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.

22nd annual Toys for Tots

MCG Children's Medical Center

Open Team Bass Tournament

Oct. 29, Wildwood Park

Bill Harvey reporting

Twenty-two teams competed. Tony Postell and Sammy Landrum, seven bass, 18.69 pounds, $1,000. Steve DeBord and Joey Zielinski, seven bass, 16.02 pounds, $500. Neal and Donnie Baughman, seven bass, 14.57 pounds, $300. David White and Bill Harvey, seven bass, 14.49. Big bass: Postell and Landrum, 4.73 pounds, $220.

Saturday Morning Get-Together

Wildwood Park

Next tournament is Nov. 12. Tournament hours safe light until 3 p.m. Entry fee $25 per boat with 100 percent payback.

More information: Tony Postell, (706) 564-8061.

Anglers Channel.com

Member Appreciation Bass Tournament

Oct. 29, Lake Wylie

Ninety-three teams competed. Rusty White, Rock Hill, S.C., and Johnny Parker, Gaffney, S.C., five bass, 16.20 pounds, $5,000. Scott Dorris, Greenville, S.C., and Brian Hoyle, five bass, 15.13 pounds, $3,000. Chris Baumgardner, Gastonia, N.C., and Boyce Weir, five bass, 14.94 pounds, $1,500. Big fish: Ted Geddis and Ted Mobley, 4.51 pounds, $500.

Garden City Bassmasters

Oct. 22 results

Steve Foust reporting

Keith Williamson, five bass, 11.85 pounds. Steve Foust, five bass, 8.8 pounds. Richard Bradshaw, five bass, 8.25 pounds. Big fish: Williamson, 4.1 pounds. Eleven fishermen caught 37 bass weighing 58.9 pounds, and all but one were released alive.

Wildwood Park

2006 Bass Tournaments

Feb. 18: American Bass Anglers. March 8-11: Wal-Mart EverStart. April 7-8: Local Top 6. April 21-27: Georgia Bass Federation Top 6 Classic. May 4-7: Citgo Bassmasters. May 13: Clark Hill Committee's Easter Seals. May 20: Columbia County Recreation Advisory Board Spring Tournament. Oct. 7: 33rd annual Mr. Clark Hill.

Carolina Bass Club

October results

Lamond Annas reporting

Joel Feagin, five bass, 12 pounds, 4 ounces. Bubba Jones, five bass, 8 pounds, 9 ounces. Lamond Annas, four bass, 7 pounds, 11 ounces. Big fish: Feagin, 5 pounds, 7 ounces. Twelve fishermen caught 45 bass weighing 69 pounds, 13 ounces, and most were released alive.

American Bass Anglers

Milton Keene reporting

Next: Nov. 12, Savannah River, Port Wentworth. Nov. 26, Cherokee ramp. 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

The Clarks Hill event scheduled Nov. 12 out of the Dorn Boating & Fishing Complex on Hawe Creek has been changed to Nov. 19 to avoid conflict with another event, according to Buster Green. The 2005-2006 schedule includes two events each on Keowee, Hartwell, Russell and Clarks Hill. Entry fee $300 per tournament. 8 percent held at each event goes toward the championship pot. Membership fee: $50 per person or $100 per team with half of all membership fees going toward championship.

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.

Fort Gordon Sportsman's Club

Jewel Jessie reporting

Next: 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.