Meet the Anglers: Challenge Cup - Team Ferguson (#5)

Brent Ehrler + Justin Lucas

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Brent Ehrler and Justin Lucas, Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour Anglers, fishing together in the 2024 Patriot Cup. (2024)

Photo by Pheonix Moore

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Brent Ehrler

Major League Fishing

Brent Ehrler

Redlands, California

With more than $3.2 million in winnings in his career, Brent Ehrler ranks as one of the Top 20 leading all-time money winners in professional bass-fishing history. Ehrler has rolled up eight wins, more than 50 Top 10s, and a Forrest Wood Cup (which he won after his rookie season in 2006). Ehrler was the winner of the 2015 Toyota Texas Bass Classic and won the first-ever MLF event, the 2012 Challenge Cup on Lake Amistad. Ten years later, he claimed the 2022 Challenge Cup in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

FUN FACT

Brent likes to golf, snow ski, and saltwater fish.

Career Wins8
Top 10s59
Top 20s70
REDCREST Appearances6
Career Winnings$3,501,190

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Bass Pro Angler Justin Lucas

Major League Fishing

Justin Lucas

Guntersville, Alabama

Entering the MLF Bass Pro Tour after the most successful season of his professional career, Justin Lucas was the 2018 Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year. A resident of Alabama and a native of California, Lucas collected five wins in seven years on FLW fishing as both a co-angler and pro, and has tallied seven wins, more than 40 Top 10s, and more than $2 million in career winnings. Lucas won Stage Five of the 2020 Bass Pro Tour on Sturgeon Bay.

FUN FACT

Lucas loves eating healthy, staying in shape, and spending as much time with his family as possible.

Career Wins7
Top 10s55
Top 20s71
REDCREST Appearances5
Career Winnings$2,371,367

Marion is a digital content manager for RFD-TV and The Cowboy Channel. She started working for Rural Media Group in May 2022, adding a decade of experience in the digital side of broadcast media and some cooking experience to the team.

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