With all the recent shakeups in professional bass fishing, 2025 promises to be a wild ride. Each league adopted their own somewhat unique set of rules for the new season, which should give spectators something different to tune into. But don’t take my word for it, find out for yourself. Below is the schedule and regularly updated results for each league, so you can keep tabs on each stop on the following tours:
- National Professional Fishing League
- Bassmasters Elite Series,
- MLF Bass Pro Tour
2025 National Professional Fishing League Tour Schedule and Results
For 2025, the NPFL will hold six qualifying tournaments during which 118 anglers will compete for three days. Each event has a $100,000 winner’s purse with 40 payouts per event. There is a $20,000 Progressive Angler of the Year award that comes with paid entry fees for the 2026 season for the winner.
There will be a $5,200 entry fee per event; there is no entry fee for the Championship for the Top 42 in Progressive Angler of the Year Points along with season champions and returning champion and a $100,000 first-place prize. The Championship has a $250,000 total purse with payouts to all qualifiers.
NPFL 2025 Schedule
Stop 1: Santee Cooper
Clarendon County, South Carolina
March 6 – 8
Launch and Weigh-In: John C. Land III Landing
Stop 2: Lake Norman
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
April 16 – 18
Launch and Weigh-In: Blythe Landing Park
Stop 3: Douglas Lake
Dandridge, Tennessee
May 22 – 24
Launch and Weigh-In: Dandridge Boat Ramp
Stop 4: Lake Eufaula
Eufaula, Oklahoma
June 18 – 20
Launch: Xtreme Cove Marina
Weigh-in: Nichols Point
Stop 5: St. Lawrence River
Massena, New York
July 9 – 11
Launch and Weigh-In: TBD
Stop 6: Logan Martin
Oxford, Alabama
Sept. 25 – 27
Launch: Lincoln’s Landing
Weigh-In: Oxford
2025 NPFL Championship: Lake Hartwell
Anderson, South Carolina
Date TBD – Fall, 2025
Launch and Weigh-In: Green Pond Landing
You can find the full NPFL 2025 Schedule and more info here.
Bassmasters Elite Series Schedule and Results
The 2025 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule features a slate of nine events held in seven states across the country on diverse bodies of water. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the tour trail. B.A.S.S. is increasing its contribution to payouts by $200,000 for 2025, which puts the total investment in payouts for the Elite Series and Bassmaster Classic at more than $4.1 million.
For more details on the 2025 Elite payouts, go here.
Bassmasters Elite Series 2025 Schedule
Stop 1: St. Johns River
Palatka, Florida
Feb. 20 – 23
Stop 2: Lake Okeechobee
Okeechobee, Florida
Feb. 27 – March 2
Stop 3, Bassmaster Classic: Lake Ray Roberts
Fort Worth, Texas
March 21 – 23
Stop 4: Pasquotank River/Albemarle Sound
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
April 10 – 13
Stop 5: Lake Hartwell
Anderson, South Carolina
April 24 – 27
Stop 6: Lake Fork
Yantis, Texas
May 8 – 11
Stop 7: Sabine River
Orange, Texas
May 15 – 18
Stop 8: Lake Tenkiller
Cookson, Oklahoma
June 12 – 15
Stop 9: Lake St. Clair
Macomb County, Michigan
Aug. 7 – 10
Stop 10: Mississippi River
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Aug. 21 – 24
2025 Bass Pro Tour Schedule and Results
The Bass Pro Tour is Major League Fishing’s top-level competitive professional fishing circuit. This year, 66 anglers will compete in seven Stage events, culminating with Redcrest, the tour championship. For detailed information on the league anglers, schedule of events, rules, and competition formats for each event, go here.
2025 Bass Pro Tour Schedule
Stage 1 (BP Tour): Lake Conroe
Conroe, Texas
Jan. 30 – Feb. 2
RESULTS
| Place | Angler | Points | Winnings |
| 1st | Justin Cooper | 80 | $150,000 |
| 2nd | Colby Miller | 79 | $45,000 |
| 3rd | Jacob Wall | 78 | $35,000 |
| 4th | Alton Jones, Jr. | 77 | $30,000 |
Friends, family, and fans joined Justin Cooper in celebrating his first Bass Pro Tour event win at B&W Trailer Hitches Stage 1 Presented by Power-Pole.
It was a hard-fought battle for the Louisianan angler as he and Colby Miller were neck-and-neck until the very end. For a moment, Miller had claimed the No. 1 spot on SCORETRACKER® but a last-minute 1-pound, 10-ouncer pushed Cooper back on top with 78-5 on 34 scorable bass to Miller’s 77-4 on 35 scoreable bass.
Cooper and the rest of the Top 10 anglers hit the stage for the Post Game Show to share their thoughts on the first event of the 2025 Bass Pro Tour season before Cooper was presented with his trophy and $150,000 grand prize. —MLF
Stage 2 (BP Tour): Harris Chaine of Lakes
Leesburg, Florida
Feb. 13 – 16
Stage 3 (BP Tour): Lake Murray
Columbia, South Carolina
March 6 – 9
Bass Pro Shops Redcrest Championship: Lake Guntersville
Huntsville, Alabama
April 3 – 6
Stage 4 (BP Tour): Chickamauga and Nickajack
Chattanooga, Tennessee
May 1 – 4
General Tire Heavy Hitters: Smith Mountain Lake
Franklin County, Virginia
May 17 – 22
Stage 5 (BP Tour): Kentucky Lake
Calvert City, Kentucky
June 5 – 8
Stage 6 (BP Tour): Potomac River
Marbury, Maryland
June 26 – 29
Stage 7 (BP Tour): Saginaw Bay and River
Bay City, Michigan
Aug. 7 – 10
