Thread: Bluegill Fall Pattern

Originally Posted by funbun

That was about 20 feet. The whole river bottom is only about 20 feet deep there until you get to the first of the old dams. There it drops down to 40. The upper portion where I fish is pretty uniform bottom, all rock, the very beginnings of the Appalachian Mountain chain.

What makes you so sure it's the beginning and not the end? lol

Yeah, according to the historic society here, the river bottom changes from sandy to rocky. They count that as the very beginnings of the Appalachian Mountain chain. I figure the historians and geologists know what they're talking about. That's what I based the statement on.

Also more people who through hike the Appalachian Trail start at the southern most point. While most people usually start in Georgia, the Appalachian Trail has been connected to the Pinhoti Trial in Alabama which start at the highest point in the state of Alabama: Mount Cheaha. Again the highest point in Alabama happens only 130 miles away from where the Black Warrior River's fundamentally changes to a structure like the rest of the Appalachian Mountain chain.

Also that the geographic change happens dramatically enough that south of Tuscaloosa are the flood plains of the Black Warrior River, north of town the hills are high enough for military student pilots to practice the Death Star trench run. That change happen right in downtown Tuscaloosa, AL. I may be wrong, but I think that's enough to say it is the very beginning of the Appalachian Mountain chain.