MLF’s 12 Best of the Best compete in General Tire World Champion 2017 TULSA, Okla. (June 22, 2017 ) – Major League Fishing (MLF) officials announce the 12 anglers who have qualified to compete in the inaugural General Tire World Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops, and that the first matches are scheduled to debut on CBS and CBS Sports Network beginning Saturday, June 24.
The championship lineup reads like a “Who’s Who” list of professional bass anglers, consisting of Kevin VanDam, Mike Iaconelli, Greg Hackney, Edwin Evers, Boyd Duckett, Gary Klein, Tim Horton, Mark Davis, Aaron Martens, Jeff Kriet, Bobby Lane and Mike McClelland.
For more information about the championship and MLF, visit www.majorleaguefishing.com.
About Major League Fishing Developed through a joint effort between Outdoor Channel and two dozen premier bass fishing anglers in 2011, Major League Fishing brings the high-intensity sport of competitive bass fishing into America’s living rooms in the form of riveting two-hour TV episodes.
Twenty-four world-class anglers are filmed over the course of a six-day event.
The show captures their efforts as they utilize a demanding format that allows them to weigh all the “scorable bass” they catch.
Unlike other competitive fishing events, live leaderboards in the boats allow anglers to know their standings at all times.
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MLF’s 12 Best of the Best compete in General Tire World Champion 2017
TULSA, Okla. (June 22, 2017
) – Major League Fishing (MLF) officials announce the 12 anglers who have qualified to compete in the inaugural General Tire World Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops, and that the first matches are scheduled to debut on CBS and CBS Sports Network beginning Saturday, June 24.
The championship lineup reads like a “Who’s Who” list of professional bass anglers, consisting of Kevin VanDam, Mike Iaconelli, Greg Hackney, Edwin Evers, Boyd Duckett, Gary Klein, Tim Horton, Mark Davis, Aaron Martens, Jeff Kriet, Bobby Lane and Mike McClelland. They qualified according to final point standings accumulated from their participation in 2016 and 2017 MLF Cup events.
The championship’s airing will mark the largest and first-ever consecutive six-week bass fishing series to run
on national broadcast television, a precedent for the sport. The six one-hour episodes run weekly from June 24 to July 29, with most at 2 p.m. EDT on CBS, which among its 200 television stations and affiliates reaches nearly every home in the United States.
The General Tire World Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops features an all-new MLF format designed for the 12-angler field and the six days of competition. The matches were held and filmed on lakes around Nacogdoches, Texas, in March.
MLF was developed in 2011 specifically with television entertainment in mind. Its popularity has grown annually since then, making…
