Wabash,

Markle to County Road 150 S (1.2 miles) (Markle bypass channel)

Usual Difficulty	I-II(III) (may vary with level)
Length	1.2 Miles
Avg. Gradient	10 fpm

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
WABASH RIVER NEAR BLUFFTON, IN
usgs-03322985	300 - 3000 cfs	II-III+	00h45m	23 cfs (rc= -2.0 )

River Description

Caution: 4-29-09 The run has changed. SCOUT it on the river left. I have not seen it yet but was told the rapid by the island has changed a lot. From what I was told all the water goes left of what was the island so SCOUT this drop . I will update the info when I get a chance to go paddle this run.

Graig surfing the hole at 287 cfs

Put in on south side of the dike at the end of Wilt Street. Walk past the gates and down the stone road to the river's south channel. (The north channel is all flat water.)

The rapids start 600' downstream of HWY 3 bridge and continue for 1,500'. Starting with a class 1 followed by a river wide ledge that has a wave to surf. The next ledge is broken with some 1.5' to 2' waves. After this, at levels below 1,000 cfs, most of the water goes down the left side of an island.

Scout the next one -- the waves and hole are close together so look at them both. A sloping drop of 3' to 4' with some bigger waves and a good eddy on the left next to the waves. Just below is a big river wide hole with good eddys on both sides so you can stop to play. This hole can be a stopper and hard to get out of at some levels: 500 cfs or a little more is a good play level. At higher levels the hole gets bigger than any on the East Race.

After this is a smaller rapid that has a fast chute with a strong eddy line on the right with deep water that is fun to play in. A bit of flat water leads to the take out on your left at the end of County Road 150 S.

Brian's turn

Starting around 2,000 cfs the right side of the island has a good drop with some big waves and a hole at the bottom center that most people try to avoid, so scout this one. At 2,000 cfs the waves can reach 3 to 4' and the holes get big. Rescue could be difficult and scouting is recomended.

My son Brent runing the hole at 551 cfs

At 2'500 the river starts to go out out of it's banks. At this level it is wide has big waves and the holes are stoppers but they don't keep you. The curent is very fast so be carful.
This is a man made channel and changes some each year. If the water is high, Rock Creek is a good warm up that uses the same take out.

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Check the Maps links for put in and take out locations.
Put in. From I-69 go east on 224, right on 116 to 4-way stop, stay on 116 and take the next right, then left on Wilt and go till it ends.

Take out. Go back to the 4-way stop, go left on 3, after you cross the river twice take the first right (County Road 150S), go to the end of this road.

You can e-mail me for more info or just to let me know how your run was.

Dan with another good run

Tom testing the hole at 580 cfs