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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