Kern River Fish Report

The Upper Kern was stocked last week and the trout bite is fair to good

Kern River

by Chad Burton and Chris Borden
10-4-2024
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The Upper Kern was stocked last week and the trout bite is fair to good. The flows are low and the water clarity is improving. Fly anglers are having the best success with dry-dropper rigs with a Yellow Sallie nymph on the bottom. Trout have come on salmon eggs, crickets and panther martins. The Upper Kern was stocked last 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 with trout jigs and panther martins. 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 177 CFS and the Lower Kern River was flowing at 756 CFS.

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