Thread: Did Shelbyville Flood?

Originally Posted by Redtick

We got around 2 and one half inches of rain last night and we got an inch the day before. I am wondering if it rained the same amounts in the area around Lake Shelbyville, (20 miles away). It was so dry around here, the ground could have easily soaked most of the rain here. I haven't went outside to see if we had any flooding yet, the sun is not up. I hope there is not much flooding at Shelbyville to spoil folks Labor Day plans.

If the sun ain't up by 6:22 in Mattoon, then something is wrong. It's definitely up by that time in Sullivan!

We got about the same amount of rain. A little water in the ditches, but no significant flooding that I could see.

Riiver gauges show it up about 1 ft

Shield, I think sun rises about 6:15. It gets light enough to crappie fish about a half hour or so before that. The first light in the horizon can be seen a little after 5 AM. Before it is light enough to crappie fish, I often spend an hour or 2 catfishing. I didn't fish the day I started the thread. Nuff said.

The lake I live on flooded some and it is muddy on the upper part of the lake. I will bet parts of Shelbyville has stained water and there may be some flooding.

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sorry I could'nt resist

Apparently I need to clear up my user name. I did not misspell "shield." My first initial is "S" and by last name is "Hild," Therefore my user name for many things is "shild"

Shild, I will try to adjust my spell checker. LOL

Postie, it could be I, or eye or like in the Navy, ay ay, Sir. Going fishin' at 3AM is usually an I, it is difficult to find a we at that time of day (night).

This thread was started to give Lake Shelbyville Labor Day users a heads up on the possible fishin' conditions. No one has said if it is flooding but after reading LSG's thread, it may be flooded.