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What's Biting 84°F
  • Bull Shoals Lake 🎯 Largemouth bass 🏹 Chartreuse 3/8 oz spinnerbait on main lake points
  • Norfork River 🎯 Rainbow trout 🏹 Mepps #0 spinner in upper catch-and-release section, tight to undercut banks
Bull Shoals 84°F and high generation; Norfork River gin-clear at 203 CFS; Taneycomo 53°F with consistent flows; Spring River clearing post-rain.
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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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🎯 Conditions Today
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Bull Shoals Lake
Bass · Boating · Swimming
8.0/10 Excellent
  • Calm wind (4 mph)
  • Pressure steady
  • Water 84°F — good
  • Solunar: Slow
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White River Tailwater
Trout · Floating · Wading
8.0/10 Excellent
  • 743 CFS — light flow, wade with care
  • Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
  • Clear skies
  • Solunar: Slow
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Today 2 PM–3 PM 1.6u · 5,402 CFS
Today 3 PM–4 PM 3.7u · 12,153 CFS
Today 4 PM–5 PM 4.1u · 13,504 CFS
Today 5 PM–6 PM 6.1u · 20,256 CFS
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