Before the flood last spring there was an island at the edge of the channel directly out from the discharge. Comming from downstream you could go in on the upstrem side of that island and it was 10-17' deep all the way to the mouth of the discharge and you could run on plane. Now the island is virtually gone and it is only a few feet deep right off the chanel. It gets deeper as you go in, but I come off plane at the channel. I see boats go in running on plane closer to the bank from way down on the downstream side, but I'm not familiar with where that run is. I idle in from the discharge mouth because it is fairly narrow from there. Hopefully someone can provide a better approach. There's some cheap hotels in Gallatin & Hendersonville. I'd launch from Flipper's/Bull Creek at the 109 bridge in Gallatin.