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: (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: Sunday. 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 from 10 to noon at Lock and Dam Bait & Tackle. More information: Bishop at (706) 755-4651.

Langley Pond Shootout

Entry fee is $20 per person. Tournament hours are Tuesdays from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Five-fish limit. More information: Gene Moyer, (803) 593-2762.

Saturday Morning Open Team

Bass Tournament

Aug. 29 results

Eric Mora reporting

Hal Sharpe and son, 8.2 pounds. No big fish. Eight boats in the field.

Next: Saturday, Wildwood Park, safe light until 2 p.m. Entry $55 including big fish pot. Five-fish limit. More information: Mora (706) 533-0639.

Clark Hill Bassmasters

Aug. 28 results

Tom Hall reporting

Cohen Morris, 7.33 pounds. David Hall, 5.18 pounds. Stephen Kelly, 5.09 pounds. Big fish: Morris, 3.98 pounds. Fourteen fishermen caught 25 bass weighing 36 pounds and all were released alive.

Columbia County River Rats Bass Club

Aug. 10 results

Ray Diamond reporting

Jon Cole, 9.6 pounds. Charles Story, 7.15 pounds. Sammy Landrum, 5.9 pounds. Big fish: Landrum, 3.3 pounds.

Augusta Bass Club

Aug. 28 results

Donnie Robinson reporting

Darryl Barnett, 7.40 pounds. Buck Bledsoe, 7.24 pounds. John Boy Long, 3.04 pounds. Big fish: Bledsoe, 2.40 pounds.

American Bass Anglers

Division 26 Tournaments

Sept. 4 results

Dale Hart reporting

Andy Lake, Batesburg, S.C., five bass, 9.99 pounds, $388. Alex Dziengielewski, five bass, 9.36 pounbds, $201. Jon Cole, Martinez, Ga., five bass, 8.65 pounds. Big fish: Colke, 5.17 pounds.

Schedule: Nov. 13, Dorn Boating Facility, Hawe Creek; Dec. 4, Dorn, Hawe Creek; Jan. 15, 2011, 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. More information: Hart (912) 925-5004, or William Hooker (706) 533-7329. E-mail:dhart@comcast.net or visit ABA online at www.americanbassanglers.com.

American Bass Anglers

District 96 Tournament

Schedule: 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

Schedule: 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. More information: Fred Perry (706) 791-5078 or (706) 833-2834 res. or (706) 541-1057, Ext. 131. All tournaments held at Butler Reservoir, unless otherwise noted.