. — Nick Hatfield shocked the field at the 2025 BPT Heavy Hitters on Smith Mountain Lake by switching to a SPRO Aruku Shad lipless crankbait, landing $110K and his first tour win. | MLF | Tyler Brinks

Nick Hatfield had a great week qualifying for the final round of the 2025 BPT Heavy Hitters event at Smith Mountain Lake using a range of herring-imitating baits— a Megabass ONETEN SR jerkbait, a jointed swimbait, a jighead minnow, a few different dragging presentations—but not a lipless crankbait. Not until his second spot on the final day, that is, when he blew the tournament wide open...GET THE FULL STORY HERE.

5. Stage Five at Kentucky Lake

The fifth event for the 2025 MLF Bass Pro Tour is June 5-8. Stage Five at Kentucky Lake, located in Calvert City, KY, and is hosted by the Kentucky Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Final Results: Top 5 Lures That Dominated the 2025 Bass Pro Tour on Kentucky Lake

BPT pro Jacob Wheeler holds up the lures that helped him win on Kentucky lake. — These are the Top 5 baits that helped Jacob Wheeler and other top anglers produce at the 2025 Bass Pro Tour on Kentucky Lake. Classic ledge fishing at its best. | Photo by Phoenix Moore | MLF

It’s great to see that after several years of not-so-great fishing, legendary Kentucky and Barkley Lakes appear to be on an upswing for this 2025 Bass Pro Tour event. As you’ll see from the lures that did the most damage, this was pretty classic summer ledge fishing, with both largemouth and smallmouth coming into play...GET THE FULL STORY HERE.

6. Stage Six at the Potomac River

Aerial view of a large group of boat on the Potomac River getting ready to start a bass fishing tournament with the sunrise b — Nearly time to get this tournament started on the Potomac River. | MLF

The sixth event for the 2025 MLF Bass Pro Tour is June 26-29. Stage Six at the Potomac River, located in Marbury, MD, is hosted by Charles County Recreation, Parks and Tourism.

Final Results: Top 5 Baits for Potomac River Bass: How the June Bass Pro Tour Was Won

Montage of photos featuring BPT champion Ott Defoe with his trophy and action pictures from his day competing on the Potomac — How did Ott DeFoe earn his fifth BPT trophy, and what were the Top 5 bass lures that produced on the final day? | Photos by Phoenix Moore | MLF

The June Bass Pro Tour (BPT) Potomac River event was a competition of reading the tides better than then everyone else, and fishing shallow water baits around cover. Vibrating jigs, Texas-rigged soft plastics and wacky-rigged soft stick baits all made the list, while unlike most tournaments of the past couple years, there wasn’t a single mention of a ball-head jig with a minnow among the top 10 finishers...GET THE FULL STORY HERE.

7. Stage Seven at Saginaw Bay

BPT angler, Matt Becker on Saginaw Bay. | MLF | Garrick Dixon

The seventh and final event for the 2025 MLF Bass Pro Tour is August 7-10. Stage Seven at Saginaw Bay, located in Bay City, Michigan, is hosted by Go Great Lakes Bay and the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce.

Final Results: Top 3 Baits That Dominated the 2025 Bass Pro Tour on Saginaw Bay

Bass pro Jacob Wheeler setting the hook on another Saginaw Bay largemouth bass that led to his 10th BPT victory. — These are the lures that dominated the August 2025 MLF Bass Pro Tour on Saginaw Bay. See Jacob Wheeler’s winning baits, along with the rest of the top 10 angler's patterns, and how both smallmouth and largemouth played in the AOY-deciding event. | FLW | Phoenix Moore

With 42 fish weighing 110 pounds, on the final competition day of the 2025 season, Jacob Wheeler won the MLF Bass Pro Tour on Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron in Michigan. Honestly, Jacob Wheeler is a
deadly, super-advanced, laser-focused, bass catching cyborg, right? After locking down the 2025 Bass Pro Tour Angler of the Year title (his fourth AOY) on Saturday, he went ahead and won the Saginaw Bay BPT event (his tenth BPT win). Wheeler’s skills and consistent high-performances are truly amazing.

Following is a breakdown of the 3 most effective baits used by the Top 10 finishers at the 2025 BPT on Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron in Michigan...GET THE FULL STORY HERE.

Each regular-season event offers a top prize of $150,000, along with valuable points in the Fishing Clash Angler of the Year race and opportunities to qualify for REDCREST 2026 and the General Tire Heavy Hitters all-star event.

For more details and updates from Major League Fishing, visit the official MLF Bass Pro Tour website.