Question

[KWoods]

The pics hi&s posted of the Chic. dam under construction were great and got me thinking about the creek. I've been told by a few people who are actually older than me emoGeezer that the creek was re-routed to bring it in below the dam. You can plainly see where the rip-rap on the creek starts, and I have a few of those old construction pics, but I've got none that tell me anything about this. Also, I know that some of the old guys have very different memories of the route President Roosevelt took from downtown to the dam. If anyone has any "mouth of the creek" info on this please share it with us.

I grew up hunting and fishing and trapping along the creek and have a lot of great memories of those times. I have an old newspaper pic and one my dad took of my neighbor, Mr. Howell, with a 11 plus pound Muskie caught down on the rock bluffs below Hamill Rd. bridge on a red and white River Runt plug in 1950. I rode my bike up there for days afterwards fishing along that spot hoping to catch me a Muskie not realizing that my old hand-me-down rod and reel would'nt hold a fish anywhere near that size. Mr. Howell wasn't the only one to catch Muskies back then just the biggest one recorded. Their was much debate at Mac's Gun & Tackle as to what it was so a couple of game wardens and another guy (biologist maybe?) came and all agreed it was indeed a Muskie. As was the custom then it was cleaned and eaten.emoHungry emoSorry

 

[Fat Albert]

<font color="#ff0033">In answer to your question about the creek.....Yes, it was rerouted to come in below the dam....  I too, had an uncle that caught a big muskie up that creek....Don't know anything about the route the Pres took cause I wasn't around then....I was just a gleam in my dad's eye in the early 40's.....FA</font>

 

[DHaun]

Here are more Chickamauga Dam pics that may interest you:

http://www.chattanoogafishingforum.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=7514

 

[fishinvol]

I used to drag a conoe down the bank next to the Hamoll road bridge. That is always cold water! I never caught much size wise, but I did catch tons of fish (all sorts). I don't know why musky couldn't live in there still. I would imagine the stripe get up in it too. Just don't know much about creek fishing, except for small fish. Well crap, that's everywhere!!!emoDoh

 

[KWoods]

David..... thanks for moving this post, I should have known better but havn't done much of this.
I should have labled it "Curious instead of "Question" since I didn't really ask a quuestion.
What puzzles me about the old "dam site pictures" is I can't find where the creek came in before construction began.
If anyone can spot it let us know. Also, the creek was quite a bit deeper back in my childhood before all the Hixson housing boom began and it started filling up with silt.

 

[Bprice]

Good question Woods, where is the creek? I was looking for the same thing.

 

[Fat Albert]

<font color="#6600ff">about 100yds above the dam.....</font>

 

[KWoods]

Thanks for the reply Fat Albert, now please tell this old dummy in which pic you see the creek 100 yds. above the future dam site.
Fishinvol, I think canoe fishing is the best way to fish the N. Chick., did that a lot up until the last couple of years because it's rained so little. Yes you can catch a lot of stripe at certain times, and some good fish of all kinds in the spring.
After reading my post from this morning I can tell I was still in a sleep coma.emoDoh

 

[Fat Albert]

KWoods - 9/1/2007 4:38 PM Thanks for the reply Fat Albert, now please tell this old dummy in which pic you see the creek 100 yds. above the future dam site.</p>



<font color="#ff0033">The 5th picture down in Dhaun post..... if you will look very closely you can see up above the dam just at the wall you can make out a small cut and I think that was it....then they dug the creek channel kinda after the dam was half way built....I think...that is why there is so much rip-rap along the creek.  also, in one of those pics you can clearly see the creek coming in below and beside the lock...very neat pictures.... BTW I was not born during that time frame as many would have you believe....LOL</font></p>

 

[SpurHunter]

No, Al was born much earlier!