Evansville to Little River Diversion Channel

Sunday: We got an early start as we had a long day ahead of us-80 miles. We were ready by 07:00 but had to wait about an hour because of fog. When we first left the dock I saw something fly out the back window (I thought) and then I heard a loud thump. At first we thought we hit something under water. Then we heard another thump; then it happened again and again. We had our first encounter with Asian Carp. All the way down the Kaskaskia River we heard hundreds of loud thumps under and along the sides of the boat and we saw them fly through the air with some going above our dinghy; I shut the side doors! If that wasn't enough; fishermen set nets on both sides of this narrow river so it was slow going. It was also duck hunting season and we saw several decoys set up and heard several gun shots. What a morning. Evansville Bar and Grill on our way out of town pictured.

We anchored out for the night at Little River Diversion Channel, just 3 miles south of Cape Girardeau, MO. After settling in Keith emptied our 4; 5 gallon tanks of fuel into the boat. What a job that was; it wasn't easy but Keith did a good job. We took our settings on the range finder so we could check to see if the anchor was holding and then relaxed on the porch. We encountered more Asian Carp tonight but not as many as this morning. We are thinking they don't like the strong current of the Mississippi so they go into the tributary's.

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N37 14 9917

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W89 31 1282