Saw this on Dave Lefebre facebook that MLF is heading to Waco, heard they are going to fish Waco-Whitney-Belton, sometime now in October. Not sure if that true or not. Not sure if that link works if not check out Dave Lefebre fishing on Facebook.

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There goes the neighborhood

True. My brother has pics of the MLF boats lined up a hotel in Waco.

Are there any fish in those lakes?

Awesome... IMO they will wreck em at Whitney, Waco and Belton will be dink fests with a few good ones mixed in.

Which one? I agree with buda but in a month they would wreck them a whitney and the winter/spring would be ugly, october I'm not so sure

Heck, and Whitney has been my little secret throughout this COVID thing! 🤔🤫😂

Yes

I'll be honest I hate that they are going to whitney and hope they don't really catch them like when they went to Kurth but with this full moon who knows

alton and alton,jr. ought to do well...

Wow! TPWD lists Lake Waco as "excellent" for LMB! I have never been, so I wouldn't know. Guess we'll have to go somedat.

I'm sure those two lobbied for it but don't think they are there if this is the Heritage cup which I think it has to be since its the only one Lefebre is listed as making https://majorleaguefishing.com/standings/ Ott ought to do good if you have watched his hunt for monster bass episode filmed there

Thats a bit dated, it was excellent a dozen or so years ago when they raised the flood pool and it was like a whole new lake with new flooded timber. Its leveled out and even declined since they put hybrids in there.

Be interested to see what they pull out of waco. I've caught some nice fish at whitney in the past. But i honestly can't remember the last nice one i pulled out of Waco. Was probably before they raised the level.

Spring it usually takes around 28 - 30 lbs to win a 5 fish tourney on Waco. This time of year it's probably closer to 20. Of course they're going for numbers, so who knows what they'll come up with?

^^^^^This is correct.

Any reports of seeing MLF guys on any of those three lakes? I wonder if they wait for Mon.

No but I saw elsewhere on facebook they pulled a tourney permit for Aquilla so maybe that is there final day lake. But with catch weigh release would they need a permit

They are on Belton...

Does that mean they have to be on Belton tomorrow? And then 2 more days after that or can they change lakes after everyone has fished a lake once?

River on whitney will be busy....

They were on lake Belton this morning. I saw wheeler’s boat with a camera

It’s good that you guys will get to see someone with his experience break down a hometown lake. Unless they catch them really good and everyone flocks there.

He wouldn't be in his boat. This is a cup event. They should all be in MLF boats

I took it to mean they saw Wheeler in his MLF boat.

Wife and I were doing a little crappie fishing on Belton today. We saw a bunch of those guys running around. Several had a cameraman with them.

When does it start?

There were quite a few anglers with camera crews in the boat today on Belton. I’m guessing MLF.

Maybe they changed it this year, I know Ike on his podcast said he and several of the other anglers were lobbying to be able to use their own boats in the cup events

Apparently already has, I don't think they get practice days for the cups, its just a ride through right before they start the clock. It looks like these are 6 days long and they fish of 3 different lakes. Just and educated guess but tomorrow and tueday should also be on belton, they will move to another lake wedneday-thursday and another lake for the championship day friday.

I guess they aren't doing mlf live?

Might be a "Special Event" since it isn't listed on the website?

filmed in the dark https://majorleaguefishing.com/pres...l-sports-programming-saturday-april-4th/

Them Waco boys are gonna be cryin’ again. Except this time, it ain’t gonna be the boys from DFW fishing “their lake”. It’s gonna be the best hammers from around the world! Hahaha.

Yup and those Hammers are going to expose some spots that will be hammered for a long time in the future.

If they try to run around aquilla there will be some lost lower units for sure!

Whack!

Don't think MLF has ever been live. It was BPT.

BPT is MLF

The MLF cup events are recorded for TV at a later date. This one will probably come out in April 2021 on the Outdoor channel. BPT is the only one that is currently held as a live event online.

MLF is the "real" or rather original show, not the BPT. It's never been live.

The invitation only original show and the Selects no longer exist. Again BPT is MLF as are these cup events, in fact FLW is now MLF as well.

"Cup Events" are the original MLF format that you see on TV. It's not BPT.

SMDH the tour and cups are both MLF format. Anybody see them on Belton today?

I think you're shaking your head too fast. Let me try to help. Here's the BPT format:

Day 1: Qualifying Round, Group A

Forty anglers compete and advance
Total weight carries to Qualifying Round Day 3
Day 2: Qualifying Round, Group B

Forty anglers compete and advance
Total weight carries to Qualifying Round Day 4
Day 3: Qualifying Round, Group A

Forty anglers compete
Day 1 + Day 3 = total weight
Anglers who finish in 2nd-20th place advance to Knockout Round (Day 5)
Winner advances straight to Championship Round (Day 6)
Bottom 20 anglers are eliminated
Day 4: Qualifying Round, Group B

Forty anglers compete
Day 2 + Day 4 = total weight
Anglers who finish in 2nd– 20th place advance to Knockout Round (Day 5)
Winner advances to Championship Round (Day 6)
Bottom 20 anglers are eliminated
Day 5: Knockout Round

Thirty-eight anglers compete
Zero weight to start
Top 8 anglers advance to Championship Round
Bottom 30 anglers are eliminated
Day 6: Championship Round

Ten anglers compete
Zero weight to start
Highest total weight wins


Here' are the MLF Cups which keep the format of the original show, completely different from the Live BPT event format. Four MLF Cup events will be shot in the dark and produced for television. Each MLF Cup event will result in six, two-hour television shows that will air on the Outdoor Channel. Thirty anglers will compete in each MLF Cup event, based on the points they accumulate during MLF Bass Pro Tour events.

