THE CASTAWAYS BASS CLUB will compete on Lake Reedy Saturday. Trail for boats with 40-HP outboards or less, and boats 17 feet or less. Entry fees $50 per team, including big bass. Membership $15 per angler. New members welcome. Call Johnny Lockaby at 813-833-5786 or check www.castawaysbassfishing.com.
THE MOSAIC BASS CLUB will compete on Crooked Lake out of Bob's Landing Saturday. Safe light to 2 p.m. Club for Mosaic employees only. Call Richard Blair at 863-844-5037.
THE FLORIDA CRAPPIE CLUB will be on Lake Kissimmee and the lower three lakes on the chain out of Camp Mack Saturday. Entry fee $50 plus $10 for biggest speck. Individuals or partners. Seven-fish limit. 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. No membership fee. Upcoming tournaments: July 28 - Lake Walk-in-the-Water; Sept. 22 - Lake Arbuckle; Oct. 27 - West Lake Toho out of Richardson's Fish Camp; Nov. 17 - Lake Tarpon; Dec. 8 - Classic on Crescent Lake. Call Darryl Cole at 352-669-0442, Mark Gilman at 863-662-4914 or Harold McGhee at 813-215-9759.
THE ACCENT MARINE Tournament Trail will be in action Sunday on the Kissimmee Chain out of Camp Mack. Entry fee $65 per boat, including big bass. 95 percent payback (75 percent at tournament, 20 percent to classic). Six-fish limit. No late entries. Entry deadline Fridays at 5 p.m. Safe light to 2:30 p.m. Upcoming tournaments, all out of Camp Mack: July 29, Aug. 26, Sept. 30, Classic Oct. 13-14. Call 813-620-1042 or 813-620-1309.
THE LAKE WALES PO' BOYS Bass Club will compete on the Kissimmee Chain out of Grape Hammock Sunday. Club looking for new members. Safe light to 2 p.m. Check www.lakewalespoboys.com for information, or call 863-781-0736 or 863-632-1643.
THE SUNDAY OPEN SERIES TOURNAMENT trail will hold the first of 10 tournaments to qualify for the season-ending mini-classic Sunday on Lake Ariana. Fishermen can qualify for the 11th event, the classic, by competing in at least seven events. Entry fee $30, including big bass. 100 percent payback. Safe light to 1 p.m. Call Willard Combee at 863-670-7647.
THE XTREME BASS KISSIMMEE DIVISION will be in action July 1 out of Camp Mack. Entry fee $120 per team, including big bass. One-time membership fee $35 per angler. Safe light to 3 p.m. Upcoming tournaments: Aug. 5, Sept. 9. Check www.xbseries.com.
THE 2012 CENTRAL FLORIDA BASS OPEN series kicks off July 1 on Lake Istokpoga. All catch-and-release, photo scorecard format for total combined inches. Benefit Tournaments are open to all boat sizes. Entry fee $150 for two anglers. Also one-man, coed and family fun divisions. Other tournaments: July 29, Harris Chain; Aug. 26, Lake Okeechobee; Sept. 23, Kissimmee Chain; Oct. 28, Toho. Call 863-944-2051 or e-mail BenefitTournaments@gmail.com. Check www.BenefitTournaments.com for information.
THE 13TH ANNUAL LAKE ALFRED Lion's Club Benefit Bass Tournament hosted by Ron's Tackle Box is July 4 on Lake Alfred. Safe light to 1 p.m. Entry fee $65 per boat plus $5 apiece for big bass. First place guaranteed $1,000 by Lake Alfred Lion's Club, with $400 for second and $200 for third. Raffle after weigh-in with tickets $1 or six for $5. Proceeds benefit Lion's Club children's programs. Early registration encouraged at Ron's Tackle Box on Lake Shore Way in Lake Alfred. Call Ron's at 863-956-4990 for more information.
THE CAMP MACK OPEN ONE-DAY, ONE-MAN TOURNAMENT TRAIL on the Kissimmee Chain will be in action July 7 and the first Saturday each month. Call Camp Mack at 863-696-1108.
THE BASS BANDITS will compete on Lake Toho out of Southport Park July 7. Call Joe Willis, tournament director, at 813-633-6233.
THE LAKELAND JUNIOR BASSMASTERS will hold a tournament on the south Winter Haven out of Lake Shipp July 7. For information, check www.lakelandjuniorbassmasters.com.
THE WINTER HAVEN LUNKER LOVERS will compete on the Kissimmee Chain out of Camp Lester July 8. Upcoming tournaments: Aug. 11-12 - Lake Okeechobee out of Clewiston; Sept. 9 - Kissimmee Chain out of Camp Lester; Oct. 6-7 - Lake Istokpoga out of Trail's End; Nov. 3-4 - Classic on Kissimmee Chain out of Camp Lester. Call Jim Rose at 863-514-6582 or check online at http://lunkerlovers.com.
THE FISHING MISFITS will hold a club tournament on Lake Reedy July 14 out of the county ramp. Members only. For boats with 100-HP outboards and under. Call Harry at 863-660-2054 or Larry at 863-287-2864, or check http://mysite.verizon.net/resqxc7y/.
THE WEST COAST COUPLES Bass Club will compete on Johns Lake out of the public ramp July 14. Entry fee $55, including big bass. Membership $20 per couple. 100 percent payback. Upcoming tournaments: Aug. 11, West Lake Toho out of Southport Park; Sept. 8-9, classic TBA. Call Chrissy Crocker at 813-927-0738 or Fred Allen at 863-676-3764.
THE PERFORMANCE BASS ANGLERS will be on Lake Ariana July 14. Upcoming tournaments: Aug. 11, Kissimmee Chain; Sept. 8, Johns Lake; Oct. 6, Lake Toho; Nov. 3-4 TBD. Visit www.performancebassanglers.com.
THE LAKELAND BASSMASTERS will compete on Lake Toho out of Southport Park July 15. Club meets second and fourth Tuesday each month at the Lakeland Elks Club at 7 p.m. New members welcome. Upcoming tournaments: Aug. 19, Kissimmee Chain out of Camp Mack; Sept. 23, Lake Okeechobee out of Harney Pond Canal; Oct. 20-21, Kissimmee Chain out of Camp Mack; Nov. 11, classic, TBA. Check www.lakelandbassmasters.org.
THE LAKELAND JUNIOR HAWG HUNTERS will compete on Lake McLeod July 21. Call Derek Boswell at 863-513-8877.
THE BRANDON BASSMASTERS will hold a tournament on Lake Pierce July 21. Entry fee $50 per boat. New members welcome. Membership fee $20 per angler. Safe light to 2 p.m. Check www.brandonbassmasters.com.
THE BHS YELLOW JACKETS BASS FISHING TEAM at Bartow High School will open the new season July 28 on the south Winter Haven chain. Contact tournament director Derek Boswell at bboswell4@yahoo.com.
THE POLK COUNTY BASS AND SNOOK CLUB will compete for snook and redfish at Pine Island July 28-29. The club is looking for new boater members. Visit www.polkcountybassandsnookclub.com or call Mike Howell at 863-646-2481.
[ Send tournament notices or results to Del Milligan, P.O. Box 408, Lakeland, Fla., 33802, or fax to 802-7812. Deadline is Wednesday noon. Include date, entry fee and phone. ]
