PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS
January 9, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Professionally Managed Portfolios
Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to Registration
Statement on Form N-1A filed pursuant to Rule
485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933
File No. 33-12213; 811-5037
CIK No. 0000811030
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"),
Professionally Managed Portfolios (the "Trust") hereby certifies that:
(1) the forms of prospectus that would have been filed pursuant to Rule
497(c) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from those contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form
N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to the Trust's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on December 23, 1997.
Very truly yours,
Robin Berger, Secretary
PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS
