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 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.
Labor Day Open Team
Bass Tournament
Sept. 1, Lake Springs Ramps
Eric Mora reporting
Eric Mora and Reno Reasoner, five bass, 16.35 pounds. Jon Cole, by himselfd, 10 pounds, 10 ounces. Big fish: 4.75 pounds. Nine boats in the field.
Stevens Creek Open Team
Bass Tournament
Next: TBA. Entry fee $20 per team, $10 big fish pot, $100 percent payback. Safe light until 1 p.m. Register at the DeLaughter Drive boat ramp off Martintown Road in North Augusta. For more information, call Joel Carson, (706) 830-6924.
Summer Saturday Night
Open Team Bass Tournament
Lake Springs Boat Ramp
Lamond Annas reporting
Aug. 30 Classic results
Mike Whitaker and Ray Fitzgerald, five bass, 21 pounds, 3 ounces. Stewart Gambrell and Chuck Reames, five bass, 12 pounds, 8 ounces. Lamond Annas and Darle Opalewski, five bass, 12 pounds, 1 ounce. Debra Whisenant and Robin Whisenant, five bass, 10 pounds, 15 ounces. Ray Denton and Thurston Hall, five bass, 10 pounds, 5 ounces. Big fish: Whitaker-Fiztgerald, 6 pounds, 7 ounces. Thirty-nine boats in the field.
Carolina Bass Club
August results
Lamond Annas reporting
Robin Whisenant, five bass, 8 pounds, 10 ounces. Jason Hadden, four bass, 6 pounds, 11 ounces. Billy Freeman, five bass, 6 pounds, 10 ounces. Big fish: Hadden, 2 pounds, 8 ounces. Twenty-one fishermen caught 42 bass weighing 63 pounds, 9 ounces.
Saturday Morning
Open Team Bass Tournament
Aug. 30 results
Tony Postell reporting
Jon Cole and Eddie Parker, 16 pounds, 10 ounces. 5.70 Chris Hadden and Tim Dunagan, 12.95 pounds.
Next: TBA. Entry fee $55 including big fish pot fee. 100 percent payback. Safe light until 3 p.m. For more information, call Tony Postell at (706) 564-8061, or Sammy Landrum at (706) 825-9167.
Columbia County River Rats
Bass Club
Aug. 8 results
Jon Cole, 16.2 pounds. Scotty Baker, 10.15 pounds. Tony Postell, 9.08 pounds. Big fish: Cole, 5.11 pounds.
Augusta Bassmasters
Aug. 30 results
Billy Fitzgerald reporting
Dan Cosby, three bass, 6 pounds, 11 ounces. Robert Abernathy Jr., four bass, 5 pounds, 10 ounces. Larry Atkins, four bass, 5 pounds, 6 ounces. Big fish: Cosby, 3 pounds, 6 ounces. Nine fishermen caught 18 bass weighing 29 pounds, 3 ounces, and all but three were released alive.
2008 Fripp Island Marina Tournaments
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.
Fort Gordon Sportsman's Club
Fred Perry reporting
2008 schedule: Sept. 14, bass and crappie tournament. Sept. 27, National Hunting & Fishing Day, Kids' Fishing Derby, 8 to 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 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.
The schedule of Solunar Periods, as printed below, has been taken from Mrs. Richard Alden Knight's SOLUNAR TABLES. Plan your days fishing in good territory or hunting in good cover during these times if you wish to find the offer.
The Major Periods are shown in boldface type. These begin at the times shown and last for an hour and a half or two hours thereafter. The Minor Periods, shown in regular type, are of somewhat shorter duration.

