Kern River Valley Bulletin Board

LAKE ISABELLA: The crappie action has moved deeper water and got a little tougher this past week, but there's still a decent bite on small minnows in Brown's and Jauchin's coves in the South Fork arm. Most are half- to three-quarter pounders. The largemouth bass bite has been pretty good with quality fish from four to six pounds and some bigger showing on Senkos and deep-diving cranks. The catfish action also remains very good in Stein and Robinson coves on frozen shad and clams with lots of fish from two pounds and up. Trout action is still good at the auxiliary dam on Power Bait and nightcrawlers. Bluegill starting to improve.

KERN RIVER: Flows have dropped in the upper river and it's much more fishable this week. The upper stretch nearly to the Johnsondale Bridge was cleared for stocking and received fish this week. All the other stretches were also planted in both the upper and lower river. The bite has been fair to good on salmon eggs and crawlers. The lower river is still pretty high and tough to fish, but careful anglers are getting trout.