Norfork Lake Arkansas near Mountain Home in the Ozarks Mountains Region Fishing Report and Lake Condition by Scuba Steve from Blackburns Resort and Boat Rental.

The Norfork lake level is 576.78 and has dropped 1-inch in the last 24-hours with both generators running continuously but they expectedly cut the spilllway gates back to just a foot and equal to 1/3rd generator. Scuba Steve is surprised they did not cut back more with the current area lakes conditions. They will. They opened Beaver lake spillway gates to keep it from going over the dam and Table Rock is filling with this water. They had no choice. Table Rock is getting high and discharging heavily into Bull Shoals which is still rising and very high while they are holding the White River at Newport to 21.44 feet. Bull Shoals holds a lot of water but only has three feet to go. I hope they can pull this off without flooding the White River at Newport past 26-feet but one thing you can be sure of things will not get better anytime soon. It is now not how we got into this situation now but how to get out of it and hopefully take measures to not have it happen again. Hold and hope is not a winning stragety. We need new dam management. The surface water temperature is 78-degrees and will rise today. Norfork Lake is in good condition with decent clarity even with the high water and some nice fish were caught yesterday and several people were playing on the lake yesterday. It is a beautiful day today but we could get more rain tomorrow. Blackburns Resort and Boat Rental has no diminished services except you have to go to Panther Bay to launch. Otherwise you can drive to the dock and step right on. No need to go down a cliff or walk a long ways. Norfork will probably rise again but what you see is what you get. We are probably your best option. Call Debbie at 870-492-5115 for a reservation. It is nice here and the price is right. A free stall for your boat comes with a cabin rental of two days or more. We especially welcome Police and Veterans. Scuba Steve is a Veteran but does not need nearly as much Policing as he used to. Fisherman Mike caught 10-nice Crappie off the dock in about 20-minutes yesterday afternoon on a small spoon.