GFWC Board of Coordinators at Large

I grew up in Mountain Home, AR on the banks of Lake Norfork. After college, I spent 22 years in the US Army and retired to Jonesboro, AR.  After retiring from the Army, I taught Army Junior ROTC at Harrisburg High School for 10 years.  Afterwards I worked as a career counselor for the Arkansas National Guard and then as…

I broke my first fishing pole the very first time I used it while fishing a bullhead hole on the Minneopa River in Minnesota.  Turned out to be a five-pound Carp. I landed that carp and my heart was crushed when my Dad told him people don’t eat carp. 

I’m Don Rouse, the dissolved oxygen measurement coordinator for the club.  Dissolved oxygen is an important factor in fishing and fisheries management.  Fish and other aquatic organisms rely on dissolved oxygen in the water to grow and reproduce.  Dissolved oxygen levels vary depending on temperature and water movements.  Our goal is to develop a program in conjunction with the game…

Grew up Fishing. My Grandfathers Fished, Dad Fished. Always in a Fishing Contest. Mostly Local, Big Bass, Crappie, Catfish and Walleye.

Grew up Fishing the Famous White River. Full of Bass, Crappie, Catfish and World Record Walleye

I grew up in Arkansas and moved to Colorado to study engineering. That path eventually morphed into a career in information technology which took me to many places across the country. 20 years ago, we moved to Conway where I worked for Acxiom Corporation. As a youth, and my brothers and I fished for large and smallmouth bass with out…

I grew up in Southern California but spent much time all over California doing gold panning, sluicing, and dredging. When I moved to Oregon and Alaska I worked way too hard to have much time prospecting. But found a couple of small nuggets. My first time of trying out fishing as a hobby was when I lived on the Kenai…