Professional Anglers Boyd Duckett and Gary Klein represent the anglers and originally came up with the idea of Major League Fishing. Major League Fishing is sponsored by a number of fishing-related companies and external organizations including Bass Pro Shops, General Tire, Lowrance, Sig Sauer and Geico.

The Bassmaster Elite Series is the highest level of tournament fishing for the Bassmaster brand, while the Bass Pro Tour is the top-level series for Major League Fishing. Anglers in each of the competing organizations battle for the ultimate prize – a chance to compete for a championship title.

CEO Boyd Duckett (Feb. 13, 2023) – Major League Fishing President and CEO Boyd Duckett issued the following statement today regarding the announcement of Kevin VanDam's retirement following the 2023 Bass Pro Tour season: “Today is both a sad day and a time for celebration in our sport.

They wanted to create a whole new game. The first Major League Fishing event was filmed at Lake Amistad, Texas, in 2011 and aired on the Outdoor Channel in 2012. It was an instant success. MLF now earns the highest ratings on Outdoor Channel in the first two quarters of the year.

Maryland resident John Ols caught a 640.5-pound blue marlin at the 50th annual White Marlin Open this weekend, earning a $6.2 million grand prize -- a world record for the catching of a fish. The total purse for this year's event in Ocean City, Maryland was $10.5 million.

VanDam is one of the most recognized names in bass fishing as the all-time money winner with B.A.S.S. (more than $6 million). His initials are the most-feared in bass fishing as KVD has won four of the 27 Bassmaster Classics in which he's competed, has a record 25 B.A.S.S.

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The victory was Wheeler's fourth career MLF Cup victory – the most Cup wins ever by a single angler.

Salmon is called the king of fish.

China China is the ruler of the world's largest fish producer. This Panda country leaves far away its competitors, including India with a distance of six times more. With a total global fish production of 178.8 million tons, one third of the world's fish production comes from China.

A total of 20 red-tagged fish were recaptured in Season 8 and over 90 prized fish have been claimed since the comp began in 2015, but the elusive Million Dollar Fish is yet to be reeled in by one lucky fisho. There are now 11 red-tagged fish worth $1 million in Top End waterways!

Kevin VanDam (born October 14, 1967), often called simply "KVD," is a professional bass fisherman from Otsego, Michigan. He is the all-time money winner in professional bass fishing, having earned $7,089,388 through August 2022 according to Major League Fishing.