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Put-in Take-out Rapids/Hazards Recreational

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Description

Lobster Creek is a tributary of the Lower Rogue near Gold Beach and needs heavy rain to flow enough water to boat it. There are about 6 quality III/IV rapids with lots of smaller stuff inbetween, and even the flat sections tend to have a decent amount of current. Rapids are fairly pool drop in nature, but some of them are quite long. This run usually has lots of wood in the channel, and because it only has boatable flows after large rain events, the wood tends to move around so it is super important to eddy hop and be certain you see clear paths to the bottom. At a flow of 1' eddies were ample and this was not an issue.