North Jefferson Kayak Club Blog Posts

• A Paddler Comments on North Jefferson County's Waterways
  on Mar 5, 2012 in north jefferson county watershed fultondale alabama jeremy richter five mile creek
  In today's blog post, Jeremy Richter comments briefly on the state of affairs of the waterways of North Jefferson County, particularly of the Five Mile Creek watershed, here.Five Mile Creek in Fultondale, Alabama...
• Failed Camping Trip at Brushy Creek Lake in the Sipsey Wilderness
  on Feb 6, 2012 in blog sipsey wilderness jeremy richter brushy creek camping brushy creek lake bankhead national forest
  A couple of us attempted to go camping this weekend at Brushy Creek Lake in the Sipsey Wilderness in the Bankhead National Forest. Our trip was shortened by rain. A short write-up, including some photos and time lapse video can be found at Jeremy Ric...
• Ruffner Mountain Nature Center, Trail Map
  on Jan 11, 2012 in birmingham trail map ruffner mountain nature center alabama ruffner mountain
  While there is no paddling at Ruffner Mountain, Birmingham's highest elevation point, there are a number of nice hiking trails, in this tucked away little preserve. Several months back, I went for a hike/run there and really enjoyed the place (a writ...
• Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge, Boundary Map
  on Jan 8, 2012 in pratt's ferry preserve cahaba river county road 26 alabama river trace rd cahaba river national wildlife refuge piper landing hargrove shoals boundary map
  Because part of the Hargrove Shoals run on the Cahaba River is such a good run, and because the put-in for that section lies within the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge, it's nice to have an easily accessible boundary map of that refuge. So I ha...
• Mississippi River Hyperbaric Classic
  on Dec 6, 2011 in mississippi river hyperbaric classic HOLLI helping others live life initiative paddling mississippi river kayak canoe hyperbaric oxygen therapy
  I recently received an email from the marketing and fundraising coordinator, Heidi Grey, for HOLLI (Helping Others Live Life Initiative), a non-profit dedicated to making hyperbaric oxygen therapy available to those who suffer from traumatic brain in...
• Kayakers Take on Noccalula Falls...Survive
  on Dec 1, 2011 in video Isaac Levinson noccalula falls paddling Pat Keller kayak Chris Gragtmans
  So it's possible to paddle over Noccalula Falls, but it may not long be permissible. Here's the link to a story about three paddlers (Pat Keller, Isaac Levinson, and Chris Cragtmans) who did so recently: Blog.AL.com. And the video is up as well, and...
• Recreation on the Black Warrior River and Tributaries, Impaired Segments
  on Oct 26, 2011 in black warrior riverkeeper warrior river five mile creek sipsey fork turkey creek mulberry fork black warrior river
  The Black Warrior Riverkeeper has recently compiled a list of impaired segments of waterways in the Black Warrior watershed, in the greater Birmingham area. Their goal is to have the classification of these segments changed to include 'swimming', so...
• Sipsey Wilderness Trail Maps
  on Oct 6, 2011 in trail map map sipsey wilderness paddling sipsey wilderness hiking club alabama sipsey river sipsey fork bankhead national forest hiking black warrior river
  While not strictly related to paddling, I thought this might be of interest. The Sipsey Wilderness Hiking Club (whose blog we've linked to below) has compiled a great deal of information about hiking that portion of the Bankhead National Forest. Beca...
• Recent Changes
  on Sep 30, 2011 in blog website
  We have recently overhauled the North Jefferson Kayak Club website. We folded the website and blog into one site and simplified the navigability. The same important content for paddling maps, and paddling runs on the Cahaba and Locust Fork is still a...
• Saturday Morning Excursion at Smith Lake
  on Aug 27, 2011 in smith lake paddling rope swing fishing
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• Operation Kayak-Cam 2.0 :: Getting Elevated
  on Aug 26, 2011 in elevated camera mount kayak-cam pvc flip video
  Having recently installed a camera mount on the bow of my kayak (which can be seen here) and that having been successfully tested on a couple of occasions, I logically concluded that it was time again to raise the bar. Kayak-Cam 1.0 was a monumental...
• Addition of a New 'Launch Sites Map' to the Website
  on Aug 15, 2011 in paddling launch sites map paddling.net
  Paddling.net has made available its Launch Sites Map for paddling clubs to add to their own sites. Their map displays launch sites throughout the US, and even Canada. Because we thought that might be helpful to any of you who might be planning trips,...
• Fishing on the Locust Fork at Armstrong Loop
  on Aug 14, 2011 in locust fork warrior river fishing flip video
  While this likely isn't our most compelling footage, the production value of the videos is certainly increasing. So here's our most recent outing. Spoiler Alert: Nobody caught anything. We saw loads of fish: carp, gar, bass; but they just weren't bit...
• Test Run of the Kayak-Cam at Buckshort Bridge
  on Jul 31, 2011 in mount olive kayak-cam buckshort bridge locust fork warrior river fishing flip video
  Last week I posted about Operation Kayak-Cam, in which I fashioned a mount for my Flip Video camera to my kayak.Yesterday, we were finally able to go to the river for a test run. With fishing gear in tow, four of us headed down to the Locust Fork at...
• NJKC on Twitter
  on Jul 27, 2011 in twitter
  The North Jefferson Kayak Club has launched a Twitter page where you can follow us for news and updates.
• Paddling on Saturday, July 30
  on Jul 25, 2011 in cahaba river paddling locust fork kayak
  Looks like rain's in the forecast for the next several days, so the only logical thing to do is plan a day on the water.I have two runs in mind, which are dependent on the amount of rain we receive in the second half of the. The MUCH RAIN scenario...
• Operation Kayak-Cam
  on Jul 24, 2011 in cahaba river locust fork king's bend kayak panasonic hargrove shoals waterproof housing mulberry fork lx3 flip video
  For some time, I and my paddling cohorts have made great use of my FlipVideo and its waterproof case while on the water. This is my second such Flip, because the first one is still probably at the bottom of the Mulberry Fork somewhere, or perhaps is...
• The Hargrove Shoals Section of the Cahaba River
  on Jul 17, 2011 in pratt's ferry preserve cahaba river county road 26 paddling cahaba lilies cahaba river national wildlife refuge river trace piper landing
  With enough summer rain this week to paddle any number of places, yesterday, Tyler and Jeremy paddled the Hargrove Shoals section of the Cahaba. This is the primary run from which you can enjoy the Cahaba Lilies from about mid-May to mid-June.The put...
• Paddling on Saturday, July 16
  on Jul 7, 2011 in paddling kayaking
  There's a chance of rain every day from now to next Friday. So Saturday, July 16, seems like a good day to go paddling. Keep an ear to the ground for further developments.
• Gone Fishin' at the Locust Fork
  on Jul 6, 2011 in locust fork warrior river fishing kayaking
  Tyler and I went fishing for a couple hours this afternoon. We put in at the Warrior-Kimberly bridge, and let the current carry us downstream a bit. After a few days of nice rain, the river was running nicely.As per usual, I didn't catch anything. I...