FISHING REPORT

Minimum flow has returned to the White River this week, offering up great wade fishing opportunities. Although the water level begins to rise around 10 or 11am, the water stays low and wadable at the Narrows until almost noon, low and wadable at Wildcat until 1pm, at Cotter and Roundhouse until 2pm, and at Rim […] READ MORE >>

To say that the White River is up and down this week would be an understatement. The tailwater elevation is currently fluctuating each day by as much as eight feet. The reasons for the drastic fluctuations are complex, but it is safe to say there are two main forces at work in this release schedule: […] READ MORE >>

Together, the many faces of the White River this week paint a picture of a versatile fishery, a place that truly has something for everyone. The river is really several different rivers of varying speeds and depths that happen to share the same river channel. On one end of the spectrum you have slow shallow […] READ MORE >>

Another week passes on the Bull Shoals tailwater, and a couple of positive seasonal developments in the fishing should be noted. First, the sulfur mayfly hatch is now significant and predictable. Bugs averaging about a size 14 are emerging in strong numbers in the late afternoon, peaking around 3-4pm. Fish will take dries if carefully […] READ MORE >>