I paddled from Sprewell bluff to Highway 36 yesterday. The height at Carsonville was <1.5 ft. I was in a tandem fiberglass lake canoe...it was more of a fishing trip. It was painfully low. Basically alternating between flatwater to pulling a canoe over rocks back to flatwater. Maybe two rapids that were runnable in a canoe. 3 or 4 in a whitewater boat. Not worth it as a paddle for fun...great fishing trip though. If you're willing to pull your canoe over some rocks you can definitely pull in quite a few shoal bass. I wouldn't go back unless I was fishing or the water was higher. Edit

any comments,from hiway 74 to the bluff? Edit

<br /> Ran the Flint River, GA 36 Bridge to Lazar Creek take-out, twice on<br /> Saturday, 1/31, with Sean McKinnon and Adam Gordon. First run we put on at<br /> about 11:20 AM, second run at about 1:40 PM EST. First run was 8'2&quot; and the<br /> second run was 8'1.5&quot; on the GA Hwy 36 Bridge. The river was dropping.<br /> Impression, we could have used a little more water. There was a little bit<br /> of play out there, but another half a foot more and there would have been<br /> much more play and I am sure our river trips would have taken longer with<br /> the extra play. All rapids at this level, except Yellow Jacket Shoals, were<br /> class II. Yellow Jacket at this level was class III-. At higher water<br /> levels the Yellow Jacket Shoals section transforms into class IV and even<br /> before flood stage it becomes class V. If my memory serves me right, it is<br /> class IV at 10' on the GA 36 Bridge and class V at 11', but I want to get<br /> more runs to confirm this and get a better idea where the transition points<br /> are. 7.5' at the GA 36 Bridge is getting pretty close to a minimum run, but<br /> all rapids are still passable. This run gets fairly wide in places where<br /> you can not see all the possible routes from upstream without doing some<br /> paddling back and forth across the river.<br /> <br /> Depending on road conditions and how much water is in the mud holes when you<br /> get down closer to the Flint River, taking out at the Lazar Creek take-out<br /> may require 4 wheel drive, but it does save 2.5 miles of flatwater paddling<br /> that you get if you take-out at Pobiddy Rd instead. This wildlife<br /> management road comes down along the Flint River south of Lazar Creek on the<br /> river right side. The road was completely washed out and impassable about a<br /> 1/4 mile south of Lazar Creek, but this road is following the Flint River<br /> there and you can just make your own take-out along through there with a<br /> little extra effort. Susan Gordon was very gracious to provide shuttle for<br /> us on both runs. Thanks a bunch Susan!<br /> <br /> Knowing from Susan Gordon that the level was 8.5'+ on Friday and correlating<br /> to the downstream Flint River gauge at US80/US19 at<br /> http://ga.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site_no=02347500 , the US80/US19 Bridge<br /> gauge was at 4'2&quot; and 4'1.5&quot; feet when we were putting on at the 8'2&quot; and<br /> 8'1.5&quot; GA 36 Bridge levels, and the US80/US19 Bridge gauge was approximately<br /> 5' when the GA 36 Bridge gauge was 8.5'+. The US80/US19 Bridge gauge is<br /> about 20 river miles south of the GA 36 Bridge and major tributaries of<br /> Potato, Lazar and Swift Creek along with a number of other smaller<br /> tributaries dump into the Flint river between the GA 36 and US80/US19<br /> bridges that can make a correlation between the GA 36 Bridge gauge and<br /> US80/US19 Bridge gauge to fluctuate.<br /> <br /> Enjoyed paddling again as always with you Sean and Adam and thanks again<br /> Susan for the shuttle,<br /> <br /> Mark Hicks &lt;&gt;&lt;<br />

from Adam87 on Boatertalk: <br /> Sprewell Bluff State park..in Thomaston...... I just paddled it this weekend. when the Flint gets flooded, it makes some pretty nice waves and holes.The hole i was referring to is at the state park, i just hiked up a path about an eighth of a mile and saw it and put in......it has a nice eddy up above it that you can paddle back up to easily and up further past the hole there is some bigger water features that i didn't attempt. When ever the flint gets up to 10 feet or so it makes a fun ride. <br />

From Adam87 on Boatertalk: <br /> &lt;br&gt;I live south of atlanta (about 70 miles) and i paddle the flint river often. Whenever it is flooded(like this week it was at 10 1/2 feet) it creates this hole that has about a 3 to 4 foot wave behind it and is about 20 feet wide it was plenty deep enough to throw all the moves( i hit a rock once the whole day). I found this little hole more enjoyable than callahan's ledge on the upper ocoee. also, there is yellow jacket shoals. This is a pretty fun section to paddle that can quickly turn into a class 4 or higher when the water rises(i haven't paddled it yet when it was up that high , but it is supposed to be a pretty technical part). <br />