Things have been the same for a while. The surface temperature is 80 degrees and the lake is dropping slowly and is at 574.85 They have the level at Newport, which is their most important thing for some reason, down to 16-feet and they might start letting some water out when it hits 14. We have had no rain and it is getting dry here. They have been dropping the lake about 1-inch per day with generation less than 1/2 the time. Almost all of the fish are in the buckbrush and trees and under debris including the shad and other minnows. The thermocline is forming and will be at less than 20-feet and the fish will be just above that. As the thermocline goes deeper the fish will follow it as long as there is dissolved oxygen. Just about every bait is working for something, just look for the shad being pushed up to the top. This is happening all day. Fishing is not great but you can catch some good ones working where you can get your lure or bait close to the shore. Points part way back in the creeks are a good place to start. Limb lines are not working very well but trot lines baited with prepared bait are working across the backs of creeks for smaller channel cat weighted to the bottom. I keep trying live bait but the flatheads have eluded me so far this year. Dragging night crawlers around the islands are getting walleye. Bass are everywhere. The debri on the main lake is almost gone and the main lake is clearing faster than the creeks. We need the lake to drop about 5-feet for launching and parking to be less congested with the increased summer boat traffic. They could do this if they wanted to. Norfork Lake in general is in good condition. Blackburns is very busy with people taking advantage of our low prices on both cabins and boat rentals and free boat stalls. Pontoon rental with trolling motors is very busy this season. Norfork lake is the best option for lakes in the area for boating.