Arkansas reference

Northwest Arkansas Tackle Shops

Bait counters, fly shops and lake marinas spread through northwest Arkansas.

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Northwest Arkansas

Tackle sellers of northwest Arkansas, mapped

55 tackle sellers in 12 northwest Arkansas counties fill this page: 35 bait and tackle shops, 19 marinas and 1 fly shop. Rogers lists the most stores, 7. The same counties hold 165 ramp pages, 80 lake pages and 21 river pages. The grouping is this site's own split of Arkansas by county position; AGFC prints no regions in the data used here.

By county

northwest Arkansas stores county by county

Benton County

Academy Sports + Outdoors, 3299 Highway 412 Ebait and tackle shop, Siloam Springs, (479) 558-9230
Academy Sports + Outdoors, 3855 S 26th Stbait and tackle shop, Rogers, (479) 619-1900
Barnetts Motorsbait and tackle shop, Garfield, (479) 656-3730
Bass Pro Shops, 2300 S Promenade Blvdbait and tackle shop, Rogers, (479) 616-1925
D & J Bait Farmbait and tackle shop, Garfield, (479) 359-3813
Hart Tackle Companybait and tackle shop, Lowell, (479) 419-9787
Hickory Creek Marinamarina, Springdale, (479) 756-6900
Hickory Creek Marina Incmarina, Lowell, (479) 751-7366
Hook Line & Sinker, 103 Marina Drbait and tackle shop, Bella Vista, (479) 855-8182
Hook Line & Sinker, 3706 N Walton Blvdbait and tackle shop, Bentonville, (479) 271-8118
Hook Line & Sinker, 98 E Locust Stbait and tackle shop, Rogers, (479) 631-8118
Horseshoe Bend Marinamarina, Rogers, (479) 925-1545
K & K Guide Servicebait and tackle shop, Rogers, (479) 325-1478
Knoedl's Outdoor Techbait and tackle shop, Hiwasse, (479) 344-6131
Lost Bridge Marinamarina, Garfield, (479) 359-3222
Prairie Creek Marinamarina, Rogers, (479) 925-1623
Rocky Branch Marinamarina, Rogers, (479) 925-1300
Southern Hills Outfittersbait and tackle shop, Centerton, (479) 903-0653

Boone County

Cricket Creek Marinamarina, Omaha, (870) 426-3474
Lead Hill Bait & Tacklebait and tackle shop, Lead Hill, (870) 436-2248
Riverside Bait & Tacklebait and tackle shop, Lead Hill, (870) 436-3853
Rock Springs Tackle, 1902 Rock Springs Rdbait and tackle shop, Harrison, (870) 741-7375
Sugarloaf Harbor Marinamarina, Lead Hill, (870) 422-2900
Tucker Hollow Marinamarina, Lead Hill, (870) 436-4740

Carroll County

Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Servicebait and tackle shop, Eureka Springs, (479) 640-8733
Holiday Island Marinamarina, Holiday Island, (479) 253-8300
Starkey Marinamarina, Eureka Springs, (479) 253-8194

Johnson County

Spadra Waterfront Marinamarina, Clarksville, (479) 754-5021

Logan County

Bodacious Bass Baitsbait and tackle shop, Paris, (479) 438-0038

Madison County

War Eagle Minnow Farmbait and tackle shop, Huntsville, (479) 232-5749

Marion County

Bull Shoals Lake Boat Dockmarina, Bull Shoals, (870) 445-4424
Diamond State Fly Cofly shop, Flippin, (870) 453-5781
OZARK FISHING ADVENTURESbait and tackle shop, Flippin, (870) 321-7012
Oakland Marinamarina, Oakland, (870) 431-5381

Pope County

Academy Sports + Outdoors, 1355 E Main Stbait and tackle shop, Russellville, (479) 465-4100
Bass Mafiabait and tackle shop, Russellville, (479) 967-5873
Haulin' Bass Bait & Tackle Incbait and tackle shop, Dover, (479) 331-1078
Marina Road Bait & Outdoorbait and tackle shop, Russellville, (479) 967-2091
Russellville Marina Boat Repair & Cabinsmarina, Russellville, (479) 967-1543

