The Upper South Fork of the Jump River offers mostly quiet water, seclusion, and a chance to explore a little traveled trail. Be sure to catch this trip when water levels are high unless you don't mind wading and dragging or guiding the canoe through shallows and riffles. Minor rapids and rips are common. No rapids difficult enough to deserve ratings are present. The average trip by canoe when water levels are medium high takes about 6 hours.
Prentice Landing just below the Prentice dam at Highway 13 is the usual starting point. There are camp- sites, water, and toilets at this spot. Groceries and sup- plies can be obtained in the village. From the put-in, about 3V2 miles of quiet water broken by a scattering of low riffles is the first offering. Downstream from the third bridge below the put-in to the mouth of Hay Creek (about 1 mile), is an area of shallows. In low water, you have to wade and float the canoe or sometimes even portage. From Hay Creek to the Hwy. 86 bridge, the river is more navigable most of the time. long quiet pools and low gentle rapids are the main fare.
The Upham Mill Site is located about 8 miles below Prentice and 2 miles above Hwy. 86 bridge. This inter- esting location is marked by an old rock bridge-piling in midriver. Here stood the Ogema Mill of the old and famous Upham lumber Company. Jump River oldtimers tell that the Uphams had a "man-catcher" organization at Marshfield. The operators would get some good' men "tipsy" and then shanghai them to work in the mill. Once there, it was known as a good place to work. later, one Upham was elected governor of Wisconsin. Two miles of smooth water with some low riffles leads to the State Highway 86 bridge. The usual take-out for this trip is at the public landing located on the right bank just above the bridge.
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