Bass Fishing Lake Ouachita

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Bass Fishing Lake Ouachita Portal

The purpose of this website is to provide information for fishermen, vacationers and campers about Lake Ouachita, area events and attractions, fishing, places to stay including campgrounds, articles about fishing and bass fishing links througout the sites. This website is the main website and there are links throughout this site to specific websites addressing specific topics relating to Lake Ouachita, camping and/or bass fishing.

Your website hosts are Carlton "Doc" Holliday and Darlene "Dee" Holliday who have retired to this area and live at Joplin, Arkansas and reqularly fish Lake Ouachita and are full time RVers.

Lake Ouachita, the largest lake (40,100 acres) located entirely within Arkansas, is renowned for its scenic beauty and clear waters. Created when Blakely Mountain Dam impounded the waters of the Ouachita River near Hot Springs, the lake is virtually surrounded by the Ouachita National Forest and has one of Arkansas's most pristine shorelines at some 970 miles. The 40-mile-long lake is a favorite of sailors for its vast stretches of open water. Scuba divers enjoy the clear waters. Recreational boating, water skiing and other water sports are also very popular on Lake Ouachita, which boasts more than 100 uninhabited islands for primitive camping. Available rentals include houseboats, sailing crafts, fishing rigs, and more. Contributing to make the lake one of Arkansas's finest outdoor destinations are several resorts (with cabins), commercial marinas, and more than 1,400 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' campsites.

Lake Ouachita boasts an unusual feature, the Geo-Float Trail, created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Boaters follow a marked route guided by a brochure that details prominent geologic features of the lake.

For anglers, LakeOuachita is well-known for its prolific fishing opportunities, especially for striped bass and largemouth bass fishing. It consistently ranks in the top 10 nationally for largemouth bass fishing.

Mark Davis, 1995, 1998, 2001 B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year and Bass Master Classic Winner, spends a great deal of time on the lake. Scott Suggs, winner of the 2007 Forrest Wood Cup Tournament, also spends a lot of time on Lake Ouachita.

We have started a monthly newsletter, Bass Fishing Lake Ouachita Newsletter. The newsletter contains both personally written articles on bass fishing and camping on Lake Ouachita and articles of interest from other sources such as the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. It also contains a Upcoming Events section for the Hot Springs and Mount Ida areas and a reader comments / questions / requests section. It is distributed by email on a monthly basis around the 15th of each month. To get your copy, sign up below.

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This portal addresses fishing, camping, vacationing and hunting in, on and around Lake Ouachita. The next few pages on this website address each of these subjects and have links to more detailed websites about a given subject, links of interest and use, also articles and information to keep you up to date to the happenings in the area and on Lake Ouachita.