Kern River Fishing Report by Power Current (Kern County, California) Enter a Lake or River
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Mitch C 06/14/2010 23:36:21 GMT
Posion Meadow Creek highly populated with small 8" golden trout
 
eric s 06/04/2010 03:23:06 GMT
water is high and fast use a minum of 3oz weight
 
shaine 03/25/2010 20:27:14 GMT
Wow... This place is dead! Come on people, It's spring!
Lets go fishing!!!
anybody doing Piru Creek?
 
FishnFab 02/25/2010 05:39:12 GMT
All of them about 11 to 13 inches..... on crickets
 
FishnFab 02/25/2010 05:36:37 GMT
Caught our limit today,in the pouring rain.....
 
jeff 12/03/2009 04:57:11 GMT
is that below isabella bfe.
 
Big F**kin Ed 12/02/2009 16:55:30 GMT
Went up into the kern Canyon last week. Did catch my limit, all pretty good sized Rainbow's, although it did take several hours and mant cups of coffee to do so! Had my best luck with live crickets. Good Luck!!
 
the dude 09/08/2008 21:49:13 GMT
what is the water flow like>? we went back in april and the water was too fast.
 
CLOS DA MAN 08/29/2008 10:10:58 GMT
Watch out! Here I come this weekend with love bait. (ALWAYS WORKS DA BEST)
 
YOUR DAD 08/04/2008 11:46:55 GMT
WHTCH FOR SNAKES
 
ontherise 07/08/2008 16:21:24 GMT
anybody got any fish stories?
anybody catching anything
 
Father Bob 06/25/2008 19:04:25 GMT
My Son and I fish at the park in KernVille . and we always Have good fishing there . (Salmon Egg's) A small hook and small split shot wait . about 18" up from the hook. good luck and have fun.
 
big DADDY ! 05/13/2008 13:53:12 GMT
hey if you want fish up on the kern,,,, use something that works,,, (salmon egg's ) i outfish them all with eggs everytime,,,
 
Marcus 02/16/2005 00:35:26 GMT
I will be going try my luck fly fishing the upper kern river this weekend. The responses below don't sound too optomistic. Any suggestions on what flies to try on the river?
 
Russ from OC 02/08/2005 22:41:10 GMT
Years ago, my buddy and me visited the East fork of the Kern. We got there via the Kennedy Meadows road from somewhere near Highway 395. Wow, what a beautiful, majestic drive that was. When we pulled up to a fishing spot, the first thing we saw was a sign that "warned" of bears in the area. While fishing, we both heard something crashing through the brush about 50 yards away. We looked at each other with mouths open, then made a bee-line for the car. No fish. Had to change our underwear later on,though.
 
Russ 02/04/2005 13:00:52 GMT
Sorry for the late reply. The fishing is supposed to be pretty good right now. You can start near the power plant. But, if you don't get any bites within 15 minutes, move to a different section of the river. Try salmon eggs with a small sliding weight and 1 foot leader.
Don't spend too much time in a spot where you aren't getting any bites. At the Kern, you need to find where the fish are by moving around. Try stopping at the small "turnouts" that are close to the river. If the guy who plants the fish can climb down to the river with a net full of fish, so should you. Good luck
 
DANIEL 01/31/2005 14:29:38 GMT
RUSS I AM THINKING OF GOING TO THE KERN THIS WEEKEND. DO YOU THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA. WE WERE THINKING OF GOING TO THE POWER PLANT.
 
Russ 01/28/2005 22:20:52 GMT
One last note: I have never been skunked on the upper North Fork. I am certainly no pro. But, I think the secret is to use light line and very light leader. I am not a fly fisherman. I'm too lazy to swing that rod back and forth all day. Bait never fails at the Kern.
 
Russ 01/28/2005 22:07:52 GMT
I have fished the upper Kern many times. Salmon eggs always work well. But, I caught my biggest fish, a 16 incher, on a nightcrawler. Boy did he put up a fight. Try using 4 pound test with 2 or 3 pound leader. Cast upstream and let the current carry your bait to the fish. Use a small sliding weight with about a 2 foot leader. If you don't get a bite after about 10 casts, you need to move to a new spot. Don't spend too much time in a spot where you aren't getting any bites. You need to find the fish by moving frequently. I always thought that trout liked cold water. But, if the water gets too cold, the fish get sluggish. Try stopping at the small turnouts along the road. Sometimes you can catch your limit in the most unlikely places. I was once told that.. if there is enough room for the planting truck to park in a turnout, they will park and dump some fish in that part of the river.
 
Ed 01/28/2005 01:14:05 GMT
Fishing the Kern this time of the year can be slow .Its also a good time to hook some big ones. limestone with lead line and big bug.
 
Jim 01/24/2005 09:16:25 GMT
Thakns for the Kern River report Joe. I'm sorry it didn't work out for you. I've seen that river many times and it is VERY beautiful. Hopefully someone else will give us some good tips on fishing that thing.
 
Joe MaGee 01/23/2005 22:43:24 GMT
We fished Saturday and Sunday, Jan.22 and 23rd, 2005.
Saturday morning was beautiful. Weather was outstanding. Blue skies,
mild breezes and just enough heat to make you comfortable.
The Kern River was clear, running about 5 knots and looking the best I've seen it in years.
Only one minor detail;
The fishing sucked. Fly fisherman up and down the entire river. Nobody catching shit.
We went to the local flyfishing store, hopefully to pick up a few tips, but as usual, they were fishing and the store wasn't open at that time.
Sunday showed us another side of the river. Now the water picked up speed and turned to a coffee colored soup.
We travelled up and down the river, fishing almost every spot with a myriad of flies. We tried buggers, stimulators, nymphs, hoppers and poppers, I was even going to try explosives but my wife thought it wasn't a good idea. Not even small ones, damm.
So, we gave up and went to the Lower Kern below the damm and dammmmm,
not even the small mouth bass liked us.
I've fished this stupid river way too many times, only had one great day in all the years of going there, and for some reason, I keep thinking that it will change. Maybe I need a good smack on the head.
I had better fishing in the gutter when I was a kid.