For Immediate Release
January 22, 2010
Contact: Montine McNulty
Executive Director, Arkansas Hospitality Association
(501)376-2323

Annual Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza Fishing Tournament Set for June 25-27, 2010

$100,000 Guaranteed in Cash Prizes

Little Rock, Ark. - The Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza is excited to announce a New Payout Format for the 2010 Tournament.

Distribution of Prize Money:
Overall Winner [...]

John Higman won the Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza 2009 and took home the $100,000 grand prize. He has been fishing the Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza throughout the past ten years and has finished in the top ten in most of those tournaments. In 2008 he came in 2nd place and was determined to take home [...]

Call it fisherman’s revenge. John Higman of Evansville took home the $100,000 grand prize in the annual Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza Fishing Tournament today after snagging a 7.30-pound bass near Fort Smith.
Higman, who has fished the tournament for eight years, led the competition last year on the second day with a 7.81-pound catch, but [...]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Aug. 3, 2008) —
A total of 2,175 fishermen battled extreme heat to vie for prize money during the three-day tournament. However, it paid off for those who will share $90,000 in total hourly prize money. An additional $18,800 was paid to fishermen in bonus money for wearing the Big [...]

Tournament is moving full steam ahead! Follow Us Live via Twitter and the Arkansas Tournament Fishing Live Stream!
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.— The Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza, Arkansas’s largest amateur bass tournament, is on schedule for June 26, 27, and 28, 2009.  River conditions are excellent for bass fishing and tournament officials remain confident that river conditions [...]

The Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza is set to take place June 26-28 along the entire 300 mile length of the Arkansas River in Arkansas from Fort Smith to Dumas. With a Grand Prize of $100,000 for the largest fish caught and hourly prizes for the largest fish caught each hour, this is a bass [...]

Photos from the 2008 Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza fishing tournament.

The Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza, the country’s largest amateur big bass tournament, will return to the Natural State for a tenth consecutive year on June 26, 27, and 28, 2009.

Anglers can choose to fish one, two or all three days of the tournament. The angler who lands the largest fish in the three-day tournament will take home $100,000, with other cash prizes available throughout the weekend. Approximately 3,000 fishermen are expected to compete in the event.

Duke Gunnell of Benton caught a largemouth bass in the Dumas Pool of the Arkansas River that weighed 8.14 pounds Sunday to win $100,000 in the Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza.
Fishing in Post Lake, a backwater area in the river, Gunnell used a white, River-2-C plastic frog to catch his prize-winning bass. He caught it at [...]