Fishing
10000 Chad Colley Blvd
479-646-2444
A Family and Community Fishing Program lake located at Ben Geren Regional Park in Fort Smith. The lake receives regular stockings.
A paved walking trail with two pedestrian bridges has been completed and extends a mile around the lake. Canoes and kay…
Carol Ann Cross Park
479-784-2368
A Family and Community Fishing Program lake located at Carol Ann Cross Park in Fort Smith. The lake receives regular stockings of catfish and trout.
Family and Community Fishing Pond Regulations
Family and Community Fishing locations are open to fish…
5301 Riverfront Drive
479-784-2368
Locks and dams along the Arkansas River allow access to some of the best fishing in the country. Pools formed by these are stocked by the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission with sport fish such as bass, crappie, catfish and bream, making the river a pop…
8300 Wells Lake Road
479-452-3993
Wells Lake is a twelve-acre manmade lake that was built in the 1940's with the purpose of collecting water needed during the construction of Fort Chaffee; this type of lake is called an impoundment. Visitors of all ages are welcome to fish in Wells L…
Vache Grasse Public Use Area
Ozark Lake covers 10,600 acres and extends 36 miles along the Arkansas River. The shoreline consists of bluffs, forests, open farmland, and level fields.
Fish found in Ozark Lake: blue catfish, channel catfish, flathead catfish, sauger, largemouth b…
US Highway 64 West
479-284-3150
Starting on the southern slopes of The Ozarks, Illinois Bayou flows towards Russellville and then into the Arkansas River. Though it is a bayou, it features class II/III whitewater. Really, there are four streams that make up the Illinois Bayou: Nort…
Lake Fort Smith State Park
479-369-2469
Nestled in a scenic valley of the Boston Mountain Range of the Ozark Mountains, this state park is on the western side of Lake Fort Smith. Here, you can enjoy outdoor adventures including camping, fishing, kayaking, swimming, mountain biking, hiking,…
Cabin Creek Public Use Area
The 34,300-acre reservoir is on the Arkansas River, making it one of The Nation's premier major bass-fishing tournament sites. White bass are native to the river and are therefore found in Lake Dardanelle. The lake also contains very large catfish, l…
Jack Nolen Lake
Jack Nolen
A 208-acre lake near Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Major SportfishBluegill, crappie, redear sunfish, channel catfish, saugeye and largemouth bass
Other FishGreen sunfish, warmouth, longear sunfish, bullheads, common carp, grass carp and blue catfi…