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
10:00 AM CDT
On the Lake
88°F
🌬 3 mph SW — gusts 10
⛅ Partly Cloudy
🏷 Pressure 29.26" → · UV 5.65
🌓 First Quarter
🌡 Lake surface 84°F
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What's Biting
84°F
- Lake Taneycomo 🎯 Trout 🏹 Provo rig with 2-pound Vanish fluorocarbon tippet, below dam spillway
- Bull Shoals Lake 🎯 Smallmouth 🏹 3/8 oz chartreuse spinnerbait on main lake points, 15–25 feet
Bull Shoals 84°F, falling fast; Taneycomo 50°F stable; Norfork tailwater gin-clear at 204 CFS; Spring River stained but rising.
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Bull Shoals Dam
2,575 CFS
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🎣 Light Generation (1-2 units)
Rising — wading still possible with caution in riffles; watch your footing
⏱ Today 3:00 PM–10:00 PM • ~20,300 CFS peak
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Feeding Windows Today
First Quarter
Major
8:02 PM
2 hrs
Major
8:02 AM
2 hrs
Minor
3:50 PM
1 hr
Minor
12:15 AM
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
8.5/10
Excellent
- 2,575 CFS — float or wade cautiously
- Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
- Clear skies
- Solunar: Good
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Today
3 PM–4 PM
1.9u · 6,414 CFS
Today
4 PM–5 PM
2.8u · 9,115 CFS
Today
5 PM–6 PM
4.6u · 15,192 CFS
Today
6 PM–7 PM
6.1u · 20,256 CFS
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