Meet the 2025 NPFL Championship Qualifiers

Born: March 2, 1983

Hometown: Blue Ridge, GA

Home Water: Lake Blue Ridge

AOY Rank: 22nd

Highlights: Five top 40 finishes in 2024 including 8th place at Saginaw Bay; five career top 20 finishes

Born: September 20, 1996

Hometown: Howard, WI

Home Water: Lake Michigan

AOY Rank: 29th

Highlights: Winner of Stop 4 on Saginaw Bay in 2024; Progressive NPFL Angler of the Year in 2022 and two-time NPFL champion

Born: November 23, 2000

Hometown: Ozark, MO

Home Water: Lake of the Ozarks

AOY Rank: 3rd

Highlights: Four top 10 finishes in 2024, including 2nd place finishes at Logan Martin Lake and Lake Murray

Born: April 11, 1991

Hometown: Blanchard, OK

Home Water: Grand Lake

AOY Rank: 18th

Highlights: Three top 11 finishes in 2024, including 2nd place at Saginaw Bay, 6th place at Lake Murray, and 8th place at Lake of the Ozarks

Born: April 24, 2001

Hometown: Winter Springs, FL

Home Water: St. Johns River

AOY Rank: 13th

Highlights: Three top 20 finishes in 2024, including 15th place at Saginaw Bay

Born: December 21, 1974

Hometown: Alba, TX

Home Water: Lake Fork

AOY Rank: 64th

Highlights: Winner of Stop 5 at Lake of the Ozarks in 2024; four career Top 20 finishes; only angler to win an NPFL tournament without limiting each day of event

Born: July 30, 1984

Hometown: Hodges, SC

Home Water: Lake Hartwell

AOY Rank: 21st

Highlights: Three top 20 finishes in 2024 including 6th place at both Logan Martin Lake and Lake Hartwell in 2024

Born: March 7, 1990

Hometown: Moncks Corner, SC

Home Water: Cooper River

AOY Rank: 28th

Highlights: Four top 40 finishes in 2024 including 6th place with big bass honors at Pickwick Lake; remarkably consistent with just one finish outside the top 45

Born: May 30, 1994

Hometown: Cairo, GA

Home Water: Lake Talquin

AOY Rank: 2nd

Highlights: Finished in the top 15 of every NPFL tournament in 2024 including 2nd place at Pickwick Lake and 3rd place at Lake of the Ozarks

Born: November 24, 1994

Hometown: Raleigh, NC

Home Water: Falls Lake

AOY Rank: 36th

Highlights: Winner of Stop 2 on Lake Hartwell in 2024; five career top 10 finishes

Born: December 12, 1985

Hometown: DeBary, FL

Home Water: St. Johns River

AOY Rank: 16th

Highlights: Three top 10 finishes in 2024 including 5th place at Lake of the Ozarks and 6th place at Saginaw Bay; five career top 10 finishes

Born: March 30, 1979

Hometown: Santa Maria, CA

Home Water: Lake Lopez

AOY Rank: 4th

Highlights: Three top 10 finishes in 2024 including 4th place at Logan Martin; winner of the 2023 NPFL event on Lake Eufaula (OK); one of just four anglers who has fished every NPFL event through 2024

Born: May 15, 2003

Hometown: Union, KY

Home Water: Ohio River

AOY rank: 10th

Highlights: At 22, Gay is the youngest angler in the NPFL Championship field; winner of Stop 6 on Lake Murray in 2024; five top 20 finishes in 2024

Born: June 25, 1968

Hometown: White Pine, TN

Home Water: Douglas Lake

AOY Rank: 15th

Highlights: Two top 20 finishes in 2024 including 8th at Logan Martin Lake; 2023 NPFL Angler of the Year; posted seven consecutive top 10 finishes in 2023-2024; tied for most consecutive limits (23) in league history

Born: August 17, 1972

Hometown: Chattanooga, TN

Home Water: Lake Chickamauga

AOY Rank: 35th

Highlights: Two top 20 finishes in 2024 including 5th place at Logan Martin Lake

Born: May 4, 1964

Hometown: Denver, NC

Home Water: Lake Norman

AOY Rank: 40th

Highlights: Two top 40 finishes in 2024 including 26th place at Lake of the Ozarks

Born: October 9, 2001

Hometown: Blairsville, GA

Home Water: Lake Nottely

AOY Rank: 8th

Highlights: Winner of Stop 1 on Logan Martin Lake in 2024; four top 20 finishes in 2024; eight top 20 finishes in two seasons with the NPFL

Born: February 21, 1989

Hometown: Apex, NC

Home Water: Jordan Lake

AOY Rank: 23rd

Highlights: Four top 30 finishes in 2024 including 17th place at Pickwick Lake

Born: 1/24/1972

Hometown: Somerville, TN

Home Water: Pickwick Lake

AOY Rank: 33rd

Highlights: Two top 20 finishes in 2024 including 5th place at Lake Hartwell and big bass honors at Logan Martin Lake

Born: June 23, 1994

Hometown: Springville, AL

Home Water: Neely Henry Lake

AOY Rank: 11th

Highlights: Finished in top 40 of every event in 2024 including 16th place at Lake of the Ozarks

Born: September 29, 1977

Hometown: St. Augustine, FL

Home Water: St. Johns River

AOY Rank: 39th

Highlights: Three top 40 finishes in 2024 including 5th place and big bass honors at Lake Murray; five career top 20 finishes; arguably the best big bass angler in the league

