Fishing Clash expands its waters with a new fishery: the Potomac River, one of the most recognized rivers in the United States. This release was created in partnership with Major League Fishing (MLF) and launches during a pivotal moment in the real-world angling calendar: Stage Six of the 2025 Bass Pro Tour, held on the Potomac itself from June 26 to 29.

For Fishing Clash Anglers, this is more than a new spot on the map. The Potomac arrives with purpose – as a competitive space, a cultural landmark, and a symbolic river that continues to flow through American identity. It offers a new rhythm, and a deeper connection to the idea of freedom – one that players can engage in from anywhere in the world.

Major League Fishing: Precision, Pressure, and Modern Competition

Founded in 2011, Major League Fishing was designed to rethink what professional sport fishing could be. Built by anglers, for anglers, MLF shifted the spotlight away from tradition and toward performance – measurable, immediate, and intensely demanding.

The league’s format became its signature. In MLF events, every legal fish is weighed as soon as it’s caught, then released. Anglers fish under tight time limits. Scores update in real time. There is no final weigh-in. There is no opportunity to hold back a trophy catch for dramatic effect. Everything happens live – and every moment counts.

This emphasis on constant pressure, clear accountability, and on-the-spot decision-making has earned MLF its place at the center of American bass fishing. It’s a system built for athletes who don’t rely on luck. It rewards presence, instinct, and endurance.

Fishing Clash has brought these values into its own event design. On the Potomac, the rules follow MLF logic: weigh immediately, respond quickly, and keep moving. The experience is fast, strategic, and focused – a digital translation of real-world intensity.

The Potomac River: Water with Weight

The Potomac River runs for over 400 miles through the eastern United States, forming parts of the border between Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. It flows past Washington, D.C., and appears in American life not only as a physical feature, but as a symbol.

The river has served as a boundary and a meeting point. It has been crossed by presidents, generals, and everyday citizens. Over time, it has come to represent the idea of connection: between North and South, between past and present, between place and purpose.

For anglers, the Potomac is a known challenge. It is a tidal fishery, influenced by the moon as much as the weather. Vegetation shifts with the season. Structure appears and disappears. Patterns emerge, then vanish. Fishing it well requires more than a plan – it asks for adjustment in real time.

Fishing Clash reflects that unpredictability through a tournament-ready structure. Success on this fishery comes from rhythm, timing, and attention. This is a space that doesn’t reward force. It rewards presence.

Freedom as a Landscape and a Gesture

Each July, the United States celebrates Independence Day – a national holiday built around a set of words: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These phrases appear on monuments and in speeches. But beyond their ceremonial use, they shape how Americans think about daily life. Freedom here is imagined through space: wide highways, open plains, clear skies, and flowing rivers.

The Potomac holds a place in that picture. It moves through the seat of government, but its waters don’t follow political cycles. It continues with or without attention. People fish it from wooden docks, from tournament boats, and from memory. It represents both a personal ritual and a national backdrop.

In Fishing Clash, the idea of freedom becomes part of the gameplay. Anglers decide how to approach a session. No route is enforced. There is no required pace. Every cast is a choice. There’s room for pressure and competition – but also for quiet, for calibration, for exploration. The game honors freedom not as a slogan, but as a structure: you have room to respond.

Global Waters, Shared Principles

Fishing Clash reaches Anglers in dozens of countries. From dense cities to remote coastlines, the game builds connections through the shared language of fishing: patience, timing, reaction, reward.

The Potomac adds an American voice to that global conversation. Its presence in the game reflects not only its role in tournament culture, but also the values that shaped the space around it – freedom, individuality, and self-mastery.

These values are not limited by borders. Anglers in Norway, Nigeria, or New Zealand know the experience of watching the water, deciding when to act, and accepting the outcome. The Potomac gives form to those choices, in a location that feels specific yet widely understood.

Whether you’re playing in Philadelphia or the Philippines, the tools remain the same. A good cast. A quick hand. A clear mind.

Now Available in Fishing Clash

The Potomac River is now live. Events tied to the MLF format are active. Regional fish await. The structure invites Anglers to engage fully – through attention, strategy, and timing.

This fishery connects the game more closely than ever to the world of professional sport fishing. It also connects players to an idea that flows deeper than any river: the ability to choose how you play, and who you become while doing it.

Anglers – feel free to make your cast.

The Potomac is ready.