Fishing tournaments galore coming up in area

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JASON'S BIG ONE — Jason "Big Toe" Wickware displays his 3.5-pound bass he caught Sunday morning while fishing with Outdoor Columnist Jody Adams on Wister Lake. Photo by Jody Adams

The Boys and Girls Club of Alma, Ark., will have its “Fall Challenge on the Arkansas River” Bass Tournament From 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Fort Smith (Ark.) Park. The entry fee is $80 per boat. There will be $5,000 of prize money to be awarded — guaranteed. For additional information, call Rick Clark at (479) 459-0798.
The Kiamichi Outdoor Sportsman Festival Bass Tournament will be from 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Wards Landing on Wister Lake. The entry fee is $40 per angler. Youth ages 12 and younger will get to fish for free. The weigh-in will be live on Dewey Avenue in Poteau. For additional information, call the “Jody Ray Fishing Hotline” at (918) 649-7387.
The Robert S. Kerr Reservoir Bassnanza will take place Sept. 17 at Applegate Cove Marina. The entry fee is $175 per boat. There will be a guaranteed $10,000 of prize money which will be awarded. For those who enter by today, a free T-shirt will be awarded, presented by the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce. For additional information, call (918) 775-2558 or go online to www.basszone.come [3] or www.sallisawchamber.com [4].