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 PM CDT
On the Lake
73°F
🌬 2 mph ESE — gusts 7
⛅ Clear
🏷 Pressure 29.27" → · UV 0.0
🌕 Full Moon
🌡 Lake surface 84°F
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What's Biting
84°F
- Lake Taneycomo 🎯 Trout 🏹 Provo rig or drop shot with 2-pound fluorocarbon tippet, 18 inches below weight
- Norfork Tailwater 🎯 Trout 🏹 Mepps #0 spinner or 1/16 oz Blue Fox spoon, long cast to shallow wades below dam and Otter Creek
Bull Shoals 84°F and high generation; Taneycomo 50°F and stable; Norfork tailwater gin-clear at 204 cfs; Spring River back to normal flows after rain.
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Bull Shoals Dam
9,909 CFS
↑
👍 Moderate Generation (3-4 units)
Strong current — wading not recommended; boat fishing only
⏱ Tomorrow 3:00 PM–7:00 PM • ~9,500 CFS peak
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Feeding Windows Today
Full Moon
Major
1:32 AM
2 hrs
Major
1:32 PM
2 hrs
Minor
8:02 PM
1 hr
Minor
7:03 AM
1 hr
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KY3 Weather • Sugarloaf Marina area
🎯 Conditions Today
🌊 Still Water
Bull Shoals Lake
Bass · Boating · Swimming
9.5/10
Excellent
- Calm wind (2 mph)
- Pressure steady
- Water 84°F — good
- Solunar: Excellent
Moving Water
White River Tailwater
Trout · Floating · Wading
7.5/10
Good
- 9,909 CFS — float only
- Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
- Clear skies
- Solunar: Excellent
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Tomorrow
3 PM–4 PM
2.9u · 9,453 CFS
Tomorrow
4 PM–5 PM
2.9u · 9,453 CFS
Tomorrow
5 PM–6 PM
2.7u · 8,777 CFS
Tomorrow
6 PM–7 PM
2.7u · 8,777 CFS
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