The Century Club, which began in 2024 as a way for Major League Fishing to recognize and thank anglers who have fished 100 or more tournaments with MLF and its predecessors (FLW and Operation Bass), added 57 new members to its ranks in 2025. The total now stands at north of 1,200 members, dating back to the beginning of digital recordkeeping in 1994.
This week, we’d like to highlight four more members of the Century Club. Two of these anglers compiled nearly 200 total events with MLF while another has already eclipsed 300 total tournaments dating back to 1995.
A standout on the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit from 2018 to 2022, Jared McMillan turned in three Top-25 AOY finishes in his first three years fishing from the front of the boat. McMillan also made three Toyota Series Championships and has a BFL win to his name in 107 total MLF events.
David Spivey finds himself near the very top of the list in total events fished under the MLF umbrella. The Hamilton, Ohio, angler has tallied 32 Top 10s in 335 tournaments, including a trio of BFL wins from 2000 to 2005. Spivey has fished the BFL Buckeye Division every year since 1995 – an incredible run that includes a Buckeye Division AOY in 2009.
Ron Brown was a true staple of the Toyota Series and BFL circuits for more than two decades. From 2000 to 2022, Brown missed just one season in the BFL South Carolina Division (a year in which he fished two full Toyota Series divisions). In total, Brown fished 193 tournaments with MLF with eight Top 10s to his name.
Pat Eichmann of Nancy, Kentucky, is just two tournaments shy of passing the 200-tournament mark with MLF. He’s fished every season of the BFL Mountain Division since 2000 with a couple AOY Top 10s and a couple wins mixed in for more than $116,000 in career winnings with MLF.