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.

Wednesday Night Shootout

Tournaments start on April 16, with details to be announced. For more information, call Robert Giffin at (706) 533-0357.

Billy Vaughan, Martinez, and Clay Etterle, Evans, 19.61 pounds. Norm and Kyle Attaway, Clearwater, 16.06 pounds. Dan Cosby, Appling, Ga., and Michael Annis, Evans, 15.35 pounds. Brent Pearson, Johnston, S.C., and Kevin Lyles, North Augusta, 13.89 pounds. First big fish: Ed Rice and David Dawkins, Lincolnton, Ga., 6.75 pounds. Second big fish: Will Dickens, Laurens, S.C., and Nolan Pulley, Simpsonville, S.C., 6.22 pounds. Thirty-two boats in the field.

Registration will be held today from 4:30 to 7 p.m., with partner pairing at 7:30 p.m., Holiday Inn, Gordon Highway, Augusta. For more information, call Kurt Glass at (706) 796-6301 or e-mail paravet@comcast.net.

Entry fee $150 per team. First place a guaranteed $5,000, second $3,000, third $1,000, fourth $900 (pays through 25 places based on 150 teams entering) The 2007 event drew 212 teams. Two big fish awards of $1,000 and $700. Beneficiary is the MSKP Foundation, which has raised more than $410,000 for local Midlands children. For more information, call (803) 345-1462 or (803) 945-1073.

Entry fee $60 per team (includes $10 big fish pot). Eighty percent payback, with 100 percent on big fish. Safe light until 4 p.m. For more information, call Lloyd McCoy at (706) 830-8722. For flyers and entry blanks, e-mail McCoy at maxx3747@aol.com.

Paul Christian, five bass, 12.2 pounds. Gene Tant, four bass, 10.49 pounds. Kevin Hymas, five bass, 8.53 pounds. Big fish: Tant, 6.91 pounds. Eighteen fishermen caught 61 bass weighing 95.13 pounds and all but one were released alive.

Doug Sellers, five bass, 9.04 pounds. Andrew Lewis, four bass, 9.04 pounds. Chad Graham, five bass, 8.02 pounds. Sellers won on the basis of his 3.11-pound big fish (Lewis' biggest fish weighed 3.09 pounds). Ten fishermen caught 26 bass weighing 35.23 pounds.

Glenn Hubbard, five bass, 15 pounds, 15 pounds. Bobby Dickenson, five bass, 11 pounds, 2 ounces. Dave Drummond, five bass, 10 pounds, 15 ounces. Twelve fishermen weighed in 45 bass weighing 88 pounds, 11 ounces.

Joe Ludwig and Bart Blackburn, five bass, 21.6 pounds. Sean and Jim Ravenscroft, five bass, 17 pounds. Keith Williamson and Ron Brown, five bass, 16 pounds, 14 ounces. Big fish: Chris Hadden and Charlie Doyle, 7 pounds. Twenty-one boats in the field.

Gene Moyer and Mike Craig, five bass, 9.5 pounds. Big fish: Moyer, 3 pounds, 4 ounces. Jamie Hodges and Scottie "Bobo" Craig, four bass, 8 pounds. J.C., Dicks, two bass, 4 pounds. Eleven boats in the field. Tournament hours 6-10 p.m. each Tuesday. 12-inch size limit and five-fish creel limit. For more information, call Gene Moyer at (803) 270-1580.

American Bass Anglers is the largest tournament trail for the tournament angler and has more than 116 districts offering 1,000 tournaments throughout the U.S. Membership is open to anyone 16 and over not a professional fisherman or guide. Those under 18 must have written parental consent. For more information, call Milton Keene at (706) 595-9777 or e-mail: milty52@aol.com.

Next: Saturday out of Cherokee because of the PVA tournament being held at Wildwood Park. Entry fee $50 and $5 optional big fish pot fee. Safe light until 4 p.m. For more information, call David Smith at (706) 533-5963 or Sammy Landrum at (706) 825-9167.

April 25-26: King Mackerel Warmup Tournament. May 23-24: Memorial Day Kingfish Tournament. July 11-12: Fireworks Fishing Tournament. Aug. 29-30: Annual Fripp Island Kingfish Tournament. Nov. 7-8: 2nd annual Owen Perry Memorial Inshore Tournament. Nov. 28: Kids' Fishing Tournament. For more information, call the marina at (843) 838-1517.

2008 schedule: Sunday, crappie tournament. April 13, bass tournament. April 27, crappie tournament. May 4, bass tournament. May 18, bass tournament. June 7, Kids' Fishing Derby, 8-11 a.m., Claypit lakes. June 22, bass tournament. July 13, bass tournament. Aug. 10, bass tournament. Sept. 14, bass and crappie tournament. Sept. 27, National Hunting & Fishing Day, Kids' Fishing Derby, 8-11 a.m., Claypit lakes. Oct. 5, bass tournament. Nov. 9, bass tournament. Note: Any Fort Gordon lake is open for fishing.

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 nonmember, 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, or (706) 833-2834 res. or (706) 541-1057, ext. 131. All tournaments held at Butler Reservoir, unless otherwise noted.