FISHING REPORT

The shift in water management in Bull Shoals Lake over the past couple of years has had fly fishers and guides scratching their heads. Earlier flushing of flood waters resulting in more stable lake levels, keeps lake front owners smiling but has hopper fishing addicts, looking for high summer flows, all out of sorts. Now […] READ MORE >>

A trend is starting to take shape as we enter into cooler temperatures and the turn of the new season come late September. Over the last couple of weekends, generation has been low – even minimum flow most hours. Mondays have held to this pattern, as well, with only minor bumps late in the day. […] READ MORE >>

“Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Redundancy is the key theme this week, as generation on the White has continued the same steady cadence that we’ve seen all summer. The lake is well below power pool, but these hot dog days of summer call for big afternoon pushes. Essentially, each day […] READ MORE >>

Low water dominated the weekend on the White, mostly influenced by mild temperatures and how low the lake is relative to power pool. Generation held to minimum flow most of Saturday and Sunday aside from a small bump peaking at 2,500 cfs Saturday evening and a thunderous 1,200 cfs Sunday afternoon. For transparency’s sake, I […] READ MORE >>

Talk about a pleasant surprise. Temperatures dipped a bit this week and days on the river have been a breath of fresh air. The break in high 90s couldn’t have come at a better time, as the long blistering hours on the water have been draining. Low to mid-80s have held steady the last couple […] READ MORE >>

Gather ‘round. We’ve got lots to talk about. As most of you have probably seen in the news, our area was pummeled Tuesday night with torrential downpours – anywhere from 6 inches up to 17 inches depending on where you stood in Baxter, Stone, and Marion Counties. Devastating floods raged through the White River valley, […] READ MORE >>

Hurricane Beryl’s effects came sweeping through our neck of the woods Monday evening and into Tuesday. It brought with it some much-needed precipitation. Southern Arkansas received quite the deluge while north central Arkansas was given a good drenching, too. The rain was enough to delay morning low water for a day, but minimum flow quickly […] READ MORE >>

Bull Shoals Lake now sits below current power pool. As such, after a mild drop from the big water discussed last week to a steadier 40-50 megawatts on Monday, minimum flow returned early Tuesday morning. This week’s pattern has been typical of current conditions. Mornings have been characterized by long bouts of minimum flow and […] READ MORE >>

June started off with a bang with a weekend of some pretty incredible dry fly fishing with browns looking up for cicadas. For those who found themselves in the right place at the right time, the bite was silly at times. It seems that the cicada bite has peaked and is now on its way […] READ MORE >>

Generation on the White this week has tried to hold to steady patterns, though kinks in this pattern showed up from time to time. Weekend water saw lengthy periods of flow between 6-8,000 cfs during fishing hours. This trend continued into Monday until late afternoon with a jump up to nearly 13,000 cfs by nightfall. […] READ MORE >>

Flows on the White have been of the mixed variety this past week – similar to how we described the flows in the previous week’s report. We saw extended periods of 30 megs mixed with long bouts of 230 megs and everything in-between. No discernible pattern really came to fruition aside from every day giving […] READ MORE >>

April showers bring May…showers. Rain has spilled over into the beginning of May and it has been a wet week to say the least. From long drizzles to pop up thunderstorms, Arkansas spring is here to stay. As such, lots of water is plunging into our twin lakes and causing them to rise. As we’ve […] READ MORE >>

Water this week on the White has been a little less stable than in previous weeks. Though daily projections have called for fairly steady flow, each day has consisted of ups and downs that require timing and know-how to optimize fishing success. Flows have been as low as 900 cfs and as high as 15,000 […] READ MORE >>

The White River is in an interesting phase right now. Overall, water is still hovering in that 40 megawatts range. Afternoon bumps have been more common lately as near-90 degree weather has forced many to kick on the A/C after lunchtime. With long bouts of 40 megawatts or less is present, caddis try to get […] READ MORE >>

Minimum flow has been a notion of the past, at least during the last seven days. For the first time in what feels like forever, generation on the White never dipped below 1,000 cfs. 20-45 megawatts has been typical with only the rarest of bumps between 100-200 megs. It stands to reason that consistent low […] READ MORE >>

The weekend on the White sang the minimum flow melody with only sporadic and short-lived bumps of H2O. We really did not see any mentionable water until Tuesday. Minimum flow never returned until a short two-hour window mid-day on Thursday. The days in-between saw long periods of pretty stable water – albeit low most days. […] READ MORE >>

“The rain came down and the floods came up.” I found myself singing the popular children’s song from time to time as I spent countless minutes bailing water from my boat during Monday’s torrent. At one point, a small rainbow we had caught slipped from my hands, fell into the boat, and was actually able […] READ MORE >>