Fishing Tournaments

Sponsoring a bass, crappie, catfish or other fishing tournament? Mail or fax your flyer 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.

Saturday Morning Get-Together

Aug. 27 results

Wildwood Park Boat Ramps

David Smith, 8.14 pounds. Chris Hadden, 7.11 pounds. Tony Postell and Sammy Landrum, 7.9 pounds. Big fish: Smith, 4.2 pounds. Twelve boats in the field.

Tournament hours safe light until 3 p.m. Entry fee $25 per boat. Next tournament is Saturday. More information: Tony Postell (706) 564-8061, or Sammy Landrum (706) 825-9167.

35th Military Police Detachment

Open Team Bass Tournament

Butler Reservoir, Fort Gordon.

Entry fee $20 per fisherman with $5 optional big fish pot. Tournament hours 7 a.m. until noon. Fort Gordon fishing permits will not be required for this event. First-place winner will receive $50 plus trophy, while runner-up will collect $25 plus trophy. More information: Spec. Moss at 791-5033.

Summer Saturday Night

Bass Tournament Classic

Aug. 27 results Lake Springs Ramp Lamond Annas reporting

David Whyte and Buster Davis, five bass, 13.5 pounds, $1,710. Jason Williamson and Tommy Walker, five bass, 12.8 pounds, $950. Billy Freeman and Reba Freeman, five bass, 11.7 pounds, $570. Bubba Jones and Edward Jones, five bass, 11.3 pounds, $380. Ron Weber and Don Smith, four bass, 8 pounds, 1 ounce, $190. Big fish: Whyte and Davis, 6 pounds, $265. Fifty-three boats in the field.

Wednesday Night Wildcat Tournament

Lake Springs Ramp

Aug. 31 results

Bill Harvey reporting

Tim Jones and Scott Jones, two bass, 11.6 pounds., $320 (including the big fish pot). Jason Williamson and Todd Weaver, five bass, 9.13 pounds. Big fish: Jones and Jones, 10 pounds, 11 ounces. The series championship will be held Saturday, Sept. 17, from 6 p.m., to 1 a.m. Entry fee is $65 per team. There will be 100 percent payback.

CSRA Bassmasters

Aug. 27 results

Van Dixon reporting

Van Dixon, five bass, 13.21 pounds. Mark Johnson, five bass, 11.40 pounds. Jerry Barber, five bass, 8.92 pounds. Big fish: Johnson, 3.54 pounds. Thirty-one bass weighing 58.13 pounds were caught and released.

Clark Hill Bassmasters

August results

Freddie Norman reporting

Johnny Anglin, five bass, 8.98 pounds. Randall Clack, three bass, 7.42 pounds. Joe Gagnon, five bass, 7.21 pounds. Big fish: Anglin, 4.27 pounds. Fourteen fishermen caught 34 bass weighing 54 pounds and most were released alive.

The club is looking for new members. Contact Freddie Norman at (706) 855-5451, or Jim Holton at (706) 863-8642 for more information.

Triple Hook Bass Anglers

Langley Pond Shootout

Bass Tournament

Gene Moyer reporting

Entry fee is $20 per man with 100 percent payback. Tournament hours 6 p.m., to 10 p.m., each Tuesday. More information: Gene Moyer, (803) 593-2762.

American Bass Anglers

Milton Keene reporting

Next: National championship, Red River, Shreveport, La., Oct. 2-8, for those making the point cutoff. Billed as the largest tournament trail for weekend anglers, it's open to men, women and youths (with parental consent) 16 years of age and older. No boat is required, but if you enter as a boater, you will be guaranteed its use even if there are no non-boaters in the field. Entry fee is $55 for one-day tournaments. Payment at the ramp will result in a $5 penalty unless you are signing up as a new member, renewing membership or are a life member. No guides or professional bass anglers are allowed. 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: Sept. 10-11: Championship on Lake Russell.

Fort Gordon Sportsman's Club

Jewel Jessie reporting

Next: Sept. 11, bass tournament, daylight until 2 p.m. Sept. 24, Kids' Fishing Derby, 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Claypits II and III.. Oct. 23, bass tournament, daylight until 2 p.m. Nov. 13, bass tournament, daylight until 2 p.m. December: No tournaments scheduled.

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, 791-5078, or 833-2834 res. or 541-1057, Ext. 131 Jewel Jessie, 5226 Woodridge Dr., Hephzibah, Ga. 30815, 793-1952. All tournaments held at Butler Reservoir, unless otherwise noted.