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
73°F
🌬 3 mph N — gusts 3
⛅ Clear
🏷 Pressure 29.19" → · UV 0.0
🌕 Full Moon
🌡 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
- Lake Taneycomo 🎯 Rainbow trout 🏹 Provo rig with drop-shot loop 18 inches up
Bull Shoals warm at 84°F with rising levels; tailwaters cold and gin-clear; Spring River normalized after rain at 380 CFS with improving clarity.
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Bull Shoals Dam
8,074 CFS
↓
👍 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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KY3 Weather • Sugarloaf Marina area
🎯 Conditions Today
🌊 Still Water
Bull Shoals Lake
Bass · Boating · Swimming
8.0/10
Excellent
- Calm wind (3 mph)
- Pressure steady
- Water 84°F — good
- Solunar: Slow
Moving Water
White River Tailwater
Trout · Floating · Wading
6.0/10
Fair
- 8,074 CFS — float only
- Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
- Clear skies
- Solunar: Slow
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Today
7 PM–11 PM
5.8u · 19,243 CFS
Tomorrow
2 PM–3 PM
1.8u · 6,077 CFS
Tomorrow
3 PM–4 PM
2.7u · 8,777 CFS
Tomorrow
4 PM–5 PM
4.1u · 13,504 CFS
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