Minocqua to host MLF Team Series event

Minocqua, Wis., has been selected as the host community for the second stop of the 2025 MLF Team Series, MLF announced this week. The Knighten Industries Heritage Cup is scheduled for Sept. 14-19 in Minocqua, located in north-central Wisconsin.

The Heritage Cup will feature 12 two-man teams of Bass Pro Tour anglers competing for a share of $560,000 in prize money. The first event in the Team Series – the B&W Trailer Hitches Challenge Cup – is slated for Aug. 24–29 in Port Huron, Mich., a premier smallmouth destination nestled on the shores of Lake Huron and the St. Clair River.

All six days of competition in the Team Series events will be available to watch live on MLFNOW! and the final period of each day of competition will be broadcast live from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET on RFD-TV. Each event will also be featured in a series of six original, two-hour episodes set to premiere on Outdoor Channel in the first quarter of 2026.

The 12 teams competing in the Heritage Cup were selected through an angler draft during Stage 5 of the Bass Pro Tour. Here's a look at who's teamed up with who:

> Team YETI: Jeff Sprague (Wills Point, Texas)/Bryan Thrift (Shelby, N.C.)

> Team Ferguson: Nick LeBrun (Bossier City, La.)/Marty Robinson (Lyman, S.C.)

> Team StarTron: Drew Gill (Mount Carmel, Ill.)/Marshall Robinson (Landrum, S.C.)

> Team Fishing Clash: Keith Carson (DeBary, Fla.)/Luke Clausen (Spokane, Wash.)

> Team Lucas Oil: James Elam (Tulsa, Okla.)/Gerald Spohrer (Gonzales, La.)

> Team Knighten: Matt Becker (Ten Mile, Tenn.)/Spencer Shuffield (Hot Springs, Ark.)

> Team Kubota: Cole Floyd (Leesburg, Ohio)/Nick Hatfield (Greeneville, Tenn.)

> Team O’Reilly: Jacob Wheeler (Harrison, Tenn.)/Mark Daniels Jr. (Tuskegee, Ala.)

> Team 7Brew: Zack Birge (Blanchard, Okla.)/Keith Poche (Pike Road, Ala.)

> Team BUBBA: Ott DeFoe (Blaine, Tenn.)/Andy Montgomery (Blacksburg, S.C.)

> Team Smokey Mountain: Terry Scroggins (San Mateo, Fla.)/Casey Ashley (Donalds, S.C.)

> Team B&W: Todd Faircloth (Jasper, Texas)/Jared Lintner (Covington, Ga.)

A second draft will take place during Stage 7 of the Bass Pro Tour this week to determine teams for the Patriot Cup (Oct. 22–27) and Summit Cup (Nov. 16–21), the locations of which will be announced in the coming weeks.

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