This past weekend I spent Saturday with my 12 yr old daughter looking
for caves in the woods near the shores of Lake Seminole in N. FL at
the extreme SW area of GA and extreme SE part of AL. From the high
banks, it is an attractive lake being formed by damming the
Apalachicola River just below the intersection of the Flint and
Chattahoochee rivers. It looked ideal for a medium sized sailboat and
the locks from the lake into the river make it even more interesting
for the Tolman if I cruise up the river.
So, I talked to the ranger at the Corps of Engineers park (nice
camping area) who told me that there are many trees just under water.
Nobody sails and no faster power boats, just slower bass boats and
some slow moving houseboats. If the lake was drained, could the trees
be harvested (waterlogged wood seems to fetch a good price) without
seriously damaging the fishing? Oddly, I saw NO trees at all in the
water, just a vast expanse of open water, FRESH water.