About the tournament
2024 celebrates the 23nd year of the Bill Williams Charity Fishing Tournament. Hosted and organized by volunteers of the Greater Knoxville Sertoma Club, the Bill Williams as its' affectionately known as, is one of the older local fishing tournaments in East Tennessee that has been continuously run. The after payout proceeds benefits several local charites. Recipients of the proceeds in the past have included Friends of Tennessee Babies, the Manor assisted living center, Boy Scouts, the Cerebral Palsy Center, Emmanuel Academy for the Deaf, and several others.