Friday McAlpine cat-striper smackdown?

[riverrat12]

11.5, 11.3, 11.1 next three days and Fri. lookin about the same....stable water is good. Can't wait boy's. Hope to see everybody. I'm puttin in at the ampitheater...had a little problem with the Louis and Clark last week. Chuck

[mhall]

11.5, 11.3, 11.1 next three days and Fri. lookin about the same....stable water is good. Can't wait boy's. Hope to see everybody. I'm puttin in at the ampitheater...had a little problem with the Louis and Clark last week. Chuck

Chuck check your phone Beavis, I left you a message.

[DJD]

I wish i could go but I have some baby sittin to do. Good luck!! looking forward to some pics.

[riverrat12]

I wish i could go but I have some baby sittin to do. Good luck!! looking forward to some pics.

Hate to hear that Don, but we'll gettum another time. They don't stay young long for sure. We'll give you a blow by blow when we get in...LOL Chuck

[riverrat12]

Oh I almost forgot I'm takin the rest of the week off and am going home to a broke puter so I'll be off line till Sunday, if anyone needs to give me a holler 222-0754 SEE YOU FRI. Chuck

[onemorecast56]

sorry chuck,,,i cut you off....but i`ll be down 1 way or the other...John don`t love me anymore,,,LOL looking forward to us all down the again like last yr,,,LOL

[mhall]

sorry chuck,,,i cut you off....but i`ll be down 1 way or the other...John don`t love me anymore,,,LOL looking forward to us all down the again like last yr,,,LOL

Yes he does.......Doug say something to skipjack by pm his name is Dave. I certainly don't want to speak for the man but he says he's got an open seat and he's trying to learn his way around down there. He's been out with Chuck once and if he makes it out with you, that would be two trips with the two most knowledgable guys down there.

Just a thought brother, I hope you make it.

[Tyme2fish]

I'm going to jump the gun on y'all and be there Thursday morning.

I have a previous engagement on Friday and the weekend.

[birdstrike]

so what's up with the Harrison Ave ramp? Is it usable for a jonboat?

[Fisherjoe]

so what's up with the Harrison Ave ramp? Is it usable for a jonboat?

Depends on the amount of current coming from the dam (upper and lower). Light current...no problem. Watch for big submerged rocks on downstream side of ramp. They love to chew on lower units and are always hungry!

Joe

[Grumman]

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/...=2009908280349

INDIANAPOLIS – Boaters could soon have a safer, easier way to get on and off of the river at the Falls of the Ohio State Park.

The State Budget Committee on Friday approved $240,000 for construction of an auxiliary boat ramp that will point downstream, where the water is calmer and safer than it is at the current ramp site.

“This is purely a matter of public safety,” said Rep. Steve Stemler, D-Jeffersonville. “The McAlpine Dam is right across the river from the current boat ramp, so when high volumes of water are released it makes the launching and loading of boats dangerous.”

Park officials, fishermen and other boaters have been working to get the second ramp built for more than six years.

“Putting (a boat) in can be a little tricky with the way the current ramp is,” said Falls of the Ohio naturalist Bett Etenohan. “This new design will make it much easier for fishermen.”

The auxiliary ramp will be attached to the circle of the present ramp, which is closed several days each season when water is especially high and hazardous currents exist.

The new ramp will be created with articulated blocks which will allow visitors more access to the riverfront. The present riprap will be replaced with blocks connected by cables.

Additional lighting also will be installed to make evening launches and loadings easier.

The state funding will be added to $526,500 in federal funds from the Department of Natural Resources' Division of Fish and Wildlife Service.

The location of the boat ramp is 200 yards upstream from the spot where Meriwether Lewis and William Clark put their boats in the water when they departed for the West on Oct. 26, 1803.

Reporter Lesley Stedman Weidenbener can be reached at (317) 444-2780

[jcclark]

That's great news

I hope you guys do better than I have.
The last two Fridays I have been over there and it's been slower
than I've ever seen it. I couldn't catch anything.
I don't know why it's been so bad, maybe from the levels changing
so often, but it's been really slow. Good luck.