Ocmulgee

We had a group of five people make the run yesterday at 4630 CFS. We put in at the location of Admission Rapid but it was washed out but had a nice smaller wave there. The run was pretty quick at that level for sure. The ledge that you normally have to run to the right path was washed out but the center path had a decent wave train in it. There werent any exposed ledges at Smith Shoals but there was a line where the flatwater ended and the fun began. We were running out of daylight so we didnt try the far left side. We ended up running the class 3 drop right next to the left side of the island. There was a nice tongue of water about 10 feet or so away from the big island that dropped into a beefy wavetrain at the bottom that ran almost to the end of the island. Be careful as there is a hole that develops to the left of the tongue at higher water levels and about 4000 becomes extremely sticky and will recirculate a swimmer. At that level the current in that line directs you toward the middle of the river and there is an easily avoidable rock in that area. We paddled over and set safety for one of our group who ran the right side of the island. He said it was pretty creeky and that was probably the lowest possible level to run that side. There are some trees over the river on that side that could make it tricky. Lots of strainers on river right after the island so if you run at that level make sure to stay middle and keep you eyes open. Would recommend that you have experience in moving water at this level and I believe that it can be run higher.-Jimmy Jones