Fishing tournaments
By Bill Baab| Fishing Editor
Friday, October 23, 2009

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 is (706) 823-3408. Tournament reports must include first and last names of the participants, total numbers of fish and total weight of the catch.

Augusta Marine/Augusta Bassmasters

Georgia-Carolina Boy Scout

Open Team Bass Tournament

Nov. 7, Wildwood Park

Pre-registration will be held at Augusta Marine on Nov. 5 from 6-7 p.m. Entry fee is $60 per boat plus $10 optional big fish pot. Tournament hours are safe light until 3 p.m. For more information, call Larry Atkins at (706) 855-1301 or Augusta Marine Super Store at (706) 481-9336.

Sunday Morning Open Team

Oct. 18 results

Mario Hall reporting

Mario Hall, 13.21 pounds. Sammy Landrum, 4.85 pounds. Paul Tickerhoof, 2.95 pounds. Big fish: Hall, 4.39 pounds. Next: Nov. 1, Amity boat ramp, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., $35 per team. For more information, call Hall at (706) 466-5730.

Clarks Hill Striper Club

Oct. 17 results

Joseph Pearson reporting

Rob Hedrick, five fish, 16.04 pounds. Rick Quarles, Kai Fernandez, Authur Davenport, four fish, 11.1 pounds. Big fish: Davenport, 5.82 pounds. Eight boats containing 19 fishermen caught 15 fish totaling 49.88 pounds.

Augusta Bassmasters

Oct. 10 results

From Lake Russell

Larry Atkins reporting

Vince Dwan, 7 pounds, 2 ounces. Steve Foust, 5.5 pounds. Mark Wise, 3.5 pounds. Big fish: Dwan, 2 pounds, 13 ounces.

American Bass Anglers

Dale Hart reporting

Schedule: Oct. 31, Cherokee Landing; Nov. 14-15, Houlihan Bridge, Savannah River; Feb. 27, Dorn Fishing & Boating Complex, Hawe Creek; March 27, Elijah Clark State Park; April 17, Dorn Fishing & Boating Complex, Hawe Creek; May 15, Cherokee Landing; June 12-13, Dorn Fishing & Boating Complex, Hawe Creek. 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

Nov. 6-7: 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

Oct. 11 results

Fred Perry reporting

Cary Rook and Greg Stoll, five bass, 8 pounds, 8 ounces. Larry Slover and Travis Weathers, four bass, 4 pounds, 10 ounces. Big fish: Rook, 4 pounds, 1 ounce. Fourteen fishermen caught 29 bass weighing 28 pounds.

Schedule: 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 res. or (706) 541-1057, ext. 131. All tournaments held at Butler Reservoir, unless otherwise noted.

From the Friday, October 23, 2009 edition of the Augusta Chronicle
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