Ming Lake Fish Report for 4-25-2025
At Ming the Bass have turned on and are in full spring bite mode
Ming Lake - Bakersfield, CA (Kern County)
by Chad Burton and Chris Borden
4-25-2025
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At Ming the Bass have turned on and are in full spring bite mode. Our local contacts reported excellent action with buzz baits, frogs, and poppers in the morning and evening. The five-inch swimbaits continue to generate quality bites. Magic in green pumpkin, brown/purple and sprayed grass have been finding a few takers too. Drop shots have been generating numbers, but quality came on spinner baits during the early morning hours. Later in the day, crappie have been chasing minijigs and small or medium live shiners. The bluegill bite is excellent on wax worms and meal worms. The DFWL stocked trout here two weeks ago. Holdover trout have been found with garlic scented baits, trout jigs and spinners
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More Reports
Cope's Tackle and Rod Shop Reports
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
Lake Isabella: The bass bite has really improved this week
Kern River: The flows have increased and are near 2000CFS
Lake Kaweah: Kaweah Lake rose to 71 percent of its storage capacity, and fishing has improved
Lake Success: The lake level rose to 76 percent of its storage capacity, and bass fishing has been good
River Walk Lakes: The bass action has improved the last couple weeks
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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