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 fishing [...]

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 [...]