The Wabash runs the whole western edge of Sullivan County, and it gives up the kind of channel cats, flathead, and white bass that people drive hours to throw a line in. They work the deeper bends, and the current does half the fighting for them.
Put in up north at the boat ramp at Fairbanks Landing, with eight miles of river frontage around you, or down south at the paved public ramp at the base of Merom Bluff, the only public access on the Indiana side of the river between Terre Haute and Vincennes. You’ll know the southern spot when you see it; the bluff stands two hundred feet over the water. No boat? The bank fishes well too. Set up a folding chair and let the river come to you.
Come in winter and you’ll share the water with bald eagles, the ones that move to the river when the smaller lakes freeze. A good January morning can turn up forty.
