I lived in Evansville for a year and a half. Never fished the river in that area. I drove down to Hovey Lake once. Looked like some outstanding crappie water, but never went back with the boat. The other area I liked and did fish were the strip pits up around Boonville. Only caught a few fish in the limited trips I made. I mostly drove back north to Monroe or Cataract Reservoirs, as they were really my home lakes that I knew really well.