Just watched a rescue of sorts on T.V.

[mhall]

Two fisherman had hung their boat up on some rocks down at the falls of the ohio below McAlpine. It was on 32 news live when the coast guard pulled them off, they did it from the rear of the boat and put a healthy amount of water inside that boat. Kind of a fiasco really, did anybody else see this mess? This just happened over the lunch time hour just now.

[LAWNMAN]

I THINK IT WAS JUST ABOVE THE DAM WHERE IT SPLITS AND GOES TO THE FALL OR THE LOCKS

[mhall]

My bad, caught the rescue part and they were zoomed in by then so I couldn't quite tell.

[johnp]

Believe I would have had my life jacket on. Looked like
neither one in boat had one on.

[peter]

http://www.wlky.com/news/7118887/detail.html

Peter (fishin.com)

[Lee]

Was there and they both had regulation PFD's on.

[jfw]

i was out there fishing too ,we tried to help them but they had no rope ,and niether did we .they didn't even have an anchor rope !!!!!then they said they called the fire dept .there was news choppers in the air filming them .Just a case of not knowing the river, they tried to run their boat thru the hole in the duck pond wall !!!!!
By the way the sauger and walleye are in the height of the spawning run

[riverdave]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Feb-17-06 AT 05:11PM (EST)[/font][p]How close were you?

[DaveR]

I have never put a boat in below Mcapline. Anybody willing to provide enough info to keep me safe as far as not hitting the dangerous rocks.

Also, is a KY fishing license good for fishing from bank on indiana side, is the falls of ohio park as good a place as any for bank fishing? Dave

[flippinstick]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Feb-18-06 AT 11:03AM (EST)[/font][p]I have never put my boat in the falls so I cant help you with the channel. But I do know you CAN fish the Indiana backs along the ohio aslong as you dont go up in any creeks. You can also fish the falls of the ohio too, and at times fishing there can be very good on the bank. Earlier this week I fished there and caught several sauger, and in the summer the catfishing is good too. Good Luck

[MarkW]

I'm not sure about that. If you are standing on the banks of the Indiana side of the river---you better have Indiana licenses. If you are in a boat---then you're good unless you venture up into a creek. Maybe I am wrong---but I don't think so.

[bigrod]

you can fish from in bank with ky license just dont walk to an in creek without an in license. hope this helps