Jackson Lake Georgia Sept 22 2009 After flood in Atlanta

Jackson Lake Georgia high flood waters come from Atlanta rains. The water is high and filled with trash from the heavy rain yesterday. The dam is spooky as the water rushes over. Bear creek and the water falls that feed it are raging. We had a tough time navigating the waters at night on the return trip.

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[rsswga]

that the store that movie was filmed at

[meanracing]

yes

Sac O Suds

My Cousin Vinnie

[chadastanley]

Love your video bro ham... I never been out that way but what you say any Large Mouth out that way?

[baucojm]

we used to go down behind the dam and catch hybrids in the spillway and swift current...back before they blocked it off the first time..can u still go down there?

[Sarabelle58]

The "Bear Creek" falls you mentioned are White (lower) and Factory (upper)Shoals of the Alcovy River. That stretch of river once hosted three mills (including the huge Newton Factory) and a community of 600 people. Flood of '94 resulted in 30,000 cubic feet of water per second cresting the dam , which was significantly more then '09. It was probably 40,000 during the flood of '71. The record, however, is 90,000 cfs - set in the 1920's.

[pokechopp]

i used to catch 3 and 4 foot long gar there, right below the dam, but i bet they arent there now! if they are, i want a piece of them! theyre sooo fun to catch!! large minnows, cork about 2 feet deep! fun fun fun

[rsswga]

yea, i couldnt remember name of it.. i use to live about 5 minutes from there off of hwy36

[pwalpar]

Good Video, its been a while since I was up at the lake, Guess nows not too good a time to think about it 5*

[duffman61089]

very good video!!! mine are not that great but i have ones up from the 22 and im going to get the 23rd's video up in the morning. the 23rd was way worse and was completely covering the signs there are the boat ramp on the river

[Gnr500]

Great video, man that old dam held up well from all that water!