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.

Bucketmouth Bassmasters

Feb. 12 results

Larry Miller reporting

Ron McKee, five bass, 16 pounds, 6 ounces. Brad Murphy, five bass, 11 pounds, 14 ounces. Duane Houk, five bass, 11 pounds, 13 ounces. Big fish: McKee, 5 pounds, 11 ounces. Thirteen fishermen caught 38 bass weighing 75 pounds, 3 ounces.

Saturday Morning Get Together

Feb. 19 at Wildwood Park

Entry fee $25 per boat with 100 percent payback. Tournament hours safe light until 3 p.m. More information: Tony Postell, 564-8061, or Sammy Landrum, 825-9167.

Columbia County River Rats

Open Individual Bass Tournament

Feb. 26, Wildwood Park

Entry fee $45. Optional big fish pot: $5. Tournament hours safe light until 3:30 p.m. Registration will be held at the landing prior to blastoff. Two individuals may fish together. Eighty percent payback (one place for every 10 boats).

Bass Fishing League

Savannah River Division

Wildwood Park

Feb. 12 results

Boater Division

Keith Williamson, Lincolnton, Ga., five bass, 18 pounds, 12 ounces, $4,840. Steve DeBord, Martinez, five bass, 18 pounds, 10 ounces, $2,420. Derrick Bridges, Greenville, S.C., five bass, 17 pounds, 4 ounces, $1,407. Jason Buller, Thomson, Ga., five bass, 17 pounds, 4 ounces, $1,407. Mike Guilbeau, Evans, five bass, 16 pounds, 13 ounces. Brent Story, Atlanta, five bass, 15 pounds, 6 ounces, $836. Joey Zielinski, North Augusta, five bass, 13 pounds, 15 ounces, $748. Jesse D. Millsaps, Tate, Ga., five bass, 13 pounds, 14 ounces, $660. Jason Williamson, Aiken, five bass, 13 pounds, 13 ounces, $572.

Other Augusta area anglers who finished in the money: (11th) Marty Quesada Jr., Appling, five bass, 13-7, $466. (15th) Richard Dickenson, Lincolnton, five bass, 12-11, $370. (20th) Craig Johnson, Martinez, five bass, 12 pounds, $282. (13th) Tim Jones, North Augusta, five bass, 11-14, $264. (24th) Bart Blackburn, North Augusta, five bass, 11-9, $211. Kevin Gordon, Aiken, four bass, 11-4, $194. (29th) Charles Story, Lincolnton, five bass, 11-3, $194. (31st) Barry Beasley, Blackville, S.C., five bass, 11 pounds, $185. (32nd) Mike Broome, five bass, 10-9, $185. Big fish: Hans Cansler, Aiken, 9 pounds, 3 ounces, $830. Total Boaters: 167. Total fish weighed in: 469. Total weighed in alive: 467. Total 5-fish limits: 54. Total weight: 967 pounds, 2 ounces.

Co-angler Division

Dale Samples, Greer, S.C., five bass, 12 pounds, 1 ounce, $2,345. Audie Brantley, North Augusta, five bass, 11 pounds, 7 ounces, $1,173. Chandler Robinson, Pendleton, S.C., three bass, 11 pounds, 2 ounces. Big fish: Mike Simmons, Clyde, N.C., 5 pounds, 6 ounces, $395.

Other Augusta area anglers who finished in the money: (14th) Billy Kitchens, Hephzibah, five bass, 7-13, $188. (27th) William Holberton, Harlem, Ga., four bass, 6-2, $94. Andrew Cleghorn, Statesboro, Ga., three bass, 5-5, $45. Total Co-anglers: 159. Total fish weighed in: 235. Total weighed in alive: 235. Total 5-fish limits: 12. Total weight: 427 pounds, 14 ounces.

American Bass Anglers

Milton Keene reporting

Next tournament: Feb. 26, Cherokee ramp, Clarks Hill Lake.*

More information from ABA District 26 Director Milton C. Keene at (706) 595-9777 (or e-mail milty52@aol.com) or visit ABA online at www.americanbassanglers.com.

Palmetto State Team Trail

Membership $50 per person, $100 per team. Entry fee $400 per team per tournament. More information: Buster and Judy Green, P.O. Box 472, Piedmont, SC 29673 (1 864 277-2463 (res.) or 864 616-2095 (cell). E-mail: pstt@charter.net.

2005 schedule: Saturday at Russell, Elbert Ramp, Highway 72. March 19: Greenwood, Greenwood State Park. April 23: Lake Murray, Billy Dreher Island State Park. May 21: Clarks Hill (Thurmond), Dorn Boating & Fishing Complex near McCormick, S.C., Highway 378. June 11: Hartwell, Broyles Landing. Sept. 10-11: Championship on Lake Russell.

Superbass Team Tournament Trail

Strom Thurmond Lake

Wildwood Park

2005 schedule: Saturday; March 19; April 23; May 21. More information: Tournament director Lynn Harley at (803) 278-4379.

Lake Murray

Tournaments will be held out of Billy Dreher Island State Park.

2005 schedule: March 12, April 23, May 7. More information: Tournament director Loren DeBord at (803) 613-1255.

Lake Wateree Clearwater Cove

2005 schedule: March 5, April 9, May 14, June 11-12. More information: Tournament director Scott Peivy at 1 (803) 309-7932.

Fish the Fall Team Tournaments

Spring schedule

March 12, Lake Keowee, South Cove Landing. April 9, Lake Hartwell, Broyles Landing. May 14, Lake Russell, Highway 72 Ramp. Entry fee $160 with a 1 in 5 payback. Entry fee must be received no later than eight days before the tournament. No entry fees will be accepted on tournament morning. Tournament hours safe light until 3 p.m. Full membership ($100 annually) is required to fish. June 3-4, Clarks Hill (Thurmond), Dorn Boating & Fishing Complex, two-day championship, entry fee $200 per team. More information: 1 (864) 299-1432, or by writing to Randy Morrison, Fish the Fall, P.O. Box 51162, Piedmont, SC 29673.

First Flight Team Tournaments

2005 schedule

Saturday, Lake Murray, Billy Dreher Island State Park. March 19, Lake Wateree, Clearwater Cove Marina. April 16, Santee Cooper, John C. Land Facility.

More information: Sam Crawford at (803) 905-1900 or e-mail samcrawford@ftc-i.net.

Fort Gordon Sportsman's Club

Feb. 13 results

Jewell Jessie reporting

Greg Stoll and Robert Bunch, five bass, 13 pounds, 7 ounces. Big fish: Stoll and Bunch, 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Ray Cloud and Thomas Ulmer, five bass, 10 pounds, 7 ounces. Paul McClary, fishing by himself, five bass, 6 pounds, 8 ounces. Twenty-nine anglers caught 33 bass.

Schedule: March 6, bass tournament, daylight until 2 p.m. March 20, crappie tournament, daylight until 2 p.m. April 3, bass tournament, daylight until 2 p.m. April 17, crappie tournament, daylight until 2 p.m.

More information: Fred Perry, 791-5078, or 833-2834 res. or 541-1057, Ext. 131 Jewel Jessie, 5226 Woodridge Dr., Hephzibah, Ga. 30815, 793-1952.