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
92°F
🌬 10 mph N — gusts 15
⛅ Overcast
🏷 Pressure 29.23" → · UV 4.8
🌔 Waxing Gibbous
🌡 Lake surface 84°F
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What's Biting
84°F
- Lake Taneycomo 🎯 Trout 🏹 Provo rig in afternoon
- Norfork Tailwater 🎯 Trout 🏹 Small Mepps #0–1 spinner near dam in upper section
Bull Shoals 84°F and dropping toward thermocline; Taneycomo 50°F cold and clear; Norfork tailwater gin-clear on low release; White River stable with generation patterns.
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Bull Shoals Dam
6,322 CFS
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🎣 Light Generation (1-2 units)
Rising — wading still possible with caution in riffles; watch your footing
▶ Generating now — ends 7:00 PM • ~9,500 CFS
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Feeding Windows Today
First Quarter
Major
8:52 PM
2 hrs
Major
8:52 AM
2 hrs
Minor
4:42 PM
1 hr
● Now
Minor
1:02 AM
1 hr
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KY3 Weather • Sugarloaf Marina area
🎯 Conditions Today
🌊 Still Water
Bull Shoals Lake
Bass · Boating · Swimming
8.0/10
Excellent
- Light breeze (10 mph)
- Pressure steady
- Water 84°F — good
- Solunar: Average
Moving Water
White River Tailwater
Trout · Floating · Wading
6.0/10
Fair
- 6,322 CFS — float only
- Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
- Overcast — good low-light fishing
- Solunar: Average
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Today
4 PM–5 PM
2.9u · 9,453 CFS
Today
5 PM–6 PM
2.7u · 8,777 CFS
Today
6 PM–7 PM
2.7u · 8,777 CFS
Tomorrow
5 PM–6 PM
2.0u · 6,752 CFS
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