Americana Outdoors E-Magazine - January 2017

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TheArkansasRiverhasformanyyearsbenpopularwith fishermenforitslargecatfish. Whitebasarenativetothe river, withadultstravelinginschoolsandfedingnearthe surface. Bream, crappie, andlargemouthbasarestocked inthelakeandprovideexcelentsportfishing. Withno closedseasonandmildwinters, fishingisgoodyearround. ConstructedunderthesupervisionoftheCorpsofEngi- ners’ LitleRockDistrict, LakeDardaneleandWinthrop RockefelerLakecompriseoneofthemostacesibleand atractiverecreationareasinArkansas. Withnearly40,000acresofboatingandfishingwatersand rimmedbychoicepicnicandcampingareas, itistheideal leisure-timedestination. LakeDardanelespreadswestward behindDardaneleDamintoPope, Yel, Logan, Johnson, and FranklinCounties. Twomileswideinplaces, itreaches50 milesupstreamtotheOzark-JetaTaylorLockandDamand has315milesofshoreline. LakeDardaneleispartofaseriesoflocksanddamsonthe ArkansasRiverthatalowsbargetrafficfromtheMisisippi RiverintoOklahoma. Sothereisaconstantebbandflow. Whenthelakelevel isontherise, orholdingsteady, thebas fishingcanbephenomenal. LAKEDARDANELLE RUSSELLVILLE, AR MARCH25TH-26TH, 2017

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