Lake Isabella Fish Report for 4-25-2025
The bass bite has really improved this week
Lake Isabella - Lake Isabella, CA (Kern County)
by Chad Burton and Chris Borden
4-25-2025
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Isabella lake increased this week to 55 percent of its capacity and continues to rise. Crappie have been making a good showing the last couple weeks. Our contacts reported limit style fishing with live shiners, Keitech easy shiner 2” swimbaits and white/yellow minijigs. Anglers have been scoring crappie near the cages and structure at Kissack cove and Paradise Cove. Anglers reported visually seeing crappie in 2 to 5-feet of water around brush piles. The bass bite has really improved this week. Bass have been coming on mid diving jerkbaits and crankbaits. Zoom trick worms on Shakey heads and natural shad Senkos are fooling bass. The trout bite continues to be very good since the Isabella Lake fishing derby. Shore anglers have scored trout with minijigs, garlic scented Powerbait, Pinched Crawlers, Roostertails and mousetails. Boat anglers have done well trolling leadcore followed by Flicker shad, Tasmanian Devils and Needlefish. The CDFW have a scheduled trout plant here this week. The catfish bite improved this week on SSS Dip Bait, cut mackerel, and sardines.
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for Friday, April 25thCastaic Lake: Castaic Lake continued a steady upward trend
Pyramid Lake, CA: Pyramid Lake held at 92 percent of its storage capacity, and bass fishing is heating up
Cope's Tackle and Rod Shop Reports
for Friday, April 18thCastaic Lake: Castaic remained near 80 percent of its storage capacity, and water temperatures were in the low sixties
Pyramid Lake, CA: Pyramid Lake remained near full pool, and water temperatures were in the low sixties
Lake Isabella: The bass action took off this week
Kern River: The trout action in the Upper Kern is steady with plants going in weekly
Lake Kaweah: The lake rose to 62 percent of its storage capacity, and anglers had to adapt to the rapidly rising water level
Lake Success: Success Lake rose significantly to 70 percent of its storage capacity
River Walk Lakes: River Walk was stocked with trout last week and the bite remains steady
Ming Lake: It was limit style fishing after the stocking
Buena Vista Lakes: The bite at BV has been good with crappie and bass as the best bets
Hart Park Lake: The bass bite at Hart Park has been good for a few weeks
Lake Nacimiento: Excellent bass fishing brought out plenty of anglers
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