Tournament helps veterans
The John W. Brown Fishing With A Veteran bass tournament is set for June 2 at Beaver Lake out of Prairie Creek Park.
Entry fee is $70 per boat. A veteran or member of the military must be a member of each team. Fishing is from 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
First prize is $1,000, second place $700 and third place $500. Big bass prize is $200. There is also a prize of $100 for the smallest legal bass. A meal will be served to all anglers and their families at 2 p.m. The tournament funds programs for veterans.
Register at crosschurch.com/fish, Hook, Line and Sinker or Southtown Sporting goods. For details contact Keith Harmon, keithh@crosschurch.com.
Trout tags resume
Daily trout tag requirements will resume Saturday at Roaring River State Park, near Cassville, Mo., and Missouri’s three other trout fishing parks.
Tags are $4 for adults 16 and older and $3 for anglers 15 and younger. They are sold at the visitor center of each park. A Missouri fishing license is also required for anglers 16 and older.
The Missouri Department of Conservation will resume stocking rainbow trout at the parks Friday.
Big bass swim at lake
Lake Atalanta, one-half mile east of downtown Rogers, is known for trout fishing in the winter, but it also has a good population of largemouth bass that can be caught all year. Largemouth bass fishing at the lake is all catch and release.
District fisheries staff of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission did a recent electrofishing sample at Lake Atalanta. They caught and released 148 largemouth bass in 40 minutes of sampling, said Jon Stein, a Game and Fish district fisheries biologist.
Thirty percent of the bass were longer than 15 inches. The largest weighed 7.5 pounds. Staff also netted some good-sized redear sunfish and black crappie. All fish were measured and released back into the lake.
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