Kern River Fish Report

The Upper Kern was stocked this week on Wednesday

Kern River

by Chad Burton and Chris Borden
9-27-2024
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The Upper Kern was stocked this week on Wednesday. The easy access points are generally where they like to unload trout, so if you’re after planters that’s a good place to start. Anglers have been scoring trout around the eddies and river bends off easy access points along the 20-mile stretch. Trout have come on salmon eggs, trout jigs and black/gold panther martins. Fly anglers have scored trout with attractor flies. The Upper Kern was stocked this week in Section 4; Riverside Park in Kernville to Powerhouse #3; Section 5, Fairview Dam to Lazy River Lodge; and Section 6, Fairview Dam to Johnsondale Bridge. In the Lower Kern, trout have been caught in the canyon up to Keysville with trout jigs and spinners. Angles have found both large and small mouth bass with small plastics, get bent baits and spinnerbaits. Catfish are being caught with nightcrawlers, chicken liver and cutbait. At the time of reporting, the Upper Kern River at Kernville was flowing at 196 CFS and the Lower Kern River was flowing at 837 CFS.

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