Although the Coosa River flows for some 280 miles from Rome, Georgia to just SW of Wetumpka, Alabama, the 7.5 miles below Jordan Dam, the last dam on the Coosa, provide some of the best tailwater spotted bass fishing in Alabama. This section of the Coosa can be accessed at four points along the river. Gold Star Park in downtown Wetumpka has great parking and a fully maintained boat ramp on the Coosa. Kayakers can fish upstream through some interesting shoals right in town. A mile further upstream, the Coosa Outdoor Center maintains a kayak launching site open to the public on the edge of its campground. Corn Creek Wilderness Park is just north of Wetumpka off highway 231. The park has some limited parking next to the river and an unimproved trail down to the river just below Pipeline Falls (or Corn Creek Shoals). Corn Creek is an excellent launch point to fish the mile long Pipeline Falls area. The most popular launch point is at Jordan Dam, accessible from highway 231. There is excellent Striped Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass fishing around the shoals just below the dam. The float from the dam to River Falls shoals is about 3/4 of a mile. River Falls shoals provides extensive braids and islands for over a mile of river. Another mile downriver is Moccasin Gap Shoals, although short, provides class II and III rapids and good fishing when not populated with whitewater kayakers. About a mile of calm water separates Moccasin Gap and Pipeline Shoals. Fishing descriptions of the Coosa tailwater can be found at: http://www.alabamariverfishing.net/Descriptions/Coosa/Coosa.htm http://www.outdooralabama.com/coosa-river
