Isabella Crappie and Kern River Trout

[fishin' magician]

Fished Sunday morning and this morning for the crappie. Found a decent pick both mornings fishing off the rocks in deep water. Managed about 10 fish in the hour I had each day before the wind chased us away at about 10am. If I could have arrived early (6-7) I believe I could have limited out. All fish were caught on a red/white tube with a crappie nibble. No bobber was used as the fish were 12-15 feet deep.
Trout fishing on the Kern river was wide open all weekend. Unfortunately this leads to a lot of violations regarding limits. I witnessed many 10-15 fish stringers, and people taking a limit to their car and returning for for more. I watched one group do this 4-5 times. I called Cal-Tip and reported the violations but no game warden ever showed up.
Reminder: limit on the Kern is 5 fish per day, 10 in possession (over 2 days).
If you are not going to eat them please practice catch and release. We have worked very hard over the last 2 years to have this river stocked again only to see it raped by a few unscrupulous fishermen.

[Rusty]

[quote="fishin' magician"]....only to see it raped by a few unscrupulous fishermen.[/quote]

Those a-holes were not fishermen. They're poachers, pure and simple.

[lightdrag]

Hey, Magic Man, you got it right... there are bad people and there are stupid people and then there are the ones who defy labels. Truly disgusting. But, they probably do this kind of thing on a daily basis, in some form. I guess, for the sake of the law, we can only let them know that what they do is wrong and try to reason with them, if possible. Although, personally, I would'nt mind playin' warden myself sometimes...I've seen some pretty stupid acts here, too. But, hey, thanks for that report and all the hard work, it is appreciated by some...