Major League Fishing General Tire World Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops to Air Sunday on CBS
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Jan 20th, 2021 by Keith Worrall
Modified Jan 20th, 2021 at 1:50 PM
Major League Fishing General Tire World Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops to Air Sunday on CBS
WHAT: The Major League Fishing 2020 General Tire World Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops will premiere nationwide Sunday afternoon on CBS. The event, shot over six days in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, showcases 16 MLF pro anglers culminating the 2020 Cup season and competing for a top prize of $100,000.
WHEN: Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, from 1-2 p.m. ET
WHERE: CBS
NOTES: The MLF 2020 General Tire World Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops featured the top pro anglers in the world visiting Northern Minnesota to compete on four different fisheries across the region, including Pokegama Lake, Wabana Lake, Turtle Lake, and Spider Lake. The fisheries are unknown to the anglers – they do not learn where they are competing until they arrive to the launch ramp each morning of competition.
The 16 anglers that competed in the 2020 General Tire World Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops are: Casey Ashley, Brent Ehrler, Edwin Evers, Bobby Lane, Jordan Lee, Jared Lintner, Aaron Martens, Cody Meyer, Andy Montgomery, Michael Neal, Takahiro Omori, Jacob Powroznik, Mark Rose, Jeff Sprague, Greg Vinson and Jacob Wheeler.
The event was hosted by Visit Grand Rapids.
For complete details and updated information on REDCREST 2021, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
About Major League Fishing
Founded in 2011, Major League Fishing (MLF) brings the high-intensity sport of competitive bass fishing into America’s living rooms on Outdoor Channel, Discovery, CBS, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, Sportsman Channel, and on-demand on MyOutdoorTV (MOTV). According to Nielsen ratings, Major League Fishing remains the number one series on Outdoor Channel for five years and MLF premiered as the number one outdoor show in their time slot on Discovery in 2019.
In 2019 MLF acquired FLW, which expands their portfolio to include the world’s largest grassroots-fishing organization, including the strongest five-biggest-fish format professional bass fishing tour, the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit, as well as the Toyota Series, Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine, Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI, and High School Fishing presented by Favorite Fishing.