• VIDEO, PHOTOS: Eyes on the walleye prize

    September 20, 2019 Comments Off on VIDEO, PHOTOS: Eyes on the walleye prize Featured, Fishing, Latest

    The fish Robert Smith likes to catch ought to be labeled “handle with care.” Smith, of the Hickory Creek community, goes after walleye at Beaver Lake. They sport a mouth full of teeth and sharp gill plates. Fins are like needles. Walleye are also a fun to

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  • VIDEO: Floating, fishing superb on Beaver Lake tributary

    September 12, 2019 Comments Off on VIDEO: Floating, fishing superb on Beaver Lake tributary Featured, Fishing, Latest, On The Water

    Down a lazy river by Flip Putthoff The wrong weather forecast can make conditions right for floating and fishing an Ozark stream. A sunny and hot forecast meant a big hat, sunscreen and ice cold water were must-have items for a summertime float on the War Eagle River.

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  • Popularity grows for e-bikes

    September 10, 2019 Comments Off on Popularity grows for e-bikes Cycling, Featured, Latest

    Getting a boost by Dane Eifling Special to NWA Democrat-Gazette Electric assist bicycles are everywhere. Chances are you’ve seen one of these “e-bikes,” but you may not have known what it was. It looks like a bicycle. It sounds like a bicycle. It

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  • Little lure saves summer fishing

    September 10, 2019 Comments Off on Little lure saves summer fishing Featured, Fishing, Latest

    Some days in late summer are so hot you want to unzip your skin and sit around in your bones. The last of the dog days are better for jumping into Beaver Lake than catching fish out of it, at least when it comes to black bass. I try to go bass fishing once in …

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NWA outdoor briefs

September 20, 2019 Comments Off on NWA outdoor briefs Latest, Outdoor Events

Hike explores Buffalo wilderness  Hill ‘N Dale Hiking Club will hike 8.8 miles Wednesday in the Buffalo River Wilderness Area from Centerpoint trailhead to Steel Creek campground. There will be seven river crossings. The hike will visit the Goat Trail and Granny Henderson’s

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September 20, 2019

Hunters help with waterfowl survey

Each year, Arkansas waterfowl hunters harvest more mallards than any other state. In

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September 20, 2019

Angler breaks Missouri trout record

The Missouri Department of Conservation confirms Bill Babler of Blue Eye, Mo., is

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September 20, 2019

Arkansas adds wasting disease testing sites

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is expanding opportunities for hunters to get

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September 20, 2019

VIDEO, PHOTOS: Eyes on the walleye prize

The fish Robert Smith likes to catch ought to be labeled “handle with

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September 12, 2019

Missouri extends gigging season

The Missouri Department of Conservation has extended the fish gigging season by 15

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September 12, 2019

Two trails become one on creekside ride

by Flip Putthoff Riders may want to take two flavors of bicycles when they visit two

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September 12, 2019

NWA Fishing Report

Beaver Lake Black bass fishing has improved as the lake level and water temperature

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September 12, 2019

VIDEO: Floating, fishing superb on Beaver Lake tributary

Down a lazy river by Flip Putthoff The wrong weather forecast can make conditions

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  • NWA fishing report

    September 20, 2019 Comments Off on NWA fishing report Fishing Report

    BEAVER LAKE Stripers are biting at the break of day. James Whittle at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said striped bass are hitting top-water lures at first light on the north end of the lake. Anglers are getting on the lake an hour before daylight to be ready for prime time. Fish as deep …

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