TUNE-IN LIVE: Major League Fishing’s Challenge Cup Begins Sunday

Starting 10 AM ET Sunday, 8/24; continuing Monday-Friday at 2:30 PM ET

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Sunday, August 24, 2025

10 AM ET | 9 AM CT | 8 AM MT | 7 AM PT

Monday, August 25 – Friday, August 29

2:30 PM ET | 1:30 PM CT | 12:30 PM MT | 11:30 AM PT

The B&W Trailer Hitches Challenge Cup, the first event of Major League Fishing’s 2025 Team Series, kicks off this Sunday, August 24, 2025, with LIVE coverage by RFD-TV, beginning at 10 AM ET. RFD-TV’s daily LIVE coverage of the tournament will continue at 2:30 PM ET (following “Cow Guy Close”) on Monday, August 25 through Friday, August 29.

12 two-man teams of Bass Pro Tour anglers will fish the waters in Port Huron on Michigan’s Thumbcoast – a premier smallmouth destination nestled on the shores of Lake Huron and the St. Clair River – as they vie for a share of $560,000 in total prize money offered as part of the 2025 MLF Team Series.

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