Challenge Cup
Heritage Cup
Patriot Cup
Summit Cup

Days 1-3 = Elimination Round 1-3
10 different anglers will compete each day to catch the highest weight
The Top 6 anglers with the highest weight daily move on to Sudden Death

Day 4-5 = Sudden Death Round 1 & 2
Anglers race to a pre-determined Target Weight
The first 4 anglers to hit the target weight daily move on to the Championship Round

Day 6 = Championship Round
Eight anglers compete to catch the highest weight
At the end of the day, the angler with the most weight wins the Cup event
The Top 3 anglers in each MLF Cup event earn a spot in the General Tire World Championship



If it's still confusing after this consult the MLF website or contact Big O for a more detailed explanation.

Yes.... They were on Belton again today.

MLF format is catch weigh release all fish count biggest weight wins, its all the same to me whether bass pro tour or summit/challenge cup

Any sightings today?

I saw no one on Waco this morning.

They’re both the same format, but they are not the same thing. As mentioned, BPT is streamed live online, then packaged for TV and shown on TV at a later date. BPT is the top-level competitive circuit, that follows the style of the original MLF as far as every fish counts. The MLF Cup Events are essentially qualifiers for the General Tire World Championship. Cup events are the original MLF; BPT is the top tier circuit and runs a little differently, while still having every fish count (as long as it weighs at least 2 pounds).

https://majorleaguefishing.com/mlf-101/

The link above says for BPT:

After the Bass Pro Tour streams live on MajorLeagueFishing.com, it will be produced for television and result in 13, two-hour episodes that will air on the Discovery Channel.

The link above says for MLF Cup Events:

MLF Cup events will be shot in the dark and produced for television. MLF Cup events follow the original MLF format.

Group 3 should be on Belton today, tomorrow and thursday they should be on a different lake, and then another friday my guess is waco whitney or waco aquilla. On the World Championship they axed that this year with the covid shortened season, Redcrest is the sole big championship event for them now

MLF is a bit of everything. On some tours they get practice, on some they don’t. Some they are in one boat that you recognize, some they are in provided boats and you have no clue. Some they openly promote fish care by catch/weigh/release, some are five fish that they allow puncture cull clips and cullling of dead fish. Some they stream live, some they package for later. Some are called Cups, some are qualifiers, some are super tournaments, and some are regular season. Some have one set of anglers, some have another set.
And they are all MLF. It’s simple, just go to their website and look at the info. It’s conveniently located now since they moved it from some of the information in one place and some of the info in another.

Make sure you check it often because very little stays the same for long with MLF.

Sometimes they can bounce a fish around on the carpet, toss a fish back in the lake, and hug a fish with no repercussions. But that's only when there isn't some guy in a doofus referees shirt in the boat.

They were on Belton 10/6.



I'll be out there on 10/7 and post update.

That cedar ridge ramp? Anyone see them on waco today?

Saw one of the MLF trucks at Cabelas there around noon.

Yep Cedar Ridge. Didn't see any of them out their today 10/7.

They must be staying in downtown Waco. I saw a bunch of them there, along with the GoPro and Power Pole trailers.

Their hub is as the convention center, theres lost of posts on facebook of people doing meet and greets. They were told the lakes wiil be within 45 minutes so they either fished stillhouse, waco, brazos, whitney, aquilla, navarro mills or mexia yesterday and today

I did not see them on Waco or Whitney yesterday.

Launch em into the Brazos. Let’s see what they got!

Does anybody know what lake they fished today?

Hey the right time of year lake brazos below waco kicks out some big single fish I haven't seen giant 5 fish limits though

Haven't heard where they were at today or yesterday all I know is it wasn't belton, I wonder if they don't go to Tradinghouse for the final day

Lord have mercy if they go to that mud hole.

Whitney is too good to pass up IMO, especially right now.

They have a history of choosing smaller lakes for the final day, its only 8 guys I think, maybe its aquilla

They need to stay away from Aquilla - nothing to see there... Go to Whitney

Those guys will catch them in a bathtub they will make any lake look better than it really is for the average angler. I say stay away from whitney and tradinghouse, aquilla sucks big time for me personally

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its suppose to be belton, waco then whitney...ive heard that they caught them good at belton but waco was a little slow

I supposed whitney is today, I just saw Wheeler on waco drive headed to the Interstate so I guess he didn't make the final round

They are on whitney right now if anyone wants to check it out

Yup they are on Whitney. Went out of Uncle Gus’s Marina.

Talked to a guy in Waco this evening and he said he saw them on Waco and a ref/boat official said they were on Waco Wed and Thu. I think today on Whitney was the championship.

Anyone know when they are airing this one??? Heritage cup I think.

it's not they are putting them in a live well and dragging them to some remote weigh in site.

It’s way to secret for me to follow.

waa?

Does anybody know when this will air on TV?

Thanks.

I bet Warren(big o) would know. He keeps up with everything related to MLF