Complete List of Pros Switching to MLF

With the implementation of Major League Fishing's new Bass Pro Tour and its ever-popular format, a monumental change is happening in professional bass fishing that we have never seen before. 

Anglers will not be fishing multiple tours and as the deadline of Decision Day nears, many of bass fishing's biggest names and personalities are making the switch from their current tours in favor of the new MLF Bass Pro Tour and its appealing format.

Below is a current running list of the anglers that have announced their switch thus far.

 

Spots filled: 80/80 (as of 10/3/2018)

 

Anglers making the switch from the Elite Series: ( 68 )

BOYD DUCKETT

GARY KLEIN

TIMMY HORTON

SKEET REESE

MARK DAVIS

MARTY ROBINSON

EDWIN EVERS

KELLY JORDON

CHRIS LANE

GREG HACKNEY

ALTON JONES

ALTON JONES JR.

GERALD SPOHRER

RANDALL THARP

ANDY MONTGOMERY

DAVE LEFEBRE

FLETCHER SHRYOCK

JEFF KRIET

JARED LINTNER

MIKE MCCLELLAND

ROY HAWK

JOHN MURRAY

OTT DEFOE

BRENT CHAPMAN

KEITH POCHE

 

JACOB WHEELER

CLIFF CROCHET

DAVID WALKER

BRANDON COULTER

RUSS LANE

GREG VINSON

JACOB POWROZNIK

TERRY SROGGINS

DEAN ROJAS

GERALD SWINDLE

RANDY HOWELL

FRED ROUMBANIS

TAKAHIRO OMORI

JAMES ELAM

STEPHEN BROWNING

BRETT HITE

KEVIN VANDAM

LUKE CLAUSEN

AARON MARTENS

BOBBY LANE

JONATHAN VANDAM

SHAW GRIGSBY

CASEY ASHLEY

TOMMY BIFFLE

TODD FAIRCLOTH

ADRIAN AVENA

CLIFF PACE

WESLEY STRADER

JOSH BERTRAND

BRADLEY ROY

PAUL ELIAS

SHIN FUKAE

BRENT EHRLER

JASON CHRISTIE

MATT LEE

JUSTIN LUCAS

JORDAN LEE

DUSTIN CONNELL

JESSE WIGGINS

BRANDON PALANIUK

 

 ISH MONROE

MARK DANIELS JR. 

MIKE IACONELLI

 

Anglers making the switch from the FLW Tour: ( 11 )

ZACK BIRGE

JT KENNEY

JASON LAMBERT

MICHAEL NEAL

JUSTIN ATKINS

SCOTT SUGGS

CODY MEYER

MARK ROSE

JAMES WATSON

BRITT MYERS

ANDY MORGAN

 

As well as MLF co-founder GARY CLOUSE 

 

It looks like the roster is set! All 80 spots have been filled! With an enormous addition in Mike Iaconelli to fill the last spot! If MLF was looking for star power, they sure got it. BASS has lost almost all of its top-tier anglers. Only the future will tell how everything plays out but one thing for sure is that we're going to be seeing a lot of new faces on the Elites this year! And get ready for MLF to be the new destination for top-level professionals in the industry for years to come, which used to be the Elites. Big things are happening in the fishing industry. Big things!