Caught yesterday on a Bink's jigging spoon. 
The lake level is 572.13 and has dropped a little over an inch in the last 24-hours. They are generating for about 16-hours and then shutting down for about 8 and keeping the White River at Newport right at 12-feet or a little above. I guess they are wating for the hurricane to move north through Louisiana and spread across Arkansas. Hold and hope is still the policy unless Branson is affected and then it is open the gates. The lake surface temperature is approaching 90-degrees but the thermocline is still near 20-feet and the visibility is still 8-9 feet depending on the level of sunshine and the kind of bank you are fishing. There are a lot of fish on Robinson island but it is about 13-feet under water. The tree that marked the spot has fallen and it is difficult to find without GPS. I know this lake pretty well but it sure is different when it is so big. Everything looks so different. The lake in general is in good condition for boating and early morning fishing is not bad. Stripers and hybrids are in there normal summer spots and frog pond is a good place to start. Bass are coming up most mornings near the old shoreline. Everything is typical for mid July except for the water level and it is very slowly dropping despite the dry weather. Come on down and swim off Blackburns dock or in the big pool. We will not charge you too much. All of our cabins have covered porches, your first normal sized boat stall is free, we do not charge for trolling motors on pontoons and all cabins are individual with no duplexes and we have the largest pool around and a slide and big pavillion. One bedroom cabins are still $75/day.
