In the Upper Kern trout continue to be caught throughout the day

Kern River


by Chad Burton and Chris Borden
5-13-2022
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In the Upper Kern trout continue to be caught throughout the day. The best action this past week has been from Riverside Park in Kernville to Powerhouse#3. Limit style fishing was reported with salmon eggs, spinners, crickets and minijigs. This week the Upper Kern was stocked in Section 4, Riverside Park in Kernville to Powerhouse #3. This week again In the Lower Kern, the DFWL stocked all three sections in the canyon. The flowing sections were stocked this week; Section 1, Democrat Beach to Lower Richbar; Section 2, Sandy Flat to Democratic Beach; Section 3, Sandy Flat to the Isabella Dam. The trout bite has been very good in the canyon after the multiple plants. Fish have been coming on salmon eggs, Get Bent Baits, GULP! pinched crawlers and Powerbait. The Bass action remains steady in the slower pools has with minijigs, Senkos, jigs, and spinners. At the time of reporting, the Upper Kern River was flowing at 478 CFS and the Lower Kern River was flowing at 413 CFS.



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