The Ozarks Don't Take Summer Off
Bass on Bull Shoals Lake Saturday. 70 rainbows on the White River Monday. The fish here don't read the calendar.
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Live conditions, fishing reports & lake life — Bull Shoals Lake • Sugarloaf Marina • Diamond City, AR
🌊 Right Now on Bull Shoals Lake
1:00 PM CDT
On the Lake
96°F
🌬 3 mph ESE — gusts 6
⛅ Mostly Clear
🏷 Pressure 29.2" → · UV 6.6
🌗 Last Quarter
🌡 Lake surface 84°F
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What's Biting
84°F
- White River 🎯 Trout 🏹 Silver inline spinner drifted in current seams below Cotter
- Norfork River tailwater 🎯 Trout 🏹 #0 and #1 Mepps spinner around Otter Creek and below dam
Bull Shoals 84°F, heavy generation; White River and Norfork running clear to low; Taneycomo mixed flows improving; Spring River normalized after rain.
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Bull Shoals Dam
6,361 CFS
↑
🎣 Light Generation (1-2 units)
Rising — wading still possible with caution in riffles; watch your footing
▶ Generating now — ends 11:00 PM • ~22,600 CFS
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Feeding Windows Today
Last Quarter
Major
6:42 AM
2 hrs
Major
6:42 PM
2 hrs
Minor
11:51 PM
1 hr
Minor
1:33 PM
1 hr
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KY3 Weather • Sugarloaf Marina area
🎯 Conditions Today
🌊 Still Water
Bull Shoals Lake
Bass · Boating · Swimming
9.0/10
Excellent
- Calm wind (3 mph)
- Pressure steady
- Water 84°F — good
- Solunar: Good
Moving Water
White River Tailwater
Trout · Floating · Wading
7.0/10
Good
- 6,361 CFS — float only
- Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
- Clear skies
- Solunar: Good
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Today
2 PM–3 PM
2.8u · 9,115 CFS
Today
3 PM–4 PM
4.8u · 15,867 CFS
Today
4 PM–5 PM
6.1u · 20,256 CFS
Today
5 PM–6 PM
6.6u · 21,944 CFS
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