olegreenboat, those are great points. I hate fishing below any dam which results in my buddy going with someone else below Ft. Loudon Dam in TN last week. He had a great time. I think I should clear up some facts about our experience. We were well down stream of the last buoy on the KY side when the motor died. He spent several minutes trying to get the motor going which meant we were drifting pretty fast toward the dam. That current is amazingly strong and is impressive when going toward the dam. The other issue we had was the long distance lead chunckers on the bank. They could nearly reach us but I think they were more annoyed with us than actually worried about us. I turned my back on them and hoped I didn't take a direct hit in the back of the head. We don't purposely go near any dam. Motor trouble can happen any time so I would rather be down stream away from the dam.