First Solo Night Aboard Create.Buzz
Two days shy of 65, I took Create.Buzz out to a cove on Bull Shoals and tied up alone for the first time. Burgers on the grill, a sky full of satellites, a late moon over the hill …
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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
🌬 4 mph SE — gusts 8
⛅ Clear
🏷 Pressure 29.04" → · UV 0.0
🌑 New Moon
🌡 Lake surface 84°F
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What's Biting
84°F
- Norfork River 🎯 Trout 🏹 Size #0 Mepps spinner or tiny spoon, fished downstream below dam
- White River 🎯 Trout 🏹 Silver inline spinner drift below Cotter
Bull Shoals 84°F and running high generation; Norfork tailwater gin-clear at 206 CFS; Taneycomo 53°F with steady flow; White River productive mid-generation.
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Bull Shoals Dam
2,060 CFS
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🎣 Light Generation (1-2 units)
Rising — wading still possible with caution in riffles; watch your footing
⏱ Tomorrow 1:00 PM–11:00 PM • ~19,600 CFS peak
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Feeding Windows Today
New Moon
Major
1:28 PM
2 hrs
Major
1:28 AM
2 hrs
Minor
7:21 AM
1 hr
Minor
7:36 PM
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 (4 mph)
- Pressure steady
- Water 84°F — good
- Solunar: Excellent
Moving Water
White River Tailwater
Trout · Floating · Wading
9.0/10
Excellent
- 2,060 CFS — float or wade cautiously
- Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
- Clear skies
- Solunar: Excellent
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Tomorrow
1 PM–2 PM
2.7u · 8,777 CFS
Tomorrow
2 PM–3 PM
2.7u · 8,777 CFS
Tomorrow
3 PM–4 PM
3.3u · 10,803 CFS
Tomorrow
4 PM–5 PM
5.3u · 17,555 CFS
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