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Oct. 10 fish report
| Thursday, Oct 9 2008 6:57 PM
Last Updated: Friday, Oct 10 2008 9:22 AM
KERN COUNTY, SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
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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 are low in the upper river, so the bite is very good for trout on flies, crickets, and salmon eggs in the pools. 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 plastic worms.
AQUEDUCT NEAR TAFT: The catfish bite is sparked with two decent fish reported. Fair to good action on small stripers with blood worms.
HART PARK LAKE: Largemouths lead the action here with a good bite on plastic worms.
TRUXTUN LAKE: Mostly bass here. Largemouth 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.
BRITE LAKE: Few reports.
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, which are slated to begin next week.
CASITAS: Mornings and evenings are the best times for the bass, in a fair to good bite. The largemouths have been caught primarily on plastic worms.
CASTAIC: The up and down weather hurt the bite. The striper action is still fair with some trollers reporting good action off shore with fish from 4-7 pounds caught.
LOPEZ: The bluegill bite is still phenomenal on crickets and wax worms. The redear bite is just as good on crickets and wax worms.
NACIMIENTO: The spotties are good to excellent on plastics and spoons in the narrows and off the rocky shorelines.
PIRU: Continued slow trout bite, although anglers have had a preview of the fall bass bite. Bass have been biting plastic worms and lures. Slow to fair crappie action on white mini-jigs. Most fish are under a pound. Bass action fair on nightcrawlers and plastic worms in 10 to 15 feet.
PYRAMID: Shore fishing is allowed. Boat fishing is still not allowed, however. The striper bite slowed to fair with most fish under four pounds and the odd fish over 10 pounds.
SAN ANTONIO: Crappie bite fair to good, sometimes excellent depending on the day.
SANTA MARGARITA: The good largemouth bass bite continues on Brush Hogs, plastics or crankbaits. Anglers have pulled out limits with largemouth to five pounds or better on some.
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. Not too many reports coming in due to this. Temps have cooled down on the East Walker, overnight freezing temps, with very low flows around 60 cfs. Decent action.
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. Overall, a slight improvement in the action throughout the loop. Float tubbing during the day is getting tougher, but some quality fish are showing with the big streamers.
MAMMOTH AREA: The trophy size fish are out at Crowley. The algae bloom is also subsiding, so the action has improved.
BISHOP AREA: A lot of hit and miss action, but patient anglers are catching fish throughout the Bishop Creek drainage. The bite at Lake Sabrina is hit and miss. Fish the inlet with salmon eggs, Power Bait or Gulp for some better action. Shore anglers are using nightcrawlers and a bobber or Power Bait and Gulp combined. DFG trout plant at Sabrina last week.
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. Plants this week only in Lone Pine Creek.
TROUT PLANTS
LOS ANGELES: Castaic Lagoon, Castaic Lake, Elizabeth Lake, Hansen Lake, Peck Road Park Lake, Puddingstone Lake, Pyramid Lake, Santa Fe Reservoir.
KERN: Kern River from Powerhouse No. 3 to Riverside Park, Kernville.
TULARE: Kern River from Brush Creek to Fairview Dam, Kern River from Fairview Dam to Falling Waters Lodge, South Fork of Middle Fork Tule River at Camp Nelson.
OCEAN REPORT
San Diego update: There is still a pretty good offshore yellowfin tuna bite for the San Diego-based fleet, but the fish have moved further off this week with the bulk of the action 85 to 120 miles from San Diego, which means the bite is limited to overnight and longer trips. Several boats have been cashing in on this past week with the anglers on these trips putting from 55 to 120 yellowfin up to 30 pounds on the deck. Fewer boats are making these trips right now, but the Condor and Legend have consistently been running for the tuna. Closer to the coast there are still some kelp paddy dorado and yellowtail for boats on shorter runs. Both are mostly in the 7- to 12-pound range, but a few bigger dorado to 25 pounds are showing in this spotty bite.
Bluefin update: Bluefin tuna are coming back on the Cortez and Tanner banks in fair to good numbers as the full moon approaches (next Tuesday), but the volume is not like it was last month. Still these are quality 18- to 25-pound fish, and this bite is worth the run, especially as we get closer to the full moon.
Islands update: San Clemente and Catalina islands have been hit and miss much of the past week. There are pretty consistent bass and bonito bites at both places, along with a flurry of yellowtail or white seabass now and then. But overall the bite is slower this week. The Freedom returned last week with three albacore from between Clemente and Catalina, so there are even still some tuna in this region. But the best action has been for the bonito, with 3-5 fish per rod pretty common on these 3- to 6-pound fish. Up in the Channel Islands, it is mostly a rockfish bite, but there are also flurries of surface action here, with the odd yellowtail, seabass, or barracuda.
Nearshore update: All along the local coastline from Point Conception to San Diego, the nearshore action is spotty at best with just a smattering of everything from rockfish to the odd yellowtail or seabass. The fishing is not bad, it's just that you need to be happy with whatever ends up in the bag.