Norfork Lake Scuba Diving Report For June 14th 2016 By Scuba Steve from Blackburns resort and Boat rental On Norfork lake Arkansas Near Mountain Home

I went out diving yesterday to get information for this report. The spearfishing season opens tomorrow morning and the weather looks to be hot for several days. Good time to be in the cool water. Get your tanks filled and visually inspected and check all of your equipment today. It only takes one item to malfunction to ruin a trip. Get your fishing license. There is a thermocline at 20-feet and is getting more pronounced everyday. A lot of fish are just at and just below the thermocline with bigger fish being below. I tried close to Blackburns and found no visibility or not enough for hunting. I moved down stream and found it a little better but not much. The further south I went the better it got. Stay in the rocky areas as there is no visibility off muddy banks. With the lake being at 557 most of my brush piles are too deep. They just seem to not want to let any water out. I did see a lot of walleye in 15-18 feet of water but they were small. I did not see any catfish but did see many large white bass. My advice is to start south of Robinson's Island and just look for descent visibility. There are a lot of fish out there but is is tough to see them. The surface temperature is 86 degrees. I do not know if it is going to clear up on the north side of the lake or not. i will let you know. You cannot tell what the visibility is by looking at the water. It looks clear from the top and when you get down there it deteiorates quickly. Blackburns Resort and Boat Rentals has 10 pontoon boats at the best price for you to rent as dive boats and is 1/2 mile from a dive shop. Teach your kids something other than staring at phones.