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83°F
🌬 5 mph S — gusts 12
⛅ Clear
🏷 Pressure 29.18"  ·  UV 0.0
🌘 Waning Crescent
🌡 Lake surface 84°F
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What's Biting 84°F
  • Bull Shoals Lake 🎯 Largemouth Bass 🏹 3/8 oz chartreuse spinnerbait on main lake points
  • White River (Cotter/Calico Rock) 🎯 Rainbow Trout 🏹 Silver inline spinner drifted in current seams
Bull Shoals 84°F and running generation; White River tailwaters dropping and clearing; Norfork lean at 206 CFS; Spring River stabilizing after rain.
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Bull Shoals Dam
5,115 CFS
🎣 Light Generation (1-2 units)
Rising — wading still possible with caution in riffles; watch your footing
▶ Generating now — ends 11:00 PM • ~20,300 CFS
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Waning Crescent Average day
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Minor 2:28 AM 1 hr
Minor 6:08 PM 1 hr
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Fishing · Jul 18, 2026

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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Fishing · Jun 9, 2026

Trout On! Eight Buddies, Four Waters, Six Days

Eight buds. Six days of fishing some of the best waters in Arkansas and Missouri. Taneycomo, Bull Shoals, the White and Norfork Rivers.

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fishing · May 15, 2026

Crappie ON! in Diamond City

I've been fishing Bull Shoals a long time. I don't remember ever catching this many crappie in a stretch. Weekend report May 15–17: keepers stacked below the throwbacks, three sub-…

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Fishing · May 5, 2026

Two Rivers, Two Dams, Two Blobs

Bull Shoals and Norfork Dams both released water independently on May 4, 2026 within hours of each other. Two separate blobs of elevated water, moving south at the same time — docu…

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📷 Bull Shoals Lake Live Cam KY3 Weather • Sugarloaf Marina area
🎯 Conditions Today
🌊 Still Water
Bull Shoals Lake
Bass · Boating · Swimming
8.5/10 Excellent
  • Calm wind (5 mph)
  • Pressure rising
  • Water 84°F — good
  • Solunar: Average
🋻 Moving Water
White River Tailwater
Trout · Floating · Wading
6.5/10 Good
  • 5,115 CFS — float only
  • Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
  • Clear skies
  • Solunar: Average
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Today 7 PM–11 PM 5.6u · 18,568 CFS
Tomorrow 1 PM–2 PM 2.8u · 9,115 CFS
Tomorrow 2 PM–3 PM 4.8u · 15,867 CFS
Tomorrow 3 PM–4 PM 6.9u · 22,619 CFS
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