Kern River and Isabella Lake

[fishin' magician]

The Kern River is flowing at 500cfs and clear. Stocking continues every week and the fishing is great. Several of my guests are fishing and reporting easy limits. I watched one of them catch 3 nice 12-14" fish right on the beach last evening on a spinner. Spinners, salmon eggs, crickets, night crawlers are all working good.
The bass fishing is still the best on the lake. Big numbers of fish are being reported. Most guys are typically tight lipped about techniques but I would be throwing plastics in close or drop shot. Crappie are hit and miss. Find the right school and it's on. Catfish are still all you want around the trees near Camp 9 and Tillie Creek, Browns cove, Stine cove and Boulder Gulch. Shad, clams and mackerel are the baits of choice.
Sorry this is all second hand info as I have not had time to fish in a week. Maintenance on my lodge, vehicles and getting ready for a family camping trip into the high country for some Golden and Brook trout has kept me off the water.

[kernriverlover]

We rented a cabin back in June...right before labor day weekend. It was awesome, up on the side of a mountain overlooking kernville. Anyway, i got my bass of my life...so far. It went a solid 4lbs and fought like crazy. Caught and released bass all week with our three little ones. I was super windy but it was well worth it. The boys caught most of theirs on cranks and swim baits...me and the little girl used plastics...senkos, i did really good on brushhogs.