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
76°F
🌬 7 mph SSE — gusts 16
⛅ Overcast
🏷 Pressure 29.28" ↑ · UV 0.0
🌘 Waning Crescent
🌡 Lake surface 84°F
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What's Biting
84°F
- Norfork Tailwater 🎯 Trout 🏹 Mepps #1 spinner or 1/16 oz blue fox spoon, deep pockets below dam
- Bull Shoals Lake 🎯 Largemouth/spotted bass 🏹 3/8 oz chartreuse spinnerbait on main lake points
Bull Shoals 84°F and full; Norfork gin-clear at 206 CFS; Spring River normal flows, clearing; White River dropping through 8 feet.
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Bull Shoals Dam
1,878 CFS
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🎣 Light Generation (1-2 units)
Rising — wading still possible with caution in riffles; watch your footing
⏱ Tomorrow 4:00 PM–10:00 PM • ~21,900 CFS peak
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Feeding Windows Today
Last Quarter
Major
8:15 AM
2 hrs
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8:15 PM
2 hrs
Minor
12:33 AM
1 hr
Minor
3:58 PM
1 hr
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KY3 Weather • Sugarloaf Marina area
🎯 Conditions Today
🌊 Still Water
Bull Shoals Lake
Bass · Boating · Swimming
8.5/10
Excellent
- Light breeze (7 mph)
- Pressure rising
- Water 84°F — good
- Solunar: Good
Moving Water
White River Tailwater
Trout · Floating · Wading
8.5/10
Excellent
- 1,878 CFS — light flow, wade with care
- Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
- Overcast — good low-light fishing
- Solunar: Good
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Tomorrow
4 PM–5 PM
3.0u · 9,790 CFS
Tomorrow
5 PM–6 PM
4.8u · 15,867 CFS
Tomorrow
6 PM–7 PM
5.3u · 17,555 CFS
Tomorrow
7 PM–10 PM
6.6u · 21,944 CFS
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