White River: Gaston's White River Resort said the river is running clear and low with two to six generators running by 1 p.m. Trout fishing has been good on Rapala Countdowns in gold or silver. In the mornings, try drifting red worms, nightcrawlers or Power Eggs in yellow or white. Fly-fishermen are also doing well on olive Woolly Buggers and gray sow bugs.

 Wilderness Trail said Fishing for trout on the White River has been good on Berkley Power Eggs in yellow, pink and orange, Berkley Nuggets in orange and Belgian red worms. Fly fishermen did well on olive Woolly Buggers, Zebra midges, soft hackles, and olive scuds and sow bugs.

North Fork River: McLellan’s Fly Shop said generation has been coming online around 2 p.m., providing plenty of wading opportunities. During low water, concentrate your nymph fishing on the faster runs and riffles. During high-water conditions, streamer fishing has been excellent from a boat (especially on overcast days). Many trout are being hooked on terrestrials - grasshoppers, ants and beetles - and it will only get better as summer continues. 

Bull Shoals Lake: Wilderness Trail said daytime temperatures are still running in the upper 90’s with upper 70’s at night. The lake temperature went up this week and is now at 90 degrees. The lake level is 649.38, almost 5 feet below normal pool. The thermocline remains steady at 31 feet throughout the lake.  White bass were active this week, pushing shad up onto pea rock banks an hour before sundown. Small white grubs on a 1/8-ounce jighead have been hot around Brown’s Beach. Catfish are doing well at night on jugs and trotlines. The best baits are frozen shad, chicken liver and nightcrawlers. Crappie were slow last week and are suspended or sitting on the bottom in the thermocline. Crappie minnows fished on a slip bobber are your best bet. For the sunfish anglers now is a good time to fish docks or pole trees along the bluffs. Sunfish are deeper than the crappie by a few feet and the best baits are crickets, red worms and Berkley Maggots.  Largemouth bass are biting on the surface in the first hours of the morning. Try buzzbaits, Zara Spooks or Chug Bugs. Carolina rigs with Zoom Trick Worms, Brush Hogs or lizards work the best during the heat of the day around deep brush piles.  Smallmouths are staying down in the thermocline. Spider Jigs, tubes and Hula Grubs are the key baits for bottom feeders and drop-shot rigs with 4” finesse worms or Swimming Minnows are working well on the suspended fish. Live-bait anglers are catching a few on shiners and leeches drifting through concentrations of shad.  Kentucky bass are deep under the shad, suspended in the 40-foot range. Drop-shotted soft plastics and spoons are the best techniques at this time.  Look in the deep pockets at the end of the cliff walls and over the drop offs on the main lake flats for schools of shad with Kentuckies under them.  Walleye remain active during the afternoon heat. Bottom bouncers with crawler harnesses and leech harnesses are working great pulled at about 0.6 to 0.8 mph in 30 to 31 feet of water. Long liners are trolling with Reef Runners, Rapala Glass Shads and Wally Divers on lead core to catch a few.

Sugar Loaf Harbor said the water temperature is 86 degrees on the surface. Crappie are biting well on minnows fished in the timber 27- to 35-feet deep. A few walleye are being caught around 27-feet deep on the flats.

Lake Norfork: Cranfield Junction Quik Stop said the lake is clear and about 15 feet low. Bluegill are excellent on red worms, wax worms and crickets. Crappie are fair at night on crappie minnows and jigs suspended under a fishing light in 25 to 35 feet of water. Largemouth and Kentucky bass are biting well at night and in the early mornings on spinnerbaits and top-waters worked quickly over 25 feet of water. Stripers are biting well in the mornings on spoons and umbrella rigs trolled in 30 feet of water. The striper bite is lasting until 11 a.m. on most days. Catfishing is good on trotlines baited with nightcrawlers, chicken livers or shad sides.