Most Recent News and Notes:
January 2012: Happy New Year! We are pleased to announce that we are starting the new year with two new sponsors! WRDW Channel 12 and Sams Club! Thanks for your support!
December 2011: To our newest sponsors: "Thank You!" Wack'em Crazy Baits, Hayes Marine, and Fireside Grills! Check out our latest pictures from the Toys For Tots Tournament which was a fantastic event!
November 14, 2011: Everyone should be getting geared up for our big end of the year tournament to benefit The Toys For Tots! Remember, the entry fee is only 2 toys plus $25! The tournament is November 26!
May 21, 2011: Thanks to our sponsors, volunteers and participants The Fishing For Kids Tournament and Kids Fishing Rodeo were huge successes. See the pictures to the left. For more pictures and information go to Fishing For Kids.
June 30, 2011: The Fish For Life Foundation is on Facebook! Help our cause by liking us on Facebook today! Click here or the "F" in the bottom right hand corner to check out our Facebook page today!
July 6, 2011: Check out The Clarks Hill Fish For Life Foundation's new logo at the bottom left hand side of the page!
July 8, 2011: See below our PSA created by Academy Sports and Outdoors and News Channel 12. (To stop the background music on this website press "Pause" on the music player on the bottom right hand side of the screen.)
Our next tournament will be The Toys For Tots Tournament October 1, 2011. Please go to Toys For Tots for more information.
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Our Sponsors
With our sponsors we have been able to touch so many lives! We would like to take this opprotunity to give a very special "Thank You" to all of our sponsors. We consider them our partners because they play such a valuable part in our fight to end both cancer and child abuse. Please visit and support our partners and tell them that The Fish For Life Foundation sent you!
If you would like to find out how to get involved as a partner sponsor please go to Contact Us and send us an email today!
We encourage you to visit our sponsor's websites. Please click on the arrow on the lower right hand corner of the sponsor's ad!
The Clarks Hill Fish For Life Foundation raises funds for various charities such as cancer research, child advocacy and protection, and helping others in need. Please help us support these causes and make a tax deductable cash donation to the foundation in the name of a loved one. Those who the foundation benefits would really appreciate your generosity! Please today if you would like to donate funds to help others!
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Donating different items can be very useful to the foundation. We partner with the Marines for a toy drive. You can help by contributing an unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots. Several times a year the foundation raffles off gift cards and various items to raise funds for the charity. You may have unused gift cards in your wallet that you would like to offer us to raffle off. You may also be able to donate new unopened items for the raffle, such as televisions, grills, or other great gift ideas. Please today if you would like to contribute!
Volunteering your time and energy can be very rewarding and helpful! Pictured to the right; many of our volunteers enjoying themselves in the shade during the 2011 Kids Fishing Rodeo weigh in. There are many different ways you can contribute your skills and talents to the foundation and in turn help others. The Fish For Life Foundation is always in need of helpful citizens who are willing to get involved. Please today if you would like to lend a hand!
The Angler Appreciation Tournament is like no other ever held at Clarks Hill Lake because there is NO ENTRY FEE! Our next Angler Appreciation Tournament will be held May 5, 2012 at Wildwood Park on Clarks Hill Lake. Attendance at the registration is mandatory! The registration will be held at Academy Sports and Outdoors on May 3, 5:00 to 7:00 pm in Evans GA. Entry fee is FREE! The total guaranteed pay out is $2,750.00, $1,000.00 to 1st place and $250.00 for big fish.
This is tournament is FREE to enter! Thats right, NO entry fee!
Check back later for the
Angler Appreciation
Tournament poster
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Fishing For Kids Event Information.docx
The Fishing For Kids Tournament is a normal bass tournament except during the day a Kids Fishing Rodeo is held at Wildwood Park. Our next Fishing For Kids Tournament will be held in the April 21, of 2012. The registration will be held at Academy Sports and Outdoors on April 19 at 5:00 pm. Entry fee is $75.00 per boat. The payout is $5,000.00 guaranteed and $1,000.00 for big fish. One place will be paid for every 10 boats that enter. For example, if 154 boats enter, 15 places will be paid.
Fishing For Kids
The Fishing For Kids Tournament is a normal bass tournament except during the day a Kids Fishing Rodeo is held at Wildwood Park. Our next Fishing For Kids Tournament will be held in the Spring of 2012. The registration will be held at Academy Sports and Outdoors on the Thursday prior to the tournament at 7:00 pm. Entry fee is $75.00 per boat. The payout is $5,000.00 guaranteed and $1,000.00 for big fish. One place will be paid for every 10 boats that enter. For example, if 154 boats enter, 15 places will be paid.
The Kids Fishing Rodeo is fun for all ages and all levels of fishing experience. It is a family event that centers around fishing but also includes kid friendly events such as basketball, Nickel in a hay stack, an Easter egg hunt, playing in inflatables, and the Columbia County Sheriff's Dept will be on hand to ID Kids. Lunch is FREE for the whole family! Fishing tackle and bait is provided for the children and prizes will be award to the top kid angler! In addition there will be a scholarship handed out to one lucky child!
Our next Toys For Tots Tournament will be held November 26, 2011 at Wildwood Park on Clarks Hill Lake. The registration will be held at Academy Sports and Outdoors on Thuesday November 22, 5:00 to 7:00 pm in Evans GA. Entry fee is $25.00 and 2 unwrapped toys worth $10.00 each, per boat. The pay out is $2,500.00 to 1st place and $500.00 for big fish.
toysfortots 2011 9232011.pdf
To download the Toys For Tots tournament poster click the above button.
Please Note!
Fish For Life Membership is not required until January 1, 2012. Membership is not needed to fish the Toys For Tots Tournament this October.
