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tombstone, I am waiting for the 28 day update. Did you see Cario is going to be 51 feet, we are fixin to be in a predicament down here. I don't know if the levee can stand another 1973.

I don't like the way things are shaping up either. I don't see any spring fishing inside the levee for a while.

my turkeys gonna learn to swim

Not good at all. We found buffalo swimming across some low-lying woods roads on Saturday afternoon, when the River was around 36 at Helena. 42 is not something we need.

Hambone wrote:Not good at all. We found buffalo swimming across some low-lying woods roads on Saturday afternoon, when the River was around 36 at Helena. 42 is not something we need.

I saw big fish crossing a road saturday as well. Water was over knee deep and too muddy to tell what they were. I just saw the wakes. I heard they have been shooting fish in several spots already. I guess that is not too uncommon though.

I could have filled the truck up this past weekend with rough fish coming thru a culvert at my place. Definitly gonna put a damper on turkey season. Camp hasnt been under water since 97, so i guess were about due for some. Starts coming into camp at 50 on the greenville gauge, the crest right now shows 49.5 so its gonna be close. I jacked up my housetrailer this past year and am hoping im good to about 58 feet. Housetrailers and river water dont get along so good, so keepin my fingers crossed!

I just looked at the river stage closely . . . aint lookn good for the home team, especially if it keeps raining. Hatfield most definitly needs to quit cookin . . . check um out, thats a 14 foot rise at cape g
RIVER STAGE FORECASTS (A)BV
STATION FS 7AM 24HR ....F O R E C A S T..... (B)LO
STG CHG 0319 0320 0321 0322 0323 CREST/DATE FS
OHIO RIVER
SMITHLAND TW 40 38.4 -0.1 38.9 40.0 41.1 41.6 42.0 42.5 3/25P A.3/20A
PADUCAH 39 38.5 0.0 38.8 39.8 40.8 41.2 41.5 42.0 3/25P A.3/19A
BROOKPORT 37 40.5 +0.1 41.0 43.1 43.4 43.6 43.8 44.0 3/25P
GRAND CHAIN 42 46.1 +0.1 47.1 49.1 50.0 50.5 50.8 51.0 3/25P
CAIRO 40 44.2 +0.3 45.9 48.6 49.8 50.2 50.6 51.0 3/24P

MISSISSIPPI RIVER
CAPE GIRARDEAU 32 26.2 +1.5 31.4 34.4 38.5 39.7 40.0 40.0 3/23A A.3/19A
THEBES 33 26.2 +1.4 28.2 31.7 38.0 38.9 39.3 39.5 3/23P A.3/20P
NEW MADRID 34 32.2 +0.2 33.2 35.4 37.4 38.2 38.6 39.5 3/26A A.3/19A
TIPTONVILLE 37 34.3 0.0 34.9 36.8 38.8 39.8 40.3 41.5 3/27A A.3/20P
CARUTHERSVILLE 32 32.2 MIS 32.4 33.5 35.6 37.0 37.6 39.0 3/27P A.3/19A
MEMPHIS 34 27.9 -0.1 28.4 28.6 29.0 30.5 32.2 34.0 3/29P
HELENA 44 36.2 -0.1 36.4 36.9 37.1 38.5 40.0 42.0 3/30P
ARKANSAS CITY 37 31.1 +0.1 31.3 31.5 32.0 32.2 33.6 37.0 4/01P
GREENVILLE 48 44.1 +0.1 44.3 44.5 44.8 45.1 45.9 49.5 4/02P A.3/29A
VICKSBURG 43 38.0 +0.2 38.2 38.4 38.6 38.9 39.2 43.5 4/03P A.4/02A
NATCHEZ 48 44.8 +0.3 45.0 45.2 45.4 45.6 45.9 50.5 4/05P A.3/26A
RED RIVER LNDG 48 46.6 +0.1 46.9 47.1 47.3 47.5 47.7 55.0 4/06P A.3/24A
BATON ROUGE 35 30.6 +0.2 30.8 31.0 31.2 31.4 31.6 38.5 4/07A A.3/30A
DONALDSONVILLE 27 21.9 +0.3 22.1 22.3 22.5 22.7 22.9 28.5 4/07P A.4/03A
RESERVE 22 17.0 +0.2 17.3 17.5 17.7 17.9 18.1 22.5 4/08A A.4/07A
NEW ORLEANS /17/ 12.3 +0.4 12.5 12.7 12.9 13.1 13.3 16.0 4/08P
/ /LEVEES PROTECT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS TO 20 FT STAGE.
E INDICATES ESTIMATED STAGE.
END LMRFC

So much for my prediction by the 15th but you really had to know it was coming with the melt and rain with the river already being as high as it was!!!

if anyone has any "rough" fish that they need to get rid of, let me know. I will bowfish them out of there.

How often do they update the 28 day forcast? Last one I've see is from the 12 or 13th I believe.

Blackduck wrote:How often do they update the 28 day forcast? Last one I've see is from the 12 or 13th I believe.

Every wednesday afternoon.

This is gonna be fun i got a feeling. . . todays forecast has it going to 52 at greenville. The most water to my knowledge since 73 was in 97, crested at 54.5 at greenville. So this has the potential to be a big un, especially considering it's still raining. Gotta go to camp sunday, get my wheeler and $#!+ out and chain up the propane tank, floods a coming

Just talked to my buddy in Missouri and he had over 13" in his gauge and its still raining. He said this has the potential to be the 100 year flood. He said all the lakes and rivers are flooding everything up there. I am going to Lake Beulah and pulling my brothers trailer out before I can't get in.

Anybody got the link for the historical river stages . . . like 1973? I know there is a site that has all that but cant find it. Thanks

I can assure you that it will be higher than it's showing on the guages. Note: Forecasts do not include any future rainfall..
or snow melt is not factored into the totals. You can kiss turkey season goodby if you are on the west side of the leeve. It may reach records not see in many years. On a good note people who need the fish restocked in the oxbo's and connecting waters you will get it

Jelly I was a little off on my predictions by the 15th

Torch if all this rain keeps up we may have to hook up and go after some crappie when I get home