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Carter's Lake April 7-9

Day paddlers welcome!

Disclaimer: Please Read!

This is around a 1 mile paddle and you can see the white sign for the boat in camping once you clear the canal from the put-in. Its slightly to the right.

Prevailing winds generally come form the right. Lift your L leg & lean into it.

If you're camping be aware that this is a "regulated lake". What that means is water is pumped into the lake from below the dam. Water levels rise by a whopping 2' at night (when you least expect it) If you don't tether or drag your boat high it will drift off resulting in "best case" relying on a fellow paddler to recover your boat at pre-dawn. The worst case is Bubba & friends doing 50Kts in their bass boat hitting and destroying your yak, getting thrown overboard in which case you could go to prison.

On the lighter side, Wildlife is abundant. You can sneak up on wild turkeys, foxes and a plethora of other wildlife. If we don't have a freeze I think there will be abundant wild azaleas in bloom.

Refrain from taking trophies, particularly hornet nests. 

Carter's can be reached from either I-75 or 85- 316 near Jasper

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