Born: November 4, 1971

Hometown: Fernandina Beach, FL

Home Water: St. Marys and northern St. Johns rivers

AOY Rank: 34th

Highlights: Four top 40 finishes in 2024 including 20th place at Lake of the Ozarks

Born: May 16, 1977

Hometown: Jasper, GA

Home Water: Lake Lanier

AOY Rank: 9th

Highlights: Finished in the top 41 in every event in 2024 including 3rd place at Logan Martin Lake; six top 20 finishes in three years with the NPFL; tied for most consecutive limits (23) in league history

Born: January 4, 1984

Hometown: Batesburg, SC

Home Water: Lake Murray

AOY Rank: 26th

Highlights: Five top 40 finishes in 2024 including 21st place at Lake Hartwell and 22nd at Logan Martin Lake

Born: June 12, 1995

Hometown: Allons, TN

Home Water: Dale Hollow Lake

AOY Rank: 20th

Highlights: Five top 40 finishes in 2024 including 7th place at Lake of the Ozarks

Born: May 13, 1991

Hometown: Cumming, GA

Home Water: Lake Lanier

AOY Rank: 6th

Highlights: Three top 10 finishes in 2024 including 4th place at Saginaw Bay and big bass honors at Lake of the Ozarks; winner of the 2023 NPFL event on Saginaw Bay

Born: September 15, 1999

Hometown: Byrdstown, TN

Home Water: Dale Hollow Lake

AOY Rank: 7th

Highlights: Four top 20 finishes including 3rd place at Pickwick Lake in 2024; limited every day but one in 2024

Born: July 15, 1981

Hometown: Pickwick Dam, TN

Home Water: Pickwick Lake

AOY Rank: 57th and Defending Champion

Highlights: Winner of the inaugural NPFL Championship in 2024; three-time NPFL winner; 10 career top 20 finishes

Born: August 2, 1986

Hometown: Paradise, TX

Home Water: Lake Amistad

AOY Rank: 25th

Highlights: Two top 25 finishes in 2024 including 12th place at Lake of the Ozarks

Born: September 28, 1970

Hometown: Mooresville, IN

Home Water: Lake Monroe

AOY Rank: 37th

Highlights: Four top 20 finishes in 2024 including 19th place at Pickwick Lake

Born: January 25, 1989

Hometown: Morgantown, WV

Home Water: Deep Creek Lake

AOY Rank: 31st

Highlights: Four top 40 finishes in 2024 including 26th place at Pickwick Lake; one of just four anglers who has fished every NPFL event through 2024; all-time NPFL leader in bass weighed in and total weight

Born: March 25, 1950

Hometown: Jay, OK

Home Water: Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees

AOY Rank: 38th

Highlights: At 75, Robertson is the oldest angler in the Championship field; three top 20 finishes over two seasons in the NPFL

Born: May 31, 1997

Hometown: Blaine, TN

Home Water: Cherokee Lake

AOY Rank: 12th

Highlights: Three top 20 finishes including 2nd place at Lake Hartwell and 9th at Pickwick Lake

Born: June 15, 1995

Hometown: Texarkana, AR

Home Water: Wright Patman Lake

AOY Rank: 30th

Highlights: Three top 30 finishes in 2024 including 12th place at Lake Murray; winner of 2023 tournament on Wright Patman Lake

Born: February 3, 1982

Hometown: Sapulpa, OK

Home Water: Keystone Lake

AOY Rank: 14th

Highlights: Three top 20 finishes in 2024 including 4th place at Pickwick Lake; two career NPFL wins

Born: August 28, 1997

Hometown: Gallatin, TN

Home Water: Old Hickory Lake

AOY Rank: 17th

Highlights: Three top 20 finishes in 2024 including 9th place at Lake Murray

Born: June 25, 1973

Hometown: Moultrie, GA

Home Water: Lake Seminole

AOY Rank: 24th

Highlights: Three top 30 finishes in 2024 including 10th place at Logan Martin Lake

Born: August 30, 1994

Hometown: Eutawville, SC

Home Water: Santee Cooper

AOY Rank: 19th

Highlights: Winner of Stop 3 on Pickwick Lake; four career NPFL wins; NPFL’s all-time leading money winner

Born: December 3, 1974

Hometown: Hamilton, AL

Home Water: Smith Lake

AOY Rank: 5th

Highlights: Four top 20 finishes in 2024 including 2nd place at Lake of the Ozarks

Born: February 12, 1993

Hometown: Opelika, AL

Home Water: Lake Harding

AOY Rank: 1st

Highlights: 2024 NPFL Angler of the Year; finished in top 20 of every NPFL event in 2024

Born: November 22, 2001

Hometown: Aiken, SC

Home Water: Clarks Hill Lake

AOY Rank: 32nd

Highlights: Three top 40 finishes in 2024 including 7th place at Lake Murray; Dustin and his older brother Jason are the first the brothers to compete in the same NPFL Championship

Born: September 16, 1980

Hometown: Aiken, SC

Home Water: Clarks Hill Lake

AOY Rank: 27th

Highlights: Four top 40 finishes in 2024 including 3rd place at Saginaw Bay in 2024; Jason and his younger brother Dustin are the first brothers to compete in the same NPFL Championship