There’s an abundance of outdoor recreational opportunities around Fayetteville, Arkansas, including 
numerous places to fish. When you’re ready to go fishing, grab your pole, lures, and a bottle of water and head to any of these four great fishing spots.
Beaver Lake
About 35 miles from downtown Fayetteville, is Beaver Lake in Eureka Springs. The lake feeds the popular White River and covers a massive 28,370 acres. Beaver Lake is an ideal place to catch sniper bass, smallmouth and largemouth bass, crappie, bream, and channel catfish. One lucky fisherman landed a 40-pound-plus striper bass, which made the catch a state record. You can fish from several spots on the shoreline of the lake, or if you own a boat, there are several boat launching ramps available.
Beaver Lake is a great place to bring the kids as there are lots of swimming beaches, hiking trails, picnic areas, and shaded pavilions. You can find Beaver Lake at 4022 Mundell Road.
Lake Fayetteville
When you want to go fishing close to town, head over to Lake Fayetteville and Lake Fayetteville City Park, about 5 miles from town. The lake is 194 acres and sits inside of the 458-acre park. In addition to fishing for several species of bass, panfish, crappie, and catfish, there are also a few hiking trails, including a 5-mile nature trail that circles the lake.
You can rent boats and bicycles, play disc golf, visit the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, and launch your boat from the boat dock. For your convenience, there are several fishing piers throughout the lake. The address for Lake Fayetteville is 1330 Lake Fayetteville Trail and is accessed through Lake Fayetteville Park.
Lake Sequoyah
About 10 miles east of Fayetteville is the lovely Lake Sequoyah. The lake sits inside of the 1,400-acre Lake Sequoyah Park. The lake itself is 389 acres, and fishermen enjoy catching black bass, largemouth bass, crappie, and redear sunfish. You can fish from shore or from a boat launched from the lake’s boat ramp. While swimming is not allowed in Lake Sequoyah, there are plenty of hiking and horseback trails available so you can explore the forested area around the lake. Find Lake Sequoyah at 6608 E. Lake Sequoyah Drive.
Kings River
Enjoy quiet and solitude while fishing on the Kings River. A tributary of the White River, Kings River is known for its prized game fish, especially the smallmouth bass. People come to Kings River to kayak the 90 miles of the navigable waterway as well as to fish for the massive smallmouth bass, rock bass, channel catfish, spotted gar, silver-sided chad, and walley.
While you’re fishing, keep an eye out for river otter, mink, beaver, bald eagles, blue herons, and turtles sunning on logs. Most interestingly, the Kings River is one of only five rivers in the United States that flow north. There are several access points for the river, with the more popular ones outside of Eureka Springs, about 45 miles from Fayetteville.
When the urge to go fishing hits, use this handy guide to go catch a couple of big ones at one of these best fishing spots around Fayetteville.
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