morris

[olsonsperformance]

Is the river too high right now or is it possible to still get on the water here?

[DaleM]

I don't know yet about the river.  Some of us are getting together down there for the Cornfest then looking to do our Fall Cruise the first weekend in Oct.  River conditions will dictate.  I was out at Hammond Marina this morning to take my dog for a walk on the beach.  Lake Michigan was flat as glass.  I might splash early am tomorrow with a cooler full of coldies and a tv for the Bear game.  Just hang out on the hook all day.

[olsonsperformance]

we may just swing down to clinton now. im going to call the dnr before we go though and ask about the condition down there. I have heard that they closed a part of the lake down.

[cwzonk]

Mississippi river is high but not much trash above grafton Il.  the IL river is very high lots of trash and closed to boat traffic in a couple of spots.

Office of External Affairs

U.S. Coast Guard



 

Date: Sept. 18, 2008

News Release 

Contact:  Lt. Chuck Mellor
(314) 269-2562
(618) 580-2998

 

 Coast Guard closes portions of the Mississippi, Illinois and Missouri rivers

ST. LOUIS - The Coast Guard Captain of the Port Sector Upper Mississippi River has closed the following sections of the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers, in addition to previous closures:

Copperas Creek, Ill. is closed to all recreational and commercial traffic from mile marker 136 to 138.

The Illinois River is closed to all recreational and commercial traffic from Peoria, Ill. mile marker160.0 to Chillecothe, Ill. mile marker 181.

The Upper Mississippi River is closed to recreational traffic from Chester, Mo. mile marker 109.9 to 185.4.

The Missouri River is closed to recreational traffic from mile marker 200 near Boonville, Mo. to the mouth of the Missouri River mile marker 0 to 200.

The Illinois River is closed to recreational traffic from Grafton, Ill. mile marker 0.0 to 9.9 and Liverpool, IL mile marker 129.0 to 199.9.

The COTP has opened the following portions of the Upper Mississippi River Missouri and Illinois rivers to recreational traffic:

mile marker 273.4 at Clarksville, Mo. to mile marker 301.1 on the Upper Mississippi River.

mile marker 300 at Waverly, Mo. to mile marker 200.0 on the Missouri River.

 

   Click here to read entire news release

[olsonsperformance]

Thanks!!

We are going to head to either Clinton or Shelbyville depending on how the weather looks down there. Last ditch effort would be Lake Geneva. Supposed to be 40 pct change of scattered t-storms but it seems like it says that every time i go down that way.

[purcell41]

I heard it was high with some debris. A friend was on it on Thur. and the water is still high but going down with minimal debris. I Plan on being on the river next week. Give you  better details soon.

[cwzonk]

water fell over 3 foot last night, went out sunday afternoon and very little trash floating.  should be back to normal by next weekend.

[olsonsperformance]

We ended up going down to Clinton. I almost blew a trailer tire on the way. There was a section of the tread that looks like it just shifted about 2 inches. I dont think it started to get really bad until we were almost there so we launched the boat first and changed it so it would be easier. I will be calling someone in the next few days because you wouldnt think a tire would go bad with probably only 1000 or so miles on it.

All in all it ended up being a fairly nice day out plus the power plant keeps the water temperature warmer than the air temperature. The warmest we were all day was when we were anchored up and swimming.

[DaleM]

A bunch of us hitting the River near Morris on Oct 4-5.  Our annual Fall Cruise.  Not too much of a cruise anymore with fuel prices being what they are.  Dropping in Sat and meeting up at Goose Poop (Johnson's) Island.  What we do from there is up for grabs.  Might just drink, BBQ, drink, start a fire, drink, overnight, drink some more.