Fishing Lake Magnets
Description: In Northwest Arkansas and looking for a shot at some serious trophy size fish? The 28,370-acre Beaver Lake is the first of the impoundments created in Arkansas and Missouri along the lengthy White River system, offering smallmouth and largemouth bass fishing, and striper bass fishing, not to mention plentiful supplies of crappie, bream, white bass, channel, and spoonbill catfish. Of course, it takes the right setup to land the big one, and for over five decades, Beaver Lake Bait & Tackle in Eureka Springs has hooked up local and visiting fishermen with the best bait, tackle, and competition proven advice to make the catch of a lifetime.
Description: At the age of 15, Rocky Panzo and his family moved to Chicago from Italy in 1914. Rocky began working as a commercial perch fisherman to help support the family, and eventually opened his own bait shop. Located on Chicago's famous Navy Pier, long before it would be transformed into the polished tourist attraction it is today, Rocky's Bait Shop was a favorite of both commercial fishermen and amateur anglers alike. Rocky's relic of a shack at 138 N. Streeter Dr. sat amidst the ramshackle area that made up the water’s edge for decades, providing fresh bait and, as Rocky called it, questionable advice. Eventually, Rocky's sons joined up, adding a fried seafood trailer and changing the name to Rocky and Sons Fish House in the early '60s.
