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
1:00 PM CDT
On the Lake
94°F
🌬 10 mph ESE — gusts 13
⛅ Partly Cloudy
🏷 Pressure 29.23" → · UV 6.95
🌗 Last Quarter
🌡 Lake surface 84°F
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What's Biting
84°F
- Bull Shoals Lake 🎯 Largemouth Bass & Walleye 🏹 1/16 oz chartreuse Mepps #1 spinner on main lake points
- Norfork River 🎯 Rainbow Trout 🏹 Small Blue Fox 1/16 oz spinnerbait below dam in deep slots
Bull Shoals 84°F and rising; Norfork at 205 CFS gin-clear; Taneycomo improving with afternoon generation; White River moderate flows.
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Bull Shoals Dam
5,457 CFS
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🎣 Light Generation (1-2 units)
Rising — wading still possible with caution in riffles; watch your footing
▶ Generating now — ends 10:00 PM • ~21,900 CFS
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🎯 Conditions Today
🌊 Still Water
Bull Shoals Lake
Bass · Boating · Swimming
8.5/10
Excellent
- Light breeze (10 mph)
- Pressure steady
- Water 84°F — good
- Solunar: Good
Moving Water
White River Tailwater
Trout · Floating · Wading
7.0/10
Good
- 5,457 CFS — float only
- Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
- Clear skies
- Solunar: Good
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Today
2 PM–3 PM
2.8u · 9,115 CFS
Today
3 PM–4 PM
4.8u · 15,867 CFS
Today
4 PM–5 PM
5.7u · 18,905 CFS
Today
5 PM–6 PM
6.6u · 21,944 CFS
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