1	General Open Discussion (registration required to post) / Saltwater Reports / No Motor Tournament  on: Sep 4th, 2010, 7:04am
Started by Lew_Riffle | Post by Lew_Riffle
No Motor Fishing Tournament ***   2010   *** The second annual fishing tournament with contestants using only "human powered" means to fish will be held on:     Saturday, October 9, 2010 Kayak ~ Float Tube ~ Pontoon ~ Paddleboard ~ Shore   * More information on the 2010 Tournament will be posted as it becomes available.*   For information or questions, contact:     Call Eric at The Artful Angler (805) 566-5900

2	General Open Discussion (registration required to post) / Freshwater Reports / Re: The Kern is fishing well!  on: Aug 28th, 2010, 6:19am
Started by Forum Admin | Post by Lew_Riffle
Ah yes.....the mellowed days of late summer.   Thanks for reminding  us that we should be fishing the Kern right now!         LEW

3	General Open Discussion (registration required to post) / Freshwater Reports / The Kern is fishing well!  on: Aug 27th, 2010, 3:01pm
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I've been up here at the Kern helping out at the shop and took some time to check out current fishing conditions. The river is low and clear (about 300 flow right now) which means all the fish they have been stocking all year through the high water are concentrated and there are plenty of them! Everywhere I fished on the 20 mile stretch has a lot of fish. I caught wild fish, stockers and big fish. Here's a few samples:   Proof you can even catch wild fish on Kern Candy.     Plenty of nice size stockers to keep you busy.     and, there is always the big ones to make things really interesting.     I caught some wild fish, a lot of stockers and several 19" to 21" fish. The river is fishing great right now, although with the hot weather I'm only fishing early and late.

4	General Open Discussion (registration required to post) / Freshwater Reports / Re: Monache Meadows 4 Wheel Adventure  on: Aug 17th, 2010, 7:13am
Started by lingcod | Post by Lew_Riffle
Don't know about those guys you hang with Joseph! pretty suspect!   Nice drive in eh?   There will be a weekend trip the first in October up there to take down some exclosure fences.  Let me know if you all want to go.  Fun times.                                                                          LEW

5	General Open Discussion (registration required to post) / Freshwater Reports / Monache Meadows 4 Wheel Adventure  on: Aug 14th, 2010, 1:12pm
Started by lingcod | Post by lingcod
For years I have heard reports about the beauty of the S. Fork of the Kern in Monache Meadows. Two friends from Bakersfield, that Lew and I met on the beach flyfishing last winter, offered to take me to the S. Fork.   Brian and Rocky     Looking toward the dam. The dam is supposed to block planted trout from entering the Golden Trout Section.     Rocky at the dam with a nice Brown Trout     Fishing out in the meadow     Olancha Peak, looking east, from the top of the pass     Above the dam

6	General Open Discussion (registration required to post) / Conservation Corner / Re: More dams, more budget busting expense  on: Aug 12th, 2010, 7:11am
Started by Forum Admin | Post by Lew_Riffle
And to continue the nausea some of the environmental groups are claiming this as some sort of victory.   Sideways like I thought.   LEW

7	General Open Discussion (registration required to post) / Conservation Corner / Re: More dams, more budget busting expense  on: Aug 11th, 2010, 7:05pm
Started by Forum Admin | Post by Forum Admin
Unfortunately it was voted to push the water bond vote to November 2012. This will give them a major election to hide it behind and plenty of time to con people into voting for the bond. If it were on the ballot this year the polls show a majority would have voted against it.

8	General Open Discussion (registration required to post) / Conservation Corner / Re: More dams, more budget busting expense  on: Aug 11th, 2010, 6:09am
Started by Forum Admin | Post by Lew_Riffle
I personally sent Mr Stricklan a message....probably won't do any good because he has to vote party lines and not common sense. Wonder why we got where we are!   I have not heard how the vote went most likely sideways somehow.   LEW

9	General Open Discussion (registration required to post) / Conservation Corner / More dams, more budget busting expense  on: Aug 10th, 2010, 9:02am
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It seems the Governator and State legislator are at it again. They are trying to delay public vote on an $11 billion water bond measure that is currently on the 2010 ballot because it has so much opposition it is unlikely to pass. The reason for all the opposition is the taxpayers will be billed for costly and destructive dams and the ultimate cost will be $22 billion; this states budget is already in big trouble. This bill would delay the public's ability to vote no on the water bond and keep it as a plan for 2012 instead of just scraping the bond and it is stuffed with "pork."   Read how destructive and costly this bond would be and what you can do about it:   http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/site/PageServer?pagename=NoWaterBond   Some editorials regarding this bill:   Instead of hoping for more support in 2012, he (Governor Schwarzenegger) and state lawmakers should repeal the water bond legislation and come back with a smaller, equitable and less pork-filled package that could be more easily sold to voters.    - Sacramento Bee (7/8/10)     We hope the Legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger undo a serious mistake and remove from the November ballot an $11 billion water bond, stuffed with pork that would obligate taxpayers with more debt on top of tens of billions of bonded indebtedness they already can't afford.    - Orange County Register (7/1/10)       Merely pushing the bond back two years will not improve a measure awash in unnecessary spending. The $11.1 billion bond is more than twice the amount of the state's largest previous water bond. And the measure is bloated with billions of dollars for projects that have little to do with the state's crucial water needs.  - Riverside Press-Enterprise (7/1/10)

10	General Open Discussion (registration required to post) / Fly Fishing / Re: Major fire in Kernville area  on: Aug 5th, 2010, 1:23pm
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Aftermath report:   The road along the upper river is now open. I took a drive up river Monday (8/2) to see what damage the fire had done. While there were some bad areas and the horrible damage it had done to homes, I was surprised to find the river is such good shape. Most of the damage is on the west side of the river and the hills above the east side.     The first thing you notice as you head up river is the hills to the east of the road are burned to the soil and you start to realize how much soot, ash and soil will be washing into the river when the rains come.       This picture of the hill across from a campground shows the burned hillside       However, on the west side of the road everything seems OK at all the campgrounds.     They are still closed at this time but the Forest Sevice may open them soon.     The worst scenes are in Riverkern               Farther up river you find some remaining hot spots and the damage on the west side of the river is evident. Again, the east side along the river is OK.           The fire came close but spared this familiar landmark       The canyon above Goldledge is fine on both sides.       Traveling south along the river the scorched hills are a reminder of effect of future runoff along much of the canyon from the watershed on both side of the canyon. Hopefully, the resultant silting of the river will not be as bad as I first thought, but it will be bad.     I'm sure the reason the damage is not what it could have been is the amazing work the ground crews and the water dropping aircraft have done. Once again, we owe these amazing firefighters our thanks! Hopefully they will catch the people responsible for starting this fire!      In the meantime, the river looks great, all the campgrounds are fine and the fishing is great.