BENTON, Ky. – Major League Fishing announced Friday the 2025 Invitationals schedule, highlighted by the addition of a no-entry-fee championship featuring a potential $135,000 top award and a REDCREST 2026 berth for the winner.
The 2025 Invitationals will showcase 150 pros competing across six regular-season stops for a season-long purse of more than $4.3 million and valuable points to qualify for the new Invitationals Championship and ultimately an invitation to compete on the 2026 Bass Pro Tour.
Each Invitational will feature anglers competing over three days in a five-fish, weigh-in format for a top award of up to $115,000. The top pro from the point standings at the end of the season will win the Angler of the Year title and $50,000, while the Top 5 pros qualify for the 2026 Bass Pro Tour and the Top 50 pros advance to the Championship.
The Championship, set for Sept. 5-7, 2025, on the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wis., will feature a $522,000 purse with a top award of $135,000 and every angler guaranteed at least $5,000.
“We’re excited to announce our 2025 schedule and the addition of the Invitationals Championship,” said Kevin Hunt, Senior Director of Tournament Operations of the Invitationals. “The Invitationals are the only way into the Bass Pro Tour, and the competitiveness and intensity that comes in the race for those five spots has created some extraordinary moments over the first two years. We look forward to another great season on some incredible fisheries and can’t wait to watch how 2025 shakes out.”
Every day of Invitational competition will be broadcast live on MLFNOW! at MajorLeagueFishing.com and streamed to the Major League Fishing app, MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) and Rumble app. Each tournament will also be televised on CBS Sports.
Invitations for the 2025 season will be sent to qualified anglers following Stop 6 on the Detroit River, which wraps up the 2024 season on Sunday.
2025 MLF Invitationals Schedule
> Feb. 21- 23 -- Stop 1 at the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes -- Kissimmee, Fla.
> March 14-16 -- Stop 2 at Lake Hartwell -- Anderson, S.C.
> April 15-17 -- Stop 3 at Smith Lake -- Cullman, Ala.
> May 9-11 -- Stop 4 at Pickwick Lake -- Counce, Tenn.
> June 20-22 -- Stop 5 at the James River -- Richmond, Va.
> July 25-27 -- Stop 6 at the St. Lawrence River -- Massena, N.Y.
> Sept. 5-7 -- Invitationals Championship at the Mississippi River -- La Crosse, Wis.
