I found this river the other day and absolutely loved paddling it. It has the potential to be very beautiful if it weren't for the huge litter bugs around here.
** Caution - Rant **
My biggest gripe was that there are a bunch of drunk fishermen trolling around that river. As you look around, you see tons of garbage. Beer bottles/cans everywhere. Stuck in the sides of the river bed, in trees, all over the ground. There is plastic and other items around every turn.
Everytime I saw a fisherman with a huge cooler of beer, I couldn't help but think that he may be one of the people contributing to all of this litter. It drives me nuts... They go out there to enjoy that area as much as I do and yet they throw their trash all over the place and don't even think twice about it. I do not get people that do this... How is it that only a few of us can use common sense and say "Hey, if I throw all of this litter around, this place won't be very fun to fish at anymore, nor will it be as beautiful." Just drives me nuts thinking about it...
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So, has anyone else paddled this area? I saw the neat waterfall and started paddling toward the lake and turned around about 3 miles down stream cause it was getting late. I noticed that there may be some pretty nice areas to set up a camp overnight, but I wasn't sure if this is allowed around here? Does the Corps own this area as they do most of Lake Allatoona?
** Caution - Rant **
My biggest gripe was that there are a bunch of drunk fishermen trolling around that river. As you look around, you see tons of garbage. Beer bottles/cans everywhere. Stuck in the sides of the river bed, in trees, all over the ground. There is plastic and other items around every turn.
Everytime I saw a fisherman with a huge cooler of beer, I couldn't help but think that he may be one of the people contributing to all of this litter. It drives me nuts... They go out there to enjoy that area as much as I do and yet they throw their trash all over the place and don't even think twice about it. I do not get people that do this... How is it that only a few of us can use common sense and say "Hey, if I throw all of this litter around, this place won't be very fun to fish at anymore, nor will it be as beautiful." Just drives me nuts thinking about it...
** End Rant **
So, has anyone else paddled this area? I saw the neat waterfall and started paddling toward the lake and turned around about 3 miles down stream cause it was getting late. I noticed that there may be some pretty nice areas to set up a camp overnight, but I wasn't sure if this is allowed around here? Does the Corps own this area as they do most of Lake Allatoona?