Mountain Home, Arkansas and the surrounding area are indeed a fishing paradise with very little national exposure. Nestled in the Ozarks, the Mountain Home area offers some of the best fishing in the entire world. With two rivers and two gorgeous lakes in the same county (Baxter), it is truly unique.

Outdoor Life magazine ranks the top towns for hunters and anglers to live in its April 2008 issue, on newstands March 20. The magazine used extensive data to score 200 towns on available sporting opportunities and quality of life. Mountain Home, Ark., population 12,215 took top honors on the magazine's "Best Places to Live" list. The magazine also names top towns in each region on the country and top towns for whitetail hunters. For complete details on all 200 towns, please visit www.outdoorlife.com/bestplacestolive .

Field and Stream magazine called Mountain Home the "Second Best Fishing Town in America" (February 2008). The rivers and lakes offer some of the best trout fishing in the world, as well as largemouths, stripers and walleyes.