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
3:00 AM CDT
On the Lake
77°F
🌬 4 mph ESE — gusts 5
⛅ Clear
🏷 Pressure 29.23" → · UV 0.0
🌑 New Moon
🌡 Lake surface 84°F
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What's Biting
84°F
- Lake Taneycomo 🎯 Trout 🏹 Live minnow or fly on bottom near Branson Landing
- White River (Calico Rock area) 🎯 Trout 🏹 Silver inline spinner, size #1 on main channel runs
Bull Shoals 84°F and high generation; White River variable with flows dropping mid-day; Norfork gin-clear at low release; Lake Taneycomo showing clearer conditions post-rain.
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Bull Shoals Dam
745 CFS
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🎣 Not Generating
Minimum flow — prime wading conditions below State Park
⏱ Today 1:00 PM–11:00 PM • ~21,600 CFS peak
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Two Rivers, Two Dams, Two Blobs
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KY3 Weather • Sugarloaf Marina area
🎯 Conditions Today
🌊 Still Water
Bull Shoals Lake
Bass · Boating · Swimming
8.0/10
Excellent
- Calm wind (4 mph)
- Pressure steady
- Water 84°F — good
- Solunar: Slow
Moving Water
White River Tailwater
Trout · Floating · Wading
8.0/10
Excellent
- 745 CFS — light flow, wade with care
- Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
- Clear skies
- Solunar: Slow
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Today
1 PM–2 PM
1.0u · 3,376 CFS
Today
2 PM–3 PM
3.1u · 10,128 CFS
Today
3 PM–4 PM
5.1u · 16,880 CFS
Today
4 PM–5 PM
5.7u · 18,905 CFS
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