William Joseph ‘Bill’ Barnes Bill Barnes practically grew up on Lake Ouachita, where he runs Mountain Harbor resort. And it all started as a fishing trip with his parents. This year the resort marks ...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (KTHV) –Boats will be filling Lake Ouachita this weekend, but the owners of Mountain Harbor Resort near Mount Ida are grateful there are even marinas there to dock all those boats.

Bill Barnes remembers well the day he and his family left Denver to move to Arkansas to operate his father's fishing camp along the newly formed Lake Ouachita near Mount Ida. The 7-year-old had just ...