I kayaked the Ocmulgee several times last year. Waay too many trees down blocking the creek the further downstream you get before it empties into the Cahaba. The last 1/2 mile took me as long to navigate as the first 4 miles, pulling it up the bank or across fallen trees. Wore me out. I got a few more creeks in the area I’m going to try to launch my kayak and fish besides Ocmulgee. Cedar creek, old town creek, little and big Mulberry are on my list along with Bogue Chitto.
That's interesting about the trees blocking it. Back when I fished it in 60s and 70s there was never a tree all the way across the creek. I guess there has been a lot of erosion of the banks since those days. That had happened to the Cahaba too the last time I was on it, and it's sure to be worse since then.
I guess it is nothing new. They used to run riverboats on the Cahaba in the 1800s, but by the early 1900s it had gotten too shallow. I remember an older gentleman when I was a kid who told me that he remembered the last riverboat to ever make the trip. That must have been around 1900 or shortly after.
I enjoy all the comforts of modern life, but we gave up a lot to have them
