RIVER CONDITIONS 5/19/09 6:00 AM LITTER. PICK IT UP. VERY SIMPLE.

THE RIVER LEVEL THIS MORNING IS 581 FEET 2 INCHES ABOVE SEA LEVEL. DOWN 6'' FROM YESTERDAY MORNING. THE WATER TEMP. THIS MORNING WAS AT 62.3 DEGREES. UP 1.3 DEGREES FROM YESTERDAY. THE WATER CLARITY IS FOUR INCHES. CROSSING TO BLUEGRASS IS SAFE . WADING OVER TO BLUEGRASS ISLAND CAN BE DONE AT 582 AND LOWER.

FISHING REPORT 5/19/09

THE WHITE ST. ACCESS AND ORLEANS PARK WAS ONE OF THE BETTER BANK FISHING AREAS YESTERDAY. WE KEPT HEARING GOOD REPORTS ALL DAY YESTERDAY. ALL OTHER ACCESS SITES ARE ALSO PRODUCING GOOD CATCHES OF WHITE BASS AND A FEW WALLEYES IN THE MIX. THE WEATHER FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. NO RAIN THIS WEEK INCLUDING THE WEEKEND. THE WATER CLARITY SHOULD IMPROVE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. FISHING SHOULD IMPROVE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

KENNETH LOCKE JR. CAUGHT A FLAT HEAD CATFISH WEIGHING 28 lbs AT THE PROIDENCE DAM. KEN WAS USING A SMALL JIG WITH A 2'' PEARL TWISTER FOR WHITE BASS WHEN HE GOT MORE THEN HE BARGINED FOR. KEN SAID IT TOOK HIM 45 MINUTES TO REEL IN THE BIG CAT