Sixth season of Bass Pro Tour to premiere Saturday, July 6 on Discovery Channel

BENTON, Ky. – The sixth season of the Bass Pro Tour is set to premiere this Saturday, July 6, at 7 a.m. ET with a two-hour episode on Discovery Channel.

The 2024 MLF Bass Pro Tour features a field of the top professional anglers in the world competing across seven regular-season tournaments around the country, fishing for millions of dollars and valuable points to qualify for the annual General Tire Heavy Hitters all-star event and REDCREST 2025, the Bass Pro Tour championship, April 2-6, 2025, on Lake Guntersville in Huntsville, Ala.

The roster includes Cole Floyd of Leesburg. According to his bio, “A sensation since the early days in college, Cole Floyd had three Collegiate Bass National Championship wins, one College Bass National Championship win and three consecutive AOY titles in the Phoenix Bass Fishing League LBL Division. He’s also a three-time Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit TITLE qualifier and BFL Regional Champion All-American qualifier. Floyd made his first REDCREST qualification in 2024, where he placed eighth.”

The first two-hour episode of Major League Fishing premiering Saturday will feature the Knockout Round from REDCREST 2024 Powered by OPTIMA Lithium at Alabama’s Lay Lake, the Bass Pro Tour Championship. Each week a new episode will premiere on Discovery Channel, through mid-November.

The complete air schedule for the 2024 Bass Pro Tour on Discovery Channel is:

July 6 Bass Pro Shops REDCREST 2024 at Lay Lake Powered by OPTIMA Lithium Knockout Round
July 13 NO EPISODE – DISCOVERY CHANNEL SHARK WEEK
July 20 Bass Pro Shops REDCREST 2024 at Lay Lake Powered by OPTIMA Lithium Championship Round
July 27 B&W Trailer Hitches Stage One at Toledo Bend Presented by Power-Pole Knockout Round
Aug. 3 B&W Trailer Hitches Stage One at Toledo Bend Presented by Power-Pole Championship Round
Aug. 10 General Tire Heavy Hitters at Kissimmee Chain Presented by Bass Pro Shops, Qualifying Round Group A – Day 1
Aug. 17 General Tire Heavy Hitters at Kissimmee Chain Presented by Bass Pro Shops, Qualifying Round Group B – Day 1
Aug. 24 General Tire Heavy Hitters at Kissimmee Chain Presented by Bass Pro Shops, Qualifying Round Group A – Day 2
Aug. 31 General Tire Heavy Hitters at Kissimmee Chain Presented by Bass Pro Shops, Qualifying Round Group B – Day 2
Sept. 7 General Tire Heavy Hitters at Kissimmee Chain Presented by Bass Pro Shops, Knockout Round
Sept. 14 General Tire Heavy Hitters at Kissimmee Chain Presented by Bass Pro Shops, Championship Round
Sept. 21 Suzuki Stage Two at Santee Cooper Lakes Presented by Fenwick Knockout Round
Sept. 28 Suzuki Stage Two at Santee Cooper Lakes Presented by Fenwick Championship Round
Oct. 5 PowerStop Brakes Stage Three at Dale Hollow Lake Presented by Mercury Knockout Round
Oct. 6 PowerStop Brakes Stage Three at Dale Hollow Lake Presented by Mercury Championship Round
Oct. 12 MillerTech Stage Four at Lake Eufaula Presented by REDCON1 Knockout Round
Oct. 19 MillerTech Stage Four at Lake Eufaula Presented by REDCON1 Championship Round
Oct. 26 U.S. Air Force Stage Five at Chowan River Presented by WIX Filters Knockout Round
Nov. 2 U.S. Air Force Stage Five at Chowan River Presented by WIX Filters Championship Round
Nov. 9 General Tire Stage Six at James River Presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts Championship Round
Nov. 16 Minn Kota Stage Seven at St. Lawrence River Presented by Humminbird Championship Round.

The full television schedule can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Proud sponsors of the 2024 MLF Bass Pro Tour include: Abu Garcia, B&W Trailer Hitches, Bass Pro Shops, Berkley, BUBBA, Epic Baits, Fishing Clash, Garmin, General Tire, Humminbird, Lowrance, Mercury, MillerTech, Minn Kota, Mossy Oak Fishing, NITRO, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Onyx, Plano, Power-Pole, PowerStop Brakes, Rapala, REDCON1, Star brite, Suzuki, Toyota, U.S. Air Force and WIX Filters.

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.

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