Sponsoring a bass, crappie, catfish or other fishing tournament? Mail or fax your flier or information to Fishing Editor, The Augusta Chronicle, P.O. Box 1928, Augusta, Ga. 30903-1928. Fax number is (706) 823-3408. Tournament reports must include first and last names of the participants, total numbers of fish and total weight of the catch.
Savannah River Bass Tournament
Open Team Event
July 25 results
Lewis Burnett and Bo Storey. Five bass, 11.86 pounds. Lester Ranew and Robert Moyer, five bass, 5.78 pounds. Big fish: Burnett and Storey, 6.65 pounds.
Next: Aug. 8. Register at the Bob Baurle Boat Ramp below the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam before 6:15 a.m. Entry fee is $20 per person with 100 percent payback. Includes big fish pot. Five-fish limit. Tournament hours are safe light until noon. Weigh-in is from 10 a.m. to noon at Lock and Dam Bait & Tackle. For more information, call Joey Bishop at (706) 755-4651.
Summer Saturday Night
Open Team Bass Tournament
July 24 results
Lamond Annas reporting
Harvey Kirkland and Gene Williams, four bass, 15 pounds, 8 ounces. Tim and Danny Jones, five bass, 11 pounds, 8 ounces. Jeremy Reese and Don Shelly, five bass, 9 pounds. Big fish: Kirkland and Williams, 6 pounds. Thirty-four boats in the field.
Entry fee is $25 per boat ($2 goes toward year-end Classic payback). Tournament hours are 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Year-end Classic slated for Aug. 28 from 5 p.m. to midnight. Classic entry fee is $55, including $5 for the big fish pot. To qualify for the Classic, anglers must fish a minimum of two Saturday night tournaments, or pay the Classic entry fee and an additional $45. Five-fish limit for team or individual. Payback based on the number of boats entered each week. For more information, call Donald Jones at (706) 832-0147; Robin Whisenant at (803) 507-1639, or Allen Stevens at (803) 646-0388.
Wednesday Night Shootout
July 28 results
Robert Giffin reporting
Jon Cole, by himself, four bass, 7 pounds, 10 ounces. Trey Beck and Bo Storey, three bass, 6 pounds, 13 ounces. Dean and Dustin Moore, four bass, 4 pounds. Big fish: Beck and Storey, 4 pounds, 6 ounces. Twenty-eight boats in the field.
Entry fee is $35 per team, or $30 per individual, with big fish pot included. One place paid for every eight boats. Hours are 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. out of Wildwood Park. The Classic will be held Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Three-fish limit. Entry fee is $55 per boat, including the $5 big fish pot. Registration begins at 3:30 p.m. at the boat ramp. Pork loin sandwiches will be served. All anglers must be registered by 5 p.m. For more information, call Giffin at (706) 533-0357.
Sunday Morning Open Team
July 25 results
Mario Hall reporting
Paula Alexander and Debbie Moore, 9.40 pounds. Glen Davis and Mike Powell, 7.26 pounds. Gary and Brandon Powell, 7.22 pounds. Big fish: Tanner and Safarick, 4.04 pounds.
Next: Aug. 8, Amity Boat Ramp, 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. $35 per team, includes big fish. Five-fish limit. For more information, call Hall at (706) 466-5730.
Wednesday Night Open Team
July 28 results
Mario Hall reporting
Mike Sexton and Mike Powell, 6.61 pounds. Jim McClain, 4.60 pounds. Mark Wisemen and Bubba Huffman, 2.22 pounds. Big fish: McClain, 3.90 pounds.
Next: Wednesday, Amity Boat Ramp. Entry fee is $40 per team. Hours are 6 to 10 p.m. For more information, call Hall at (706) 466-5730.
Langley Pond Shootout
Gene Moyer reporting
Entry fee is $20 per person. Tournament hours are Tuesdays 6 to 10 p.m. Five-fish limit. For more information, call Moyer at (803) 593-2762.
Greenbrier Bassmasters
June 12 results
On Lake Russell
Billy Black reporting
Andrew Lewis, five bass, 6.95 pounds. Chad Graham, five bass, 5.85 pounds. Steve Smith, three bass, 3.50 pounds. Big fish: Lewis, 3.05 pounds. Seven fishermen caught 18 bass weighing 21.45 pounds.
Wildwood Bassmasters
July 10 results
Donald Miller, five bass, 11 pounds, 4 ounces. Ray Diamond, two bass, 5 pounds, 2 ounces. Bobby Awad, two bass, 4 pounds, 3 ounces. Fourteen fishermen caught 12 bass weighing 25 pounds, 3 ounces.
Columbia County River Rats Bass Club
July results
Ray Diamond, 6.08 pounds. Jon Cole, 3.12 pounds. Danny Collier, 3.10 pounds. Big fish: Diamond, 2.10 pounds.
American Bass Anglers
Division 26 Tournaments
Schedule: Saturday, Cherokee ramp; Sept. 4, Cherokee ramp; Nov. 13, Dorn Boating Facility, Hawe Creek; Dec. 4, Dorn, Hawe Creek. Tournament hours are safe light to 3 p.m. American Bass Anglers is the largest tournament trail for the weekend angler, with more than 116 districts offering more than 1,000 tournaments throughout the nation. Membership is open to anyone 16 years old and over, but is closed to professional fishermen and professional guides. Those under 18 must have their parents' consent. For more information, call Dale Hart at (912) 925-5004, William Hooker at (706) 533-7329, e-mail: dhart89@comcast.net or visit ABA online at www.americanbass anglers.com.
American Bass Anglers
District 96 Tournament
Next: Aug. 15, Lake Greenwood, Greenwood State Park. Sept. 19, Lake Murray, Billy Dreher Island State Park. Oct. 17, Thurmond Lake, Dorn Boating and Fishing Facility, Hawe Creek. Nov. 21, Lake Greenwood, Greenwood State Park. Dec. 5, Lake Russell, Highway 72 ramp.
Fort Gordon Sportsman's Club
Next: Aug. 15 -- Bass tournament, safe light until 12 noon. Sept. 25 -- Kids' Fishing Derby, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Claypit Lakes. Oct. 10 -- Bass tournament, safe light until 12 noon. Oct. 24 -- Crappie tournament, safe light until 12 noon. Nov. 14 -- Bass tournament, safe light until 12 noon.
Tournaments will be limited to the first 20 boats and are open to all ID cardholders and the public with a Fort Gordon fishing license guest permit. Entry fee is $10 per Fort Gordon Sportsman Club member, $20 per non-member, with an optional $5 big fish pot, with a guaranteed $100 for first place and $50 for second place. Registration is with the club prior to the tournament or 30 minutes before the event's start. State licenses and Fort Gordon fishing permits required. For more information, call Fred Perry at (706) 791-5078, (706) 833-2834 res. or (706) 541-1057, Ext. 131. All tournaments held at Butler Reservoir, unless otherwise noted.
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