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Wintertime fishing is in full swing in the Eastern Sierra! Lower Owens and Upper Owens River are both primetime with the Lower offering quantity and the Upper quality. Weather has been great and the days fun! Fish are responding to

Nacimiento Lake held at 52 percent of its storage capacity and fishing has been fair to good. Bass anglers found biters in 15 to 40 feet of water while using finesse techniques. Drop shot, Ned rigs, and Brush Hogs in

The lake remained near 20 percent of its storage capacity, and bass fishing has been decent. Anglers had to fish deeper using finesse techniques, spoons, and deep diving crankbaits for the better grade largemouth. Smaller bass took Senkos up shallow.

The lake remained near 20 percent of its storage capacity, and trout anglers reported some decent stringers of fish. Anglers reported fooling rainbows using Powerbait, minijigs, Kastmaster, and spinners. Bass remained deep last week, and anglers used drop shot and

Here at the Upper Kern, the trout bite continues to be consistent. With all the recent trout plants, the best action has come at easy access points throughout the 20-mile stretch. Anglers are scoring trout with salmon eggs, crickets, minijigs

Flows were less than 1,800 cfs (6.9 feet) on the Jed Smith gauge Thursday. Fishing has been tough as the river is low, clear and snaggy. Fishing pressure has been very light as a lot of anglers have moved to

The Van Duzen was down to 290 cfs Thursday and is in great shape. Catch reports are hard to come by, but it’s a great option if you’re looking for a spot to bank fish.

The South Fork is running at just under a 1,000 cfs at Miranda as of Thursday. It’s been in really good shape for over a week, and has provided some pretty good fishing from the top to the bottom. It

The main stem dropped into shape this week and is nice and green. It was running at 3,800 cubic feet per second as of Thursday and should be in great shape through the weekend and likely through the end of

The Mad is in good shape and steelhead are finally showing up according to Justin Kelly of Eureka’s RMI Outdoors. “Excellent conditions drew plenty of bank anglers and boats this week and the fishing was good,” said Kelly. “Steelhead are

It’s been nearly three weeks since we’ve seen any substantial precipitation, and most of the coastal rivers could sure use a good shot. Other than the main stem Eel and the Mad, which are both in great shape, all the

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