Lake Isabella Fish Report - Lake Isabella, CA (Kern County)

The bass bite has been steady

Lake Isabella - Lake Isabella, CA (Kern County)

by Chad Burton and Chris Borden
12-20-2024
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Isabella Lake held at 27 percent of its storage capacity and the water temps are 50 to 55-degrees. The bass bite has been steady and they are holding in 20 to 25-feet of water. Deep diving crankbaits, trout imitation swimbaits, and big worms with slower presentations have been good choices. Bass have also been coming on dark jigs and underspins with white Keitech trailers at Rocky Point, Piney Point and Engineer Point. Crappie are still around out in deeper water; anglers are just having to work a little harder for a bite. One of our sources continues to score nice stringers of slabs with live shiners and crappie jigs. Whiskerfish anglers have done a little better with decent fish reported on frozen shad, cutbait and Triple S Dip Bait.

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