Pros Chris Lane, Justin Lucas and Andrew Nordbye from Guntersville, along with New Hope’s Jacob Wall among 50 professional anglers competing next week in MLF’s most prestigious championship in Huntsville, Alabama
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (March 26, 2025) – The top 50 MLF anglers from 2024 – including the top 40 pros from the Bass Pro Tour – will be competing next week, April 3-6, at Lake Guntersville in Huntsville, Alabama, for a top prize of $300,000 and to crown professional bass fishing’s newest world champion. The four-day event is hosted by the Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association, and the Madison County Commission.
“Centrally located in the heart of the best bass fishing in the world, we are excited to welcome Major League Fishing to Huntsville for this year’s REDCREST,” said Jennifer Moore, President and CEO of the Huntsville-Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau. “This is a great opportunity for us to introduce our city to the bass fishing world by engaging in one of the biggest events of the season.”
Among the 50 anglers competing in the event are local professional anglers, Chris Lane, Justin Lucas and Andrew Nordbye, all of Guntersville, and Jacob Wall of New Hope, Alabama. Lucas, with more than $2.2 million in career earnings will be making his fifth career REDCREST appearance. Lane will be competing in his fourth REDCREST championship, while Nordby and Wall be making their first career REDCREST appearances.
"Every angler works toward moments like REDCREST, and I’m honored to have qualified. Lake Guntersville is the perfect stage for this championship, and I’m excited to compete at the highest level next week," Wall said.
The four-day event showcases the MLF catch, weigh, immediate-release format, in which anglers catch as much weight as they can each day, while also feeling the pressure and intensity of the live SCORETRACKER® leaderboard. Bass Pro Shops REDCREST 2025 Presented by MillerTech Energy at Lake Guntersville will feature anglers competing with a 2-pound minimum weight requirement for a bass to be deemed scorable.
The MLFNOW!® broadcast team of Chad McKee and J.T. Kenney will break down the extended action live each day of competition from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. CT. MLFNOW!® is live streamed on MajorLeagueFishing.com, the MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) app and Rumble.
The full field of anglers will compete in the two-day Qualifying Round on Thursday and Friday. After the two-day Qualifying Round is complete, the pro with the highest two-day total will advance directly to Sunday’s Championship Round. Anglers that finish 2nd through 20th will advance to Saturday’s Knockout Round. In the Knockout Round, weights are zeroed, and the remaining anglers compete to finish in the top nine to advance to Sunday’s Championship Round. In the final-day Championship Round, weights are zeroed, and the highest one-day total wins professional bass fishing’s top prize of $300,000.
Television coverage of MLF’s Bass Pro Shops REDCREST 2025 Presented by MillerTech Energy at Lake Guntersville will premiere as a two-hour episode starting at 7 a.m. ET, on Saturday, July 5 on Discovery, with the Championship Round premiering on Saturday, July 19. New MLF episodes premiere each Saturday morning on Discovery, with re-airings on Outdoor Channel and Vice TV.
Proud sponsors of the MLF Bass Pro Tour and REDCREST 2025 include: 7Brew Coffee, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, Bass Force, B&W Trailer Hitches, Bass Pro Shops, Berkley, BUBBA, E3 Sports Apparel, Fishing Clash, Grizzly, Lowrance, Mercury, MillerTech Energy, Mossy Oak Fishing, NITRO, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Power-Pole, Ranger Boats, Rapala, Star brite, Suzuki Marine and Toyota.
For complete details and updated information on Major League Fishing and the Bass Pro Tour, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF’s social media outlets at Facebook, X, 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 Channel, Outdoor Channel, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network and on demand on MyOutdoorTV (MOTV). Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, the MLF roster of bass anglers includes the world’s top pros and more than 30,000 competitors in all 50 states and 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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