Northeast Arkansas Anglers Bass Club

I have been asked by a few of the teams, where to stay for our Dardanelle tournament. I have booked a couple nights with America’s Best Value Inn in Russellville. Reasonable rates and has typically been a decent stay, with boat parking very close and convenient. Booking through Expedia was a better rate than direct to the counter. Hope this helps.
TD
John Kellems

Guys, I fished Poinsett Saturday. I was the last person to leave Saturday noonish. I found a tackle tray that I am pretty confident that belongs to one of the two kayakers I saw that morning. Once again everyone was gone. If you can tell me the contents, I will happily help you get it back. Tackle isn’t cheap and I am sure this person would like it back. Help me find the owner….

Robert Ortman is putting a Fruit Jar together for Tulot August 22nd. Anyone interested contact him for details.

The regular season is in the books and Tulot did not disappoint. All teams weighed fish in and everyone managed to complete the tournament in record high temperatures. If you had told me it would take over 15 lbs to win there, you would have a had a good discussion on it. Darrel Speakes and his partner Greg Gordon had 15.5 lb sac with a 5.1 lb kicker to seal up 1st place and big bass. The solo team of Nicky Gates came in on a very respectable sac of 14.29lbs. 3rd was brought to the scales by Kevin Riney and Josh Terry with another 14 lbs sac at 14.16lbs.
After the weigh in the teams voted where to conduct the classic at in September. Dardanelle was chosen by a large majority. Then we were able to draw for vendor prize. Chad Powell and John Kellems were the lucky winners after all the place winners had been eliminated.. literally all three place winners were drawn before we drew someone out of the money 💰A big thanks to Northeast Arkansas overhead Garage door for the generous donation.
We would like to thank all of our 2026 sponsors for there generous support of our group.

Photo drop from Tulot tournament

Guys, It is going to be hot for our Tulot tournament. Be sure to come prepared. There is plenty of shade around this body of water, but you need to stay hydrated and aware of what your body is telling you. Just becoming moderately dehydrated will cause cramps and uncomfortable sleep that night. Becoming overly dehydrated has a whole list of issues no one wants to deal with.
Take care of your fish also, live well additives and moderate ice will help secure your catch. Remember we only allow 1 dead fish per team and that comes at a pound deduction.
See ya in a couple days,
TD
John Kellems

Tournament weekend is just a few days away. Oak Donick(Tulot) on the St Francis will be the location. Date Saturday August 15th with a start time of 6:00am. We will need to get entries and launch before then. Due to limited space at the ramp we will start from the wide water straight out from the ramp. Weigh in at 2:00pm. Please check with the tournament director to get the parking scheme, there is adequate parking if we play it right.
This will be the last qualifying tournament for the 2026 season. There will be no new members accepted. You personally must have fished two tournaments to qualify for the classic. If you have a paid entry left from earlier this year, it will have to be used at this tournament or forfeited. If you have questions ask now, don’t assume.

We are quickly approaching your last qualifying tournament of the year. Tulot will be hosting our August 15th tournament. We will have a start time of 6:00 am fishing till 2:00pm. Parking can be a challenge there at times, be thoughtful about how we utilize the area. The participants will be responsible for voting in the location for the mini classic. Need to be thinking of what that looks like and be ready to vote on where that will be. Looking forward to seeing the crew once again and have a great time fishing the StFrancis lake area.
More to come later in the week.
TD
John

I would like to welcome Northeast Arkansas Garage Door as our August tournament sponsor. Steven Jennings has raised the bar a bit and purchased two 17”Black Stones to be given away as a draw prize to one lucky team at our Tournament as Tulot on the 15th. Remember that to be eligible for the draw you have to be present and out of the money for the tournament.
And remember for all your garage door needs look NEA Garage door up.

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