Pollution in the Ohio River at Old Clarksville

[redearhoosier]

This looks like some sort of nasty foam that separated itself from the currents and was floating onto the Indiana shore last night. Anybody know what this is? There was lots of it down there last night.

[peter]

That is some nasty looking stuff. When I was fishing down there quite a bit I had a "saying"

"Foam....go Home" meaning get back in the car and go home. That was a flufflier more soapy foam though. there would be a lot of it though.

[GeoFisher]

This looks like some sort of nasty foam that separated itself from the currents and was floating onto the Indiana shore last night. Anybody know what this is? There was lots of it down there last night.

OIL, or some petrol based product, whipped up to a frenzy with the water. I created some of that my own trying to clean out of my boat cover.

[toomanycasts]

Just good 'ol river foam

[redearhoosier]

My family has some property in Bethlehem IN. and the water up there is five times cleaner than water around the downtown area. You absolutely do not see foam slicks like that up there. I've got more pics of those slicks and they appear to be coming from the lower dam and then separating from the currents.

I told my wife it's probably fuel or oil in the water, and it's a fair amount. The river should be much cleaner, no excuses.

[olgreenboat]

sewage pure sewage if the truth be known MSD probably accidentally open the poop valve they have that lets out raw sewage ..

[fishhound]

sewage pure sewage if the truth be known MSD probably accidentally open the poop valve they have that lets out raw sewage ..

I would have to agree with ya im glad I fish far from that! lol..

[olgreenboat]

I would have to agree with ya im glad I fish far from that! lol..

Remember we live down stream from there and sh!t all ways roll down hill . But then i wouldnt expect anything less coming from louisville LOL.. J/K

[crappiehunterchris]

Remember we live down stream from there and sh!t all ways roll down hill . But then i wouldnt expect anything less coming from louisville LOL.. J/K

If fish dont go near the foam why have i caught white bass in the jumps right in the middle of the foam on the ky river and even caught multiple crappie below the dam in stoner under foam? Ive never heard the foam thing

[FISHNTECK]

I agree that the river could be cleaner, back if the 70's it was real bad! If the river is so polluted could it suport it's smallmouth population?

[peter]

If fish dont go near the foam why have i caught white bass in the jumps right in the middle of the foam on the ky river and even caught multiple crappie below the dam in stoner under foam? Ive never heard the foam thing

That foam go home is just something that a friend and I made up and used to joke about down at Mcalpine. When there was a bunch of approx 5" tall whitish sort of soapy smelling foam all over the place in the turbine area we never saw a fish. It was probably ten years ago. It was just our experience with that type of foam at that time and place.

There are folks that know a lot more about fishing Mcalpine and foam than I do.

[crappiehunterchris]

That foam go home is just something that a friend and I made up and used to joke about down at Mcalpine. When there was a bunch of approx 5" tall whitish sort of soapy smelling foam all over the place in the turbine area we never saw a fish. It was probably ten years ago. It was just our experience with that type of foam at that time and place.

There are folks that know a lot more about fishing Mcalpine and foam than I do.

Ive never encountered a soapy smelling foam that could be a problem lol clean fish is dead fish