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Fish report for Oct. 3

The Bakersfield Californian | Thursday, Oct 2 2008 10:39 PM

Last Updated: Friday, Oct 3 2008 8:08 AM

KERN COUNTY, SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY

LAKE ISABELLA: The crappie action is back with a fair bite on minnows in the trees. Fish from a quarter to a half-pound have been reported. Good bass bite on large minnows.

KERN RIVER: The Kernville area has a fair to good trout bite on salmon eggs and spinners. The flows have dropped drastically in the upper river, so the bite is very good for trout on flies, crickets, and salmon eggs in the pools. Aaron Apodaca and Gilbert Cazares, Bakersfield, caught two limits of trout with fish to 1 pound or better. The lower river flows are also down and the area is very fishable. Both the trout and smallmouth bass bites have picked up to fair on nightcrawlers and platstic worms. The hatchery at Kernville has started planting the area with trout, and the bite is picking up.

AQUEDUCT NEAR TAFT: The catfish bite is sparked with two decent fish reported. Al Nolasco, Bakersfield, pulled out a 10-pound cat, while Marvin Dye, Bakersfield, caught a 9-pound cat on shad. Fair to good action on small stripers with blood worms.

HART PARK LAKE: Bluegill action good on wax worms and crickets. Good carp bite on dough balls. Fair to good bass bite with fish to 5 pounds.

TRUXTUN LAKE: Bluegill action good to excellent on meal worms and crickets. Good carp bite on dough bait. Catfish bite decent. Largemouth bass bite fair to good on plastic worms or minnows to 5 pounds.

MING LAKE: Fair to good bluegill bite on crickets and meal worms. Improved bass bite.

BUENA VISTA LAKES: Good bluegill bite on wax or meal worms. Fair catfish on shad. A few bass have been reported. WOLLOMES LAKE: Fair bluegill bite on wax worms and crickets

SUCCESS LAKE: Improved action. Decent bass bite on plastic worms. Bluegill bite good on wax worms and crickets. The levels are still very low.

KAWEAH LAKE: Fair bass bite on Senkos. Fair bluegill on wax or meal worms. Levels still high.

OTHER REGIONAL LAKES

CACHUMA: The trout bite continues to hang on, although the action should make an improvement after the fall plants begin early October. Anglers and trollers are having to work extra hard for the fish. Trollers are working deep.

CASITAS: Mornings and evenings continue to be the primetimes for the good to excellent bass aciton. The largemouths have been caught on plastic worms and Rapalas. Some bluegill and redear continue to bite in the backs of coves on meal worms. Private boats are again being allowed at Casitas, but boaters will face an inspection and 10-day dry dock requirement because of fears of quagga mussel infestation.

CASTAIC: The stripers are keeping anglers busy all over the lake in a good bite, but the action is even better in the Fish Arm. Cut bait, swimbaits and shrimp are the most productive bait, but the fish are mostly small.

PIRU: Continued slow trout bite, although anglers have had a preview of the fall bass bite. Bass have been biting plastic worms and lures.

PYRAMID: Shore fishing has been prohibited until further notice. Boat fishing is still allowed, however. The striper bite slowed to fair, with a few 10-pound or better brought in.

SAN ANTONIO: Crappie bite fair to good, sometimes excellent depending on the day. The bite has been consistent off shore on crappie jigs and minnows.

SANTA MARGARITA: The good largemouth bass bite continues on Brush Hogs, plastics or crankbaits.

NACIMIENTO: The spotties are good to excellent on plastics and spoons in the narrows and off the rocky shorelines.

LOPEZ: The bluegill bite is still phenomenal on crickets and wax worms.

EASTERN SIERRA

BRIDGEPORT REGION: Bridgeport Reservoir is extremely low and boats can no longer launch at the marina. There is a dirt area for launching by the dam.

JUNE LAKE LOOP: The cold weather is here and all the lakes on the Loop June, Gull, Silver and Grant are feeling the temp change. Nighttime temps have dropped below freezing.

MAMMOTH AREA: The bite at Crowley Lake is a bit difficult with the recent algae bloom. The bite in the back of Hilton in nine to 10 feet is fair to good.

BISHOP AREA: A lot of hit and miss action, but patient anglers are catching fish throughout the Bishop Creek drainage. Fair trout action at Lake Sabrina.

BIG PINE TO LONE PINE AREA: Pretty decent bite in the lower Owens River and local creeks coming off the Sierra, mostly for planted trout. Diaz Lake slow.