"NOT" Sucker Free Sunday (Kern River)
Hit up the mouth of the kern river, right before it spills into the lake. The water level is super low compared to a few weeks ago when I was last there. It was a short walk to the spot, but the spot was gone. Did a little walking to find this hole.
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My brother got into the first fish on this little run, it was a nice size trout, jumped about 2 feet into the air before it spit the hook.
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We were using nightcrawlers, cut in half, with a single split shot on a larger than recomended circle hook, barb crimped down. I hate gut hooking trout, since I release all that I can, so I use a larger hook and have a better success with corner of the mouth hookups. Out of about 18 trout, we might have had 3 that did not fully recover. Slayed the trout, some nicer units...then put the hurt on the school of sucker fish in this pool. Of course I release those too......up in the bushes for the birds and coyotes. I've heard stories of these guys putting the hurt on trout fingerlings, and having caught a couple on spinnerbaits, I'm sure they do. The wind was howling, but the fishing was good.
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A few of the fish looked pretty beat up, the rear sides of the fish were scratched, maybe from making spawing beds? Beautiful colors on most of the fish, the red colors were bright, brighter than I've ever seen before. Good luck
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Originally Posted by Fishin Magician
