Landed 20 on this stretch less than a month ago. I applied to my foam stone and it held up great and kept my fly buoyant. It could be later summer if we keep trending toward a snow pack like we had in 2017. You can’t find better experts to wade beside to show you how to catch on general patterns many of you have in your fly boxes. Pounds to be stocked are much lower than last year throughout Kern County and SoCal because of the huge bacterial trout kill this past summer. There are no plants for Bakersfield Lakes. We arrived on the river at 9 am. The April trout derby results were good this year and a lot of trout were caught a couple of weeks ago with the top dog landing a 25 3/8” rainbow. Those areas are no longer secret it seems and will likely be pressured until stocking resumes. On Monday, Sept 7th, the US Forest Service issued temporary closures on many National Forests in California and added restrictions on the National Forests remaining open. However, there is a reason and the goal is to maintain an acceptable level of service at limited locations under the circumstances. Not much luck reported by the spin fishermen I talked with. It could be a long time before you can get back to your vehicle. It was pretty obvious to us that the water on section 5 is too low to sustain trout for long. This year is no exception. We love to meet you! The loss of 3.2 million trout in the SoCal hatchery system has really made stocking all of California challenging. The Kern River has not yet received any rainfall and hopefully it will sooner than later. Those dozen probably totaled over 300”!!! The SQF Fire now has +1,400 personnel, 103 engines, 35 dozers and 9 helicopters dedicated to fighting it. I really wanted to check out the same water I fished last week to assess how much harvesting has occurred. Let’s hope this is true. Keep a thermometer with you in August and September as temps near 100 degrees and flows above Fairview Dam continue to slowly fall. The FFF of Northern California supported the protection of these With Covid-19 infections finally low enough to make Kern a “red “" county”, it is imperative to prevent further spread in the vulnerable Kern River Valley and here in Bakersfield. Our expectations were low, however, we managed to land about 20 huge rainbows over 10 hour period and missed more than we landed. It was great to see some moisture from the heavens in Kern County this week but we have a loooooonnnnnggggg way to go . He had some great insight and he said if he could only have one fly to fish the rest of his life it would be a pheasant tail. It has been over a decade since it was this full. This is not good for social distancing, so the policy has changed. Barbless hooks this year were not required in an attempt to increase the catching. Unfortunately, big trout will succumb to the higher water temps much faster than dink trout. For more information you can check these web pages. The following chart can be used to predict the best catching any year we have snow packs at 50% and better. Bait fishers were fishing just above the Johnsondale Bridge Sad smile as no stocking has been happening in sections 5 and 6. The difficulty finding trout confirms the extreme fishing pressure the 20 mile stretch is experiencing. They also recently installed a screen that removes leaves and debris on the inlet side of the hatchery. Use strong 3x and 4x tippet. It will not be just for a weekend but will extend from April 24 to September 6 and 500 tagged rainbow trout will have prizes ranging from $20 to $5,000 for those that pay the entry fee. Made traction better but did not seem to provide more aquatic insect activity? Snow packs in the Northern Sierra are better - running just under 70% of normal for this time of year and just 60% of the April 1st peak benchmark. As always  it is imperative to prevent further spread in the vulnerable Kern River Valley and here in Bakersfield. Pretty poor hook/land ratio for me. That is concerning. Unfortunately, a bid process and scheduling the work will mean that it will likely be well into next year that the hatchery might be operational again and the a trophy trout program could be restarted before the opener in late April 2019. We hope to verify soon and post here. Not a bad idea. Often after long periods of high run off river banks are eroded and slough into the river and polished river rocks are slippery. The air quality showed that it would be in the moderate range. Come join us and have a great time planting and catching afterward. The flash back pheasant tail has been a great fly for me wherever I have fished for trout in CA, OR and UT the last five years. Even with the recent September heat wave water temps should be just below lethal levels and the CDFW stocking temperature guidelines for moving water. I am personally still concerned about the huge amount of people coming up to camp on the 20 mile section. The good news is I found 38 bows in 7 hours so about 5/hr and I landed a bow at every spot I tried. While a few found double digits over the weekend there was some great dry fly action on Hot Creek with tiny flies on bows under 12”.Where have all of the browns gone? So it would seem the Kern River hatchery will remain dry a while longer until wild fire hazards subside? Usually, I don't consider going up there when morning air temperatures are consistently in the 30's as that means water temps are  in the low forties and a sluggish bite. Flows on the Upper Kern have trended toward a sweet spot we have been waiting on for months. To give you some idea of how much planting was going on the Kern River Hatchery was planting over 180,000 pounds of fertile rainbows every year +15 years ago (even higher pounds are reported in the 1970's). Additionally, the only two races that they have been holding trout in the last 3 years requires resurfacing. No word on how successful the collecting was. The red hooked Arnerd and #18 BHFBPT landed trout. Yikes! Stay Safe. All of the barbless C&R section that has been planted in the past are planted for the first time in 2 years. Many waters are not going to be stocked at all and some at very reduced levels. On Thanksgiving Tuesday catching was on at Riverwalk , so it may have been planted even though not scheduled. 