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.
Summer Saturday Night
Open Team Bass Tournament
June 20 results
Lamond Annas reporting
David and J.C. Whyte, five bass, 16 pounds, 8 ounces. Bobby and Chad Hamm, five bass, 9 pounds, 13 ounces. Ricky Scott and Brian Armstrong, five bass, 9 pounds, 4 ounces. Big fish: The Whytes, 4 pounds, 6 ounces. Thirty-three boats in the field.
Entry fee is $22 per boat. Tournament hours are 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. every Saturday through Aug. 22. Register at the Lake Springs boat ramp each week. The year-end Classic will be held Aug. 29 from 5 p.m. until midnight. Entry fee is $55, including $5 for the big fish pot. To qualify to fish the Classic, entrants must fish a minimum two Saturday night tournaments, or pay the Classic fee plus $45 for $100 total. Five-fish limit. Individual payback depends on the number of boats entered each week. For more information, call Lonnie Kuehl at (706) 833-2466 or Donald Jones at (706) 832-0147.
Augusta Fishing League
Individual Bass Tournament
Entry fee is $210, including big fish pot. Safe light until 1 p.m., out of Wildwood Park. For more information, call Robert Giffin at (706) 533-0357.
Saturday Morning Open Team Tournament
Wildwood Park
Robert Giffin reporting
June 20 results
Reno and Steven Reasoner, five bass, 13 pounds, 7 ounces. Big fish: The Reasoners, 4 pounds, 13 ounces. Seven boats in the field.
Next: Saturday, out of Wildwood Park. Entry fee is $55 per team, includes big fish pot. Tournament starts at safe light and weigh-in starts at 1 p.m. For more information, call Eric Mora at (706) 533-0639.
Sunday Morning Open Team
Bass Tournament
Mario Hall reporting
Next: Sunday, at Amity Park, 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Entry fee is $35 per team (includes big fish pot), 100 percent payback. For more information, call Mario Hall at (706) 466-5730.
Every Wednesday Nite
Open Team Bass Tournament
June 24 results
Mark Coleman and Greg Childs, 6.43 pounds. Ron and Randy Harrell, 6.28 pounds. Mike Powell and Mike Sexton, 4.18 pounds. Big fish: Powell and Tanner, 3.39 pounds. Twenty-eight fishermen in the field. Next: July 1, at Amity Park. Entry fee is $35 per team (includes big fish pot). Tournament hours are 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Five-fish limit. For more information, call Mario Hall at (706) 466-5730.
Open Team Bass Tournament
Calcutta-style
July 11, Wildwood Park
Hours are safe light until 1 p.m. Registration fee is $50 per team and must be paid by July 8. For more information, call Robert Giffin at (706) 533-0357.
Belvedere Bass Busters
June results
Robert Giffin reporting
Keith Carroll, five bass, 6 pounds. Bob Burnett, four bass, 5 pounds. Greg Davis, two bass, 2 pounds.
American Bass Anglers
Dale Hart reporting
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 director Dale Hart at (912) 925-5004, e-mail dhart89@comcast.net or visit ABA online at www.americanbassanglers.com.
SALTWATER TOURNAMENTS
Fripp Island Marina
July 10-11: Fireworks Fishing Tournament. Sept. 4-5: 19th annual Fripp Island Kingfish Tournament. Date is to be announced for the third annual Owen Perry Memorial Inshore Tournament. Nov. 27: 10th annual Kids Fishing Tournament. Three charter captains are based at the marina, which offers a fleet of new rental boats and Fripper II, a new 49-passenger catamaran excursion boat. For more information, call (843) 838-1517.
Fort Gordon Sportsman's Club
Fred Perry reporting
Schedule: July 12, bass tournament, safe light until noon. Aug. 9, bass tournament, safe light until noon. Sept. 20, crappie tournament, safe light until noon. Sept. 26, Kids' Fishing Derby, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Claypit Lakes. Oct. 11, bass tournament, safe light until noon. Nov. 15, 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 Fred Perry at (706) 791-5078, (706) 833-2834 residence, or 706-541-1057, ext. 131. All tournaments held at Butler Reservoir, unless otherwise noted.






