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Traveling Arkansas: Fishing along Arkansas River brings big Bass & big bucks

KASU | By Mark Smith,

Kim Williams

Published June 23, 2018 at 1:00 PM CDT

Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Travel Writer Kim Williams talks about the following events happening in Arkansas during the weekend of June 29!

Emerson: 29^th Annual Purple Hull Pea Festival & World Championship Rotary Tiller Race
Mountain Home: 18^th Annual Red, White, and Blue Festival
Fort Smith; Dardanelle; Little Rock/North Little Rock; Pine Bluff; Dumas: Simmons Bank Big Bass Bonanza of Arkansas
Clinton: 18^th Annual Archey Fork Festival

To find out more about these events or anything else going on in Arkansas, visit the Events tab on Arkansas.com.

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