September 17, 2025
Major League Fishing recently announced that Oxford, Ala., will be the location for the third event of the 2025 Fishing Clash Team Series Presented by Bass Pro Shops season – the Patriot Cup, set for Wednesday, Oct. 22, through Monday, Oct. 27.
The event will take place over six days and in keeping with traditional MLF Cup protocols, all fishable waters within 60 miles of Oxford, Ala., are now off limits to competing anglers. The competition waters for each day are top-secret and will be revealed to the competitors when they arrive at the boat ramp each morning. Anglers are driven directly to the day’s competition area launch ramp by their officials.
The Fishing Clash Team Series features four Cup events in 2025 – the Challenge, Heritage, Patriot, and Summit Cups – each showcasing 12 two-man teams of Bass Pro Tour anglers competing for a share of $560,000 in prize money.
The 12 teams that will compete in the Patriot Cup in Oxford, Alabama, Oct. 22-27 are: Team 7Brew : Zack Birge (Blanchard, Okla.) & Keith Poche (Pike Road, Ala.)
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Team B&W Trailer Hitches : James Elam (Tulsa, Okla.) & Alton Jones Sr. (Lorena, Texas)
Team BUBBA : Ott DeFoe (Blaine, Tenn.) & Andy Montgomery (Blacksburg, S.C.)
Team Ferguson : Takahiro Omori (Tokyo, Japan) & Dean Rojas (Lake Havasu City, Ariz.)
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Team Fishing Clash : Bradley Roy (Lancaster, Ky.) & Greg Vinson (Wetumpka, Ala.)
Team Knighten : Alton Jones Jr. (Waco, Texas) & Jake Lawrence (Paris, Tenn.)
Team Kubota : Justin Cooper (Zwolle, La.) & Skeet Reese (Auburn, Calif.)
Team Lucas Oil : Luke Clausen (Spokane, Wash.) & Michael Neal (Dayton, Tenn.)
Team O’Reilly Auto Parts : Mark Daniels Jr. (Tuskegee, Ala.) & Jacob Wheeler (Harrison, Tenn.)
Team Smokey Mountain : Brandon Coulter (Knoxville, Tenn.) & John Hunter (Shelbyville, Ky.)
Team Star brite : Mark Davis (Mount Ida, Ark.) & Marshall Hughes (Hemphill, Texas)
Team YETI : Colby Miller (Elmer, La.) & Bryan Thrift (Shelby, N.C.)
All six days of competition will be available to watch live on MLFNOW!. The final period of each day of competition will be broadcast live from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. CT on RFD-TV, and 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.
