In the Upper Kern, anglers have been reporting larger than normal trout coming out. Rainbow trout to 20-inches have been reported in the 20-mile stretch with salmon eggs, spinners, and trout jigs. Fly fishers have been doing well with attractor flies. The Upper Kern River was stocked this week in Section 4, Powerhouse #3 to Riverside Park in Kernville; and Section 6, Fairview Dam to Johnsondale Bridge. The South Fork Kern River has been producing planters and has been stocked the last couple weeks. In the Lower Kern, flows are dangerously high in the canyon. Closer to Bakersfield, Bass have been coming on small plastics and spinnerbaits. At the time of reporting, the Upper Kern River was flowing at 715 CFS and the Lower Kern River was flowing at 2276 CFS.

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