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
6:00 PM CDT
On the Lake
97°F
🌬 6 mph E — gusts 9
⛅ Clear
🏷 Pressure 29.13" ↓ · UV 0.45
🌓 First Quarter
🌡 Lake surface 84°F
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What's Biting
84°F
- Bull Shoals Lake 🎯 Largemouth/Spotted Bass 🏹 3/8 oz chartreuse spinnerbait on main lake points
- Norfork Tailwater 🎯 Rainbow Trout 🏹 #1 Mepps spinner in current seams below dam
Bull Shoals 84°F and dropping toward thermocline; White River and Norfork moderate flows with good clarity; Taneycomo improving despite afternoon generation.
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Bull Shoals Dam
20,678 CFS
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🏃 Heavy Generation (5-7 units)
High water — hazardous; stay off banks and gravel bars in flood zones
▶ Generating now — ends 10:00 PM • ~19,200 CFS
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Feeding Windows Today
First Quarter
Major
5:55 PM
2 hrs
Major
5:55 AM
2 hrs
Minor
12:51 PM
1 hr
Minor
11:00 PM
1 hr
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KY3 Weather • Sugarloaf Marina area
🎯 Conditions Today
🌊 Still Water
Bull Shoals Lake
Bass · Boating · Swimming
7.0/10
Good
- Light breeze (6 mph)
- Pressure falling — bass may go deep
- Water 84°F — good
- Solunar: Average
Moving Water
White River Tailwater
Trout · Floating · Wading
5.0/10
Fair
- 20,678 CFS — high water, use extreme caution
- Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
- Clear skies
- Solunar: Average
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Today
7 PM–10 PM
5.6u · 18,568 CFS
Tomorrow
1 PM–2 PM
2.2u · 7,225 CFS
Tomorrow
2 PM–3 PM
4.2u · 13,976 CFS
Tomorrow
3 PM–4 PM
6.3u · 20,728 CFS
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