Penobscot, W. Branch - Ripogenus Gorge to Debsconeag (ME)
Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.
Pockwockamus is a short distance below Abol and is the last rapid before another long stretch of flatwater. Most people choose to take out here rather than head all the way down to Debsconeag Falls. There is a nice wide playhole on river right about half way down. Takeout is 0.6 miles downstream on river left.
Mike Johnson writes.
"This is a great big-water rapid that can be run creatively to practice big water ferries, eddy turns, and other moves necessary to work up to harder drops, but some of the eddies have dangerous strainers and undercut rocks right below them. If one doesn't abort the ferry or eddy turn soon enough it is easy to get sucked down a slot with no easy way out. At higher water levels (above 2500) the risk increases even more."