re: satellite picture of morganza spillway

that "channel" is mondeau lake often referred to as monday lake on maps. It is part of old river and always has water in it. If you follow the northern edge of the forebay, there is a levee that seperates the forebay from the crop land and there is a second levee that runs back to the southeast that normally seperates the forebay from old river. The little opening in the trees just west of what you called "the channel" is an area of old river referred to as "the ballpark". Did lots of trotlining in this area growing up and we would camp at the end of the levee at the north of the forebay. As river goes down will be GREAT catfishing in the woods at south end of Old River.