Douglas Rusk will be our guest speaker for the Jan 3rd meeting. He is with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and is the Natural Resource Manager over Montauk State Park. Doug will provide us with information about the park, camping, hiking and fishing opportunities. If you have not visited Montauk, here is an opportunity to get to know the park, how the get there and opportunities the park has to offer you and your family.

Ken Richards is the owner and head guide with Just Fishin' Guides. Ken and Kevin Calhoun are out of Northwest Arkansas and have been guiding the waters of Arkansas for trout and smallmouth since 1996. They have the knowledge to guide your next fishing excursion ? whether it?s wading or in a Hyde drift boat, fly or spinning rods. Ken will provide information to familiar waters and not so familiar waters. If you have been looking for other waters to fish in the Ozarks, than this program by Ken should be of interest for you.

Mike Allen will be our guest speaker for March. He is a biologist for the MDC with responsibilities over Table Rock Lake and Lake Taneycomo. He is currently working with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to enhance the fish habitat in these waters. Taneycomo has become a gravel-choked tail-water from recent floods and the progression of moving rock below a hydroelectric dam. Mike spoke to us August 2010 and announced the project to place boulders in designated areas in Taneycomo to scourer the gravel bottom to sustain deepwater pockets for trout habitat. Mike will provide a power point presentation and provide us with up to date information to one of the best tail water fisheries in the Midwest.

Mike Mitchell is the hatchery manager at Bennett Spring State Park. Mike did a presentation last May for us. He told us about the approved funds and plans to build a new hatchery facility. Last September, the building was opened with a dedication. Mike will update to the progress of the hatchery. It will be informative, provide us with good data and the condition of the trout.