Create.Buzz — Bull Shoals Lake Live Conditions, Fishing Reports & Lake Life

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Live conditions, fishing reports & lake life — Bull Shoals Lake • Sugarloaf Marina • Diamond City, AR

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🌊 Right Now on Bull Shoals Lake 3:00 PM CDT

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On the Lake

92°F

🌬 11 mph S — gusts 17

⛅ Overcast

🏷 Pressure 29.06" → · UV 3.3

🌖 Waning Gibbous

🌡 Lake surface 84°F

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What's Biting 84°F

Lake Taneycomo 🎯 Trout 🏹 Mepps #1 spinner, upper lake morning minimum flow zone
Norfork Tailwater 🎯 Trout 🏹 Blue Fox 1/16 oz spoon, deep holes and behind boulders upper tailwater

Bull Shoals warm at 84°F with heavy generation; Taneycomo stable at 53°F; Norfork tailwater gin-clear at 204 CFS low flow.

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Bull Shoals Dam

2,814 CFS →

🎣 Light Generation (1-2 units)

Rising — wading still possible with caution in riffles; watch your footing

▶ Generating now — ends 9:00 PM • ~6,100 CFS

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Feeding Windows Today

Waning Gibbous Slow day

Major 4:27 AM 2 hrs

Major 4:27 PM 2 hrs ● Now

Minor 9:17 PM 1 hr

Minor 11:38 AM 1 hr

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