Just got back from Mount Ida, Arkansas.  My son and I went Quartz digging in a open mine.   Hot Springs is only 24 miles away and there was something happening there that made me want to switch from digging to fishing.  There were bass boats everywhere.  Mount Ida was full as well.  I told my son who is 11 that next year we will be fishing instead of crystal digging.

Has anyone been down there?  I left all my brochures at home so I can't remember the names of the lakes.

Lake Hamilton is in Hot Springs and Lake Ouachita is just outside of Hot Springs.  I have never fished either, but both hold their fair share of bass tournaments.  Lake Hamilton also has a FLW tournament or two a year.

If you have not fished Lake Quachita you have no idea on what you are missing. Our fall season is right around the corner and bass crappie wallie  bream catfish Kentucky bass stripers will be going strong. I have a fish camp just down from the harbor and love it the best fishing in the state