Welcome to the board rjb97
Ok now about Mark Twain Lake, there is quite a few places to stay ( Southfork, Cannon Dam, Country Inn ) and a few more, I don't know about Southfork and Country Inn but Cannon Dam will let you have pets, I just came from there, you can contact them at
Cannon Dam General Store & Cabins
42526 Cabin Road, Rt. J
Perry,
MO. 63462
(573) 565-3432
I believe they have a resident guide, If you know nothing about the lake I would recommend
Fishing right now is on and off, some people are catching there limits some are not even catching, I came home with 13 keepers, thought it was a little tough but there was severe thunderstorms Saturday early and I don't think that helped.
Depending on where you put in and fish, there is a lot of stumps in the creek arms so be careful. Water temp is around 60 down close to dam, water today was clear at dam area ( see about 2 feet down ) about middle on the lake it has more color and you can only see about 6 inches.