fishing mississippi river the mississippi river forms the 58 miles of ... the kentucky/missouri border beginning at ... theconfluence of the ohio and mississippi rivers it s a ... across summer is a great time to fish the mississippi because the river generally ... still be high from spring rains or even snow melt in the ohio river watershed as the ... however and even more so through the rest of summer the river level normally ... stabilize ohio river second in volume only to the mississippi the ohio river ... itself is a huge river the ohio is a much more significant ... for most kentucky fishermen than the mississippi the ohio river runs 700 ... and concentrations of baitfish make the tailwaters the most productive portions ...