2 mobsters are sent there for them and the hidden diamond. Would it be similar to Kernville employee and volunteer stockers? Power outages for wildfire season have not yet affected the hatchery but they have been on alert several times and there may be an outage later this week according to SoCal Edison. Bait would be allowed in the GTW tributaries to the Kern (formerly artificial barbless). They are in the transition between seasons, switching from mostly stream plants to the winter lake and urban water plants, though the Kern River will still be in the mix. We will update you as we get more definitive forecast data. Because decades of CDFW planting fertile Eagle Lake and McCloud rainbows on the 20 mile stretch moved up river and hybridized with the native KRRT. This indicates that the Kern River snow pack is much lower than we were hoping. I wasn’t sure what to expect because I hadn’t been up in two months because of the national forest closure and the high level of smoke between Kerrville and Johnsondale. My guess is that the triple digits next week will drive water temps to over 70 degrees at the hatchery and it will need to be dumped in the next 2 weeks. Water temp was 58 degrees. Bass Pro Shops is a 400-day build, and it’s 7-9 months to finalize the civil engineering, building plans, and permitting of all. No one was fishing so it was clear the CDFW had not planted the 20 mile stretch this week. Never landed 2 browns on the same day on the 20 mile section that I can recall. Water temperature at 60°. This is to burn off excessive and non-native grasses and brush. That was not easy and there was a lot more cars in the turnouts today. They don’t know when the flows spikes are scheduled either but they are glad to get them for their rafting clients. I continue to protect the community up there by having all the food, water, fuel, and flies I need packed before I leave home making sure I have no reason to interact with anyone or contact public surfaces while fly fishing. In addition, on section 5 flows have been up and down (see gold line) likely for maintenance by SoCal Edison. Had a chance to fish the North Santiam in OR recently while visiting family in Salem. If we look at the runoff trends it shows that there will be a very short window of about 5 weeks where trout will be planted in the Kern River and the fast current will sweep them down stream to be disbursed. I was hoping to bring my 8 yr old grandson up to try the Kern as he has done very well casting and landing small wilds on the Upper Tule this summer above 6,000’. Stay tuned. So I had good hope for later temperatures in the upper forties at least. They released 40 new trout to the Kern River they raised in their classrooms. Unfortunately, the 3 month forecast shows another year of drought will affect many of our state waters again. Tule                                                       0%   We can’t wait! Wet wading a good idea. If you visit Lake Isabella to swim or fish be aware that toxic algal blooms are there again. Check out the flow graphs below to see how long the high flows lasted in 2017. It brought back some good memories. The trout season was scheduled to open in these counties tomorrow, Saturday, April 25. Some had surf type gear? The web connected quickly mass for the free food so the catching is great with a few super catchables reported to be sprinkled in with the foot longs. Natural predation and harvesting are occurring faster than stocking can replenish on the Upper Kern. They have used for years. When releasing your trout take the time to move them around to areas that will give them a better opportunity to survive the social media driven fishing pressure. The brood stock could not be collected again as Covid-19 had shut down the project for 2020. Unfortunately, I was unable to locate any of the bigger trout that were planted last week. Rich with near state record 33”long 27” girth estimated 26.5 lbs. We headed back toward home. Hope to return again soon while the catching is the best of the year and the trout are in a healthy place. Fly fishing friends have done OK on sections 4 and 5 but were confined to only a couple of spots that seemed to retain trout during the lethal summer temps. The Kern River Rainbow Trout brood stock are going to be finally acquired August 15th, but they will be taken to the San Joaquin Hatchery. There are October Caddis hatching and the yellow leaves lining the river are nearing their prime. This is one of the latest starts (3rd latest on record) to the rainy season ever in Kern County. They emphasized that just these three counties be closed to all outdoor activities not just fishing for the beginning of trout season. Please check our meetings webpage for updates or visit our homepage at www.fgc.ca.gov to join our electronic mailing list (select Agendas: Business Meetings). That is why the CDFW started planting only sterile trout the last 10 years to reduce further hybridization. There was a major bacterial infection at other SoCal hatcheries that resulted in the euthanizing of all of the trout there. River was 70 degrees a noon and air temp 97. When you view the hatchery all of the facilities on the south side of the property will be dedicated to KRR including the incubation house. However, it won’t be reached anywhere near that for years. My foam stonefly got a lot of grabs after noon so fish are still thinking about chomping on hoppers although I did not see any flying around.There were swarms of October caddis and small midgets. Picked up 13 in about 3 hours most 14” – 16”. Water temp was still 52 degrees and gin clear at the finish. Action was slower today but another trophy was landed. The visibility was extremely poor but I took a water temp anyway at 1 pm and it was 70 degrees. Songs! Trout were found but not concentrated. Will flows drop this weekend with a nice low pressure system to arrive soon? But when I did, hook ups came right away. Flows on section 5 is 120 CFS and much lower than just a week ago when it was pushing 200 CFS. A double digit day is only possible for the most aggressive waders. If you are on the wrong side of the Upper Kern River you will only have a minute or less to get back on the road side before uncrossable flows end your fishing and may make for a very long walk to a safe crossing! It continues to be stocked with trophy trout in the 3-8 lb range. Again most takes were on the dry foam stonefly and 5 trout were landed and released quickly to give them the best chance of recovery. We also look forward to the free kids fishing day at the hatchery April 28th. For now enjoy the trout fishing that we have now and plan your summer trips for alpine elevations and tail waters , or out of state. The only bugs I saw were midges in the # 20 to #26 size. How high will Lake Isabella be allowed to rise? The Kern River Rainbow project still has not been implemented and likely won't be any time soon. The Y axis shows the number of days into the year the Upper Kern recedes to under 1,000 cfs and the X axis sows the April 1st snow pack for that year. The trip up there is worth it because these brooder trout run from 3 to 8 pounds. Catching will and has been driven by weather and primarily stocking. This time things look much more promising as Tony is equipped, experienced, committed and knowledgeable to make the KRRT a reality. I bought a tube when I got home. The Upper Kern town locations got stocked before Turkey Day and the catching heated up but effective harvesting has put the bite down. 94 degrees in one day and 60’s the next? The CFGC oversees the CDFW. All three of my staple flies did evenly well (#12 foam Stone yellow belly, #12 Arnerd, and #16 BHFBPT.
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