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🌡 Lake surface 84°F
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  • Bull Shoals Lake 🎯 Largemouth & Smallmouth Bass 🏹 3/8 oz chartreuse spinnerbait on main lake points
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Bull Shoals 84°F and rising; Spring River and Norfork tailwater clear to gin-clear with low-to-moderate flows; Taneycomo 53°F, consistent generation.
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🏃 Heavy Generation (5-7 units)
High water — hazardous; stay off banks and gravel bars in flood zones
▶ Generating now — ends 11:00 PM • ~19,200 CFS
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The Night the Sky Answered Back

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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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📷 Bull Shoals Lake Live Cam KY3 Weather • Sugarloaf Marina area
🎯 Conditions Today
🌊 Still Water
Bull Shoals Lake
Bass · Boating · Swimming
8.0/10 Excellent
  • Light breeze (8 mph)
  • Pressure steady
  • Water 84°F — good
  • Solunar: Average
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White River Tailwater
Trout · Floating · Wading
5.0/10 Fair
  • 16,605 CFS — high water, use extreme caution
  • Cold tailwater — excellent trout temps
  • Clear skies
  • Solunar: Average
🚣 Float Windows — Bull Shoals Dam
Today 5 PM–6 PM 5.8u · 19,243 CFS
Today 6 PM–7 PM 5.8u · 19,243 CFS
Today 7 PM–11 PM 5.8u · 19,243 CFS
Tomorrow 2 PM–3 PM 1.1u · 3,714 CFS
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