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
9:00 PM CDT
On the Lake
82°F
🌬 3 mph SE — gusts 13
⛅ Clear
🏷 Pressure 29.22" → · 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 (Calico Rock) 🎯 Rainbow Trout 🏹 Silver inline spinners drifted through current seams below dam
Bull Shoals 84°F and rising with heavy generation; White River variable; Norfork tailwater gin-clear at mid-60s; Taneycomo improving post-rain.
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Bull Shoals Dam
789 CFS
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🎣 Not Generating
Minimum flow — prime wading conditions below State Park
⏱ Tomorrow 4:00 PM–11:00 PM • ~20,300 CFS peak
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Feeding Windows Today
Last Quarter
Major
9:16 AM
2 hrs
Major
9:16 PM
2 hrs
Minor
1:25 AM
1 hr
Minor
5:07 PM
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 steady
- Water 84°F — good
- Solunar: Average
Moving Water
White River Tailwater
Trout · Floating · Wading
8.5/10
Excellent
- 789 CFS — light flow, wade with care
- Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
- Clear skies
- Solunar: Average
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Tomorrow
4 PM–5 PM
2.5u · 8,102 CFS
Tomorrow
5 PM–6 PM
4.5u · 14,854 CFS
Tomorrow
6 PM–7 PM
6.1u · 20,256 CFS
Tomorrow
7 PM–11 PM
5.6u · 18,568 CFS
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