Popple, Wisconsin, US

B)Morgan Lake Rd to Pine River (11.2 miles)

Big Bull

Big Bull
Photo of Right side channel by Walt Ruben taken 04/26/08 @ 639

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
POPPLE RIVER NEAR FENCE, WI
usgs-04063700	200 - 1000 cfs	I(II)	61d05h09m	42 cfs (rc= -0.7 )
	Too low for reasonable whitewater. (May be paddled as a scenic float trip, but all gradient will be a scrape or carry.) Gauge (139 sq.mi. drainage) is at listed put-in, thus is accurate for flows in this reach.

River Description

The nature of this reach is short bursts of whitewater, separated by scenic quietwater floats. Much of the whitewater is rockbed with some small ledges interspersed at the named drops.

Drops include Little Bull Falls(II), Big Bull Falls(II-III), Washburn Falls(III), and Jennings Falls(III). None of these are "falls" in the traditional, vertical sense. Little Bull is a curved ledge, which can become quite a sticky, boiling pourover. (It claimed a life 2008.06.14, at 340 cfs.) Big Bull, Washburn, and Jennings are much more 'rapids' than 'falls'.

The run is commonly abbreviated to 5.1 miles by using the wayside park at the Hwy 101 bridge as a take-out.