Tournament Date: August 2024

@ Lake Meredith Stilling Basin (Spring Canyon)

(Alternative Date: August 2024)


On-Site Registration: 8:00 AM

Tournament: 9:00AM-11:00AM


Pre-Registration will open in July.

Register at the Small Fry Tournament

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Tournament Information

Open to all kids between the ages of 6-14.

Kids 5 and under are welcome to fish for fun! (We call them “minnows”.) Adults must accompany children at all times. **No fishing license required**


Prizes & Free Food:

Our goal is to provide gifts for all children in the tournament as well as the minnows.

Normally Include:

  • Fishing Pole
  • Fishing Equipment


Prizes are awarded for the most fish (1st, 2nd, & 3rd place) for each age group.


Additional prizes are awarded for the tournaments largest fish & strangest catch.


About Our Association

We are a 501c3 non-profit organization formed for the sole purpose to promote children fishing.

Each year we plan, manage and execute a tournament for the children of the area.


Our organization exists solely on the donations by our private and corporate donors.

Click the button below if you would like to make a donation to help our kids have a memorable day.


2022 Tournament Winners

1st Place Winners

6-8: Jaxson Kerr

9-11: Breckyn Hamilton

12-14: Addelyn Reinhart

2nd Place Winners

6-8: Jordan Kerr

9-11: Ryan Rice

12-14: Seth Long

3rd Place Winners

6-8: Elias Ortiz

9-11: Damien Shulte

12-14: Sawyer McBride

Largest Catch

Cody Bolton

9 Inch Catfish

Weirdest Catch

Zoii Moore

13 & 1/2" Lauger Head Snapping Turtle

Thanks to Our Donors

  • Food King
  • Fritch Boat & Storage
  • Fuzzy’s Radiator
  • H & H Printing
  • Jane Phillips Society
  • Little Debbies
  • Lowe’s Market
  • Meredith Mike’s
  • Minton Chatwell Legacy Services
  • National Park Service
  • Nutrien
  • Orbit Properties
  • Pak-a-Sak
  • Pantex Federal Credit Union



  • Parker Boats & Motors
  • PepsiCo
  • Phillips 66
  • Plains Dairy
  • Serco
  • Sharken’s Honeyhole
  • Sweet Things
  • United Supermarkets
  • Walmart #1516
  • Walmart Pharmacy - Gary Opdenhoff
  • Wright-On Bait, Tackle, & Watercraft Rentals
  • Zachary
  • Zebco


  • Academy Sports
  • Ace
  • Allstate-Cody Long
  • Audrain Heating & Air
  • Big Creek
  • Borger Chamber of Commerce
  • Bulldog Motor Co.
  • Borger Rotary Club
  • Chevron Phillips
  • Country Auto Group
  • CRMWA
  • Crown Supply
  • Eagle Press
  • Edward Jones/Eric Schneck

Special recognition goes to the National Parks Service without their teamwork this would not be possible.

Fishing Tournament Officers & Committee

President: Charlie Kerr

Vice President: Tina Briscoe

Secretary: Misty Bible

Treasurers: Lynde Price

Webmaster: Ireland Wagner



Lillie Turner

Patrica Foster

Tim Cruze

Eric Smith

Brett And Kay Fisher

Kyler Wagner

Kathryn Gonzales



Samantha Riggle

Dalton Dillard

Lisa Bennett

David Hagler

Mary Cox

Tim Teague



3 Groups to Recognize & Thank

Our Donors

Large or small donations - without you we would not be able to do this event at all.

Our Participants

Seeing the fun on your faces on this one day makes the memory of all of the hard work disappear. For most of us volunteers reward of feeling this joy you participants radiate makes us proud to be a part of this.

The Volunteers

No one involved in this receives any compensation for the hours and hours involved in planning, scheduling, and hosting this event. Our pay is the joy the kids show the day of the tournament.

All three are crucial to the event, take just one group away one it would no longer exist.

Thank you to every one involved and our hopes that each and every one of you will not only continue as long as you are able but bring others into your group. We can always use more of all 3 groups.

Contact us

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Email: Meredith.small.fry@gmail.com

Location: Lake Meredith Spring Canyon/Stilling Basin

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2354 Fritch , Tx 79036