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Live conditions, fishing reports & lake life — Bull Shoals Lake • Sugarloaf Marina • Diamond City, AR
🌊 Right Now on Bull Shoals Lake
2:00 PM CDT
On the Lake
95°F
🌬 3 mph ENE — gusts 5
⛅ Mostly Clear
🏷 Pressure 29.09" ↓ · UV 7.55
🌕 Full Moon
🌡 Lake surface 84°F
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What's Biting
84°F
- Norfork Tailwater 🎯 Rainbow Trout 🏹 #0 Mepps spinner on deeper holes and undercut banks, upper reach near Otter Creek
- White River (Calico Rock) 🎯 Rainbow Trout 🏹 Silver inline spinner drifted in main current, 8–10 foot depths
Bull Shoals 84°F and high generation; Norfork tailwater 206 CFS gin-clear, low 60s; White River 8–10 feet and dropping.
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Bull Shoals Dam
12,393 CFS
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👍 Moderate Generation (3-4 units)
Strong current — wading not recommended; boat fishing only
▶ Generating now — ends 11:00 PM • ~19,200 CFS
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Feeding Windows Today
Full Moon
Major
1:23 AM
2 hrs
Major
1:23 PM
2 hrs
Minor
8:40 PM
1 hr
Minor
6:06 AM
1 hr
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KY3 Weather • Sugarloaf Marina area
🎯 Conditions Today
🌊 Still Water
Bull Shoals Lake
Bass · Boating · Swimming
8.5/10
Excellent
- Calm wind (3 mph)
- Pressure falling — bass may go deep
- Water 84°F — good
- Solunar: Excellent
Moving Water
White River Tailwater
Trout · Floating · Wading
6.5/10
Good
- 12,393 CFS — swift, experienced float only
- Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
- Clear skies
- Solunar: Excellent
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Today
2 PM–3 PM
3.2u · 10,465 CFS
Today
3 PM–4 PM
5.2u · 17,217 CFS
Today
4 PM–5 PM
5.8u · 19,243 CFS
Today
5 PM–6 PM
5.8u · 19,243 CFS
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