To download the Fish For Life Membership Form please click on the button below, then fill and print it out. Please mail it to PO Box 492, Evans, GA 30809 or hand deliver it to us at a tournament drawing, which is always the Thursday night before a tournament at Academy Sports and Outdoors in Evans, GA from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.
What is a Fish For Life Foundation
Membership and why do I need it?
A Fish For Life Foundation Membership allows you to participate in the foundation's fishing tournaments. Your membership will allow you to fish in all three annual tournaments (Angler Appreciation, Fishing For Kids, and Toys For Tots). The funds raised from the membership fees are for charity and are used to help others.
FFL Membership form.pdf
To download the tournament registration form please click on the button below, then fill and print it out. Please mail it to PO Box 492, Evans, GA 30809 or hand deliver it at the tournament drawing, which will be held November 22, the Tuesday before the Toys For Tots tournament at Academy Sports and Outdoors in Evans, GA from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.
Tournament Details
Event Date Entry Fee Per Boat
unwrapped toys
worth $10.00 each
Tournament Registration Form.docx
The tournament rules are below, however if you would like to download a copy please click on the button below.
1. Contestants must launch their boats from the boat ramps at the Wildwood Park
2. All contestants must be registered, signed in, and have their boats in the water before safe daylight the morning of the tournament
3. Life jackets and safety kill switch device must be worn when boat is on plane
4. No alcoholic beverages allowed during the tournament
5. All state boating and fishing rules and regulations must be followed
6. Contestants under the age of 18 must be paired with an adult that assumes full responsibility of the underage contestant
7. All boats must have working aerators in live wells
8. Cell phone use is prohibited during the tournament except in the case of an emergency or breakdown
9. All contestants must show good sportsmanship and conduct during the tournament
10. Fishing is prohibited inside the area marked "No Wake Zone" at the Wildwood boat ramps
11. Fishing is prohibited in marked restricted areas "No Boat Zones"
12. Contestants will start the tournament when their number is called the morning of the tournament and will return at their assigned time for the weigh in
13. Contestants are prohibited to leave their boats for any reason during tournament hours except in the case of an emergency
14. The tournament results will be based on a 5 bass limit. Contestants bringing more than the allowed limit to the scales will result in disqualification
15. The use of live bait or trolling bait methods is prohibited
16. Each contestant may only fish with 1 rod at a time during tournament hours
17. Contestants may not be in possession of more than 5 bass at anytime during tournament hours. In the event that a contestant is also participating in a club tournament they may possess up to 10 bass with a Fish For Life tournament officials okay.
18. A 2oz penalty will be enforced per dead fish
19. Any bass less than 12 inches that is brought to the scale contestants will be penalized with the loss of the short fish plus their big fish
20. "Hole" sitting is prohibited and contestants shall maintain a 50 yard distance from other contestants during tournament hours
21. A late penalty of 1 lb. per minute will be enforced up to 10 minutes. Contestants more than 10 minutes late will be disqualified
22. Contestants that experience boat trouble may flag down or call for help and may ride in with another contestant with their fish to the weigh-in
23. All contestants must remain in their boats at the weigh-in until they are notified by the director by number to exit for weigh-in
24. In the event of a tie. The big fish will determine the winner
25. All protest must be presented to the director within 15 minutes of the close of the scales
26. A polygraph will be given after the tournament
27. All Rules are subject to change at Tournament Directors discretion
Steve Foust 706-833-9660 Ron Brown 706-830-6439
Rene Jennings 706-814-4420 Bill Harvey 706-294-4732
CHFFL Tourny Rules Nov 2011.pdf
The Clarks Hill Fish For Life Foundation strives to help children and those battling cancer. In one way or another cancer will affect every one of us at some point in our lives. It can truly be a devastating crisis to overcome. Children are our future! Unfortunately everyday more of America's youth is neglected and abused. In 2010 a small group of avid bass fishermen from Augusta Georgia came to this realization; they decided to act! Action meant fishing for a cause. The cause was cancer research and helping local citizens in need, especially children. The group combined the sport of bass fishing with the idea of helping the less fortunate. The Clarks Hill Fish For Life Foundation was born.
The Clarks Hill Fish For Life Foundation is a nonprofit association of anglers made up of concerned citizens for the benefit of helping others. The foundation hosts three bass tournaments per year which take place at Wildwood Park in Columbia County Georgia on Clarks Hill Lake. These bass tournaments and the participants help raise funds for the foundation. The foundation is a charitable organization as defined by section 501(C)3 of the IRS Tax Code. This means that the foundation can accept tax deductable contributions from donors. The foundation does not operate to benefit any private interest or one person, but rather to support those who are suffering.
With the help of the general public, our valuable sponsors, volunteers, and yes, bass fishermen, the foundation has:
•Helped a cancer patient travel a great distance to receive treatment
•Gifted funds to help in cancer research and prevention
•Assisted a local family after they lost their home in a house fire
•Awarded two educational scholarships to two different students
•Given away hundreds of toys to less fortunate children
•Provided funds to the Columbia County Exchange Club to benefit The Child Advocacy Center
•Contributed funds to support Wildwood Park
The Fish For Life Foundations future is bright and its board of directors has high expectations. We will continue to grow stronger, helping more and more people in need, both children and those battling cancer. We will continue to recruit fantastic sponsors and helpful supports in order to help us in this effort. We will save more and more children from physical and sexual abuse. We will continue raising awareness for children who are abused and neglected. We will keep reminding the public that our children are our future!
We ask you to commit one act of kindness that will help abused children and cancer sufferers in our community. Maybe it will be to donate a few dollars, or some toys, or perhaps your time; regardless, one act will help our cause immensely! Please visit How You Can Help now! Contribute now, monthly; whenever you can, whatever you can every little bit helps!
