Fishing tournaments

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.

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Savannah River Bass Tournament

Open Team Event

Joey Bishop reporting

Next: Sept. 12. 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 safe light until noon. Weigh-in 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

Aug. 28 Classic results

Lamond Annas reporting

Charlie Doyle and Tony Harpstrite, five bass, 13 pounds, 2 ounces, $1,338. Lamond Annas and Darle Opalewski, five bass, 10 pounds, 7 ounces, $743. Woody Parks and Chad Freeman, five bass, 9 pounds, 8 ounces, $446. Stewart Gambrell and Chuck Reames, five bass, 9 pounds, 7 ounces, $297. Billy Freeman and Derrick Freeman, five bass, 9 pounds, 6 ounces, $148. Craig Williams and Hugh McMurray, 7 pounds, 2 ounces, $175. Thirty-five boats in the field.

Carolina Bass Club

August results

Lamond Annas reporting

Darle Opalewski, five bass, 10 pounds, 14 ounces. Lamond Annas, four bass, 8 pounds. Billy Freeman, four bass, 5 pounds, 12 ounces. Big fish: Opalewski, 3 pounds, 11 ounces. Seventeen fishermen caught 33 bass weighing 42 pounds, 14 ounces.

Evans Bassmasters

Aug. 28 results

Bob Wynn reporting

Keith Hutto, five bass, 10 pounds, 12 ounces. Larry Hubbard, three bass, 8 pounds, 1 ounce. Mike Guilbeau, three bass, 4 pounds, 5 ounces. Big fish: L. Hubbard, 5 pounds, 7 ounces. Thirteen fishermen caught 19 bass, weighing 32 pounds, 13 ounces.

Langley Pond Shootout

Aug. 30 results

Gene Moyer reporting

J.C. Dicks and G.C. Williams, five bass, 13.88 pounds. Big fish: Dicks and Williams, 7.14 pounds. Gene Moyer and Mike Craig, three bass, 5.45 pounds.

Entry fee is $20 per person. Tournament hours Tuesdays are 6 to 10 p.m. Five-fish limit. For more information, call Moyer at (803) 593-2762.

Saturday Morning Open Team Bass Tournament

Aug. 21 results

Eric Mora reporting

Mora and Jonathan Vick, five bass, 7 pounds. Big fish: 2.5 pounds.

Next: TBA, Wildwood Park, safe light until 2 p.m. Entry $55 including big fish pot. Five-fish limit. For more information, call Mora at 706-533-0639.

American Bass Anglers

Division 26 Tournaments

Dale Hart reporting

Schedule: Saturday, Cherokee ramp; Nov. 13, Dorn Boating Facility, Hawe Creek; Dec. 4, Dorn, Hawe Creek; Jan. 15, Dorn, Hawe Creek; Feb. 12, Amity ramp; March 5, Amity ramp; April 9, Cherokee ramp; May 1, Dorn, Hawe Creek; June 11-12, Cherokee ramp. Membership dues are $25 and the tournament fee is $70. 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 Hart at (912) 925-5004, or William Hooker at (706) 533-7329, e-mail dhart89@comcast.net or visit ABA online at www.americanbassanglers.com.

American Bass Anglers

District 96 Tournament

Phil Morris reporting

Next: 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

Fred Perry reporting

Next: Sept. 19 -- Bass Tournament, safe light until noon. Sept. 25 -- Kids' Fishing Derby, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Claypit Lakes. Oct. 10 -- Bass tournament, safe light until noon. Oct. 24 -- Crappie tournament, safe light until noon. Nov. 14 -- Bass tournament, safe light until noon. Dec. 12 -- Bass tournament, safe light until 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 Perry at (706) 791-5078, (706) 833-2834 res. or (706) 541-1057, ext. 131. All tournaments held at Butler Reservoir, unless otherwise noted.