Debbie's trophy Striper (70-pounds) and a nice family making it's daily visit to Blackburns. 
The lake level is 561.14 and is up 2-inches in the last 24-hours with generation from 12-8 PM. The White River at Newport is 11.55 feet and they will not exceed that in any conditions and are content to keep Norfork Lake too high all summer long despite keeping all of the other lakes below top of power pool. It is either incompetence or they are weaponizing the governemnt against us on Norfork. The surface water temperature was back up to 85-degrees yesterday afternoon and the water remains very clear for this time of year. I did see a few pieces of wood floating on the main lake. The thermocline is still at 26-27 feet and there are a lot of Bass at that depth on Brush during the day. The meat hunters are still killing a lot of small stripers out of deep water by the dam and bragging about it. Get about $5,000 worth of electronics, look until you find the stripers in open water and either drag live bait or an umbrella through them or drop a spoon on their heads. It is easy this time of year and they all die when brought up out of deep water. Not much to brag about. They are put and take and do not propagate in the lake. I wonder what they will do next after they catch them all out. Catfishing is still good but the moon is getting bigger and they still like the rising water. 3-4 inch bluegill or shiners are the best bait. The Flathead Scuba Season starts on the 15th. I have been seeing several. The lake has risen 1-3/4 feet since the last rain but is near crest now. Overall the water is in excellent condition for Boating, Fishing, Scuba Diving and Swimming but a few logs are out in the main lake have have floated away from the shore again. Blackburns still has one bedroom cabins starting at $90/day and a free stall for your boat comes with the cabin rental of 2-days or more. Come on down. We will not charge you too much. Give Debbie a call at 870-492-5115 for a reservation. Blackburns is the family place and especially welcomes Veterans and Police. We are the Scuba Diving Headquarters and Have Scuba Doo full service dive shop just 1/2 mile away. We have 12- dive boats for you to rent.