Sebastian County

Academy Sports + Outdoors, 5001 Phoenix Avebait and tackle shop, Fort Smith, (479) 494-1740
Bass Pro Shops, 2101 Bass Pro Drbait and tackle shop, Fort Smith, (479) 910-6100
Dick's Sporting Goods, 3825 Phoenix Avebait and tackle shop, Fort Smith, (479) 646-8900
Mackie's One Stopbait and tackle shop, Fort Smith, (479) 785-0377
Tackle Boxbait and tackle shop, Fort Smith, (479) 646-3193
The Woodsman Companybait and tackle shop, Fort Smith, (479) 452-3559
Tno Fishingbait and tackle shop, Greenwood, (479) 996-1258

Van Buren County

Choctaw Marinamarina, Clinton, (501) 745-2666
Fairfield Bay Marinamarina, Shirley, (501) 884-6030
Sugar Loaf Marinamarina, Higden, (501) 654-2555

Washington County

Academy Sports + Outdoors, 3864 N Steele Blvdbait and tackle shop, Fayetteville, (479) 444-2500
Copeland Acresbait and tackle shop, Fayetteville, (479) 587-8263
Custom Lure Tackle Shopbait and tackle shop, Fayetteville, (479) 521-3160
P J's Finesse Baitsbait and tackle shop, Fayetteville, (479) 444-8080
War Eagle Marinamarina, Springdale, (479) 751-2050

Yell County

Lefty's Gun & Pawnbait and tackle shop, Dardanelle, (479) 229-2363

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Water

Big water in northwest Arkansas

Lake Dardanelleabout 34,067 acres of mapped outline
Table Rock Lakeabout 33,821 acres of mapped outline
Beaver Lakeabout 28,026 acres of mapped outline
Ozark Lakeabout 9,421 acres of mapped outline
Nimrod Lake3,550 acres
Blue Mountain Lakeabout 2,974 acres of mapped outline
Fort Smith Lakeabout 901 acres of mapped outline
Lake Atkins752 acres
Lee Creek Reservoirabout 582 acres of mapped outline
Swepco Lake500 acres
White RiverArkansas County and 12 other counties
Arkansas RiverArkansas County and 12 other counties
Buffalo National RiverMarion County and 2 other counties
Petit Jean RiverLogan and Yell counties
Crooked CreekMarion County
Mulberry RiverCrawford County and 2 other counties
Kings RiverCarroll and Madison counties
Illinois RiverBenton County

Photos

Ozark and Delta water scenes that go with Northwest Arkansas Tackle Shops

Mississippi River, Arkansas — Mississippi River
Photo: Magnolia677, CC BY 4.0

Cossatot River, Arkansas — Cossatot River
Photo: robert thigpen, CC BY-SA 2.0

Little Missouri River, Arkansas — Little Missouri River
Photo: robert thigpen, CC BY-SA 2.0

Bull Shoals, Arkansas — Bull Shoals
Photo: CoreBurn, CC BY 2.0

Answers

Northwest Arkansas bait counters: the usual questions

What count of minnow and cricket sellers does the northwest Arkansas roster reach?

55 stores.

Which counties make up the northwest Arkansas bait roster?

12 counties: Benton County, Boone County, Carroll County, Johnson County, Logan County, Madison County, Marion County, Pope County, Sebastian County, Van Buren County, Washington County and Yell County.

Which northwest Arkansas county keeps the longest row of bait counters?

Benton County, with 18.

Which town is the bait-buying hub of northwest Arkansas?

Rogers lists the most stores, 7.

Do lake marinas with stores turn up in northwest Arkansas?

19 marinas.

Is northwest Arkansas an AGFC region?

No. It is this site’s map grouping by county position, not an AGFC region.

When did someone last read the northwest Arkansas bait listings?

Read in November 2026; call ahead for hours.

Where do I find bait counters beyond northwest Arkansas?

The statewide Arkansas shop page links all five groupings.