Just the usual stuff, look for water source near by and cloud cover / early morning. If there's hawks around it's usually a good sign as well as animal trails. Good Luck

I've been up a couple of times this year, saw it blown out due to flow earlier for sure and a huge landslide further up the river/ canyon, the whole mountain came down.

As far as I know there's no fish named "Little Kern River Rainbow", there's native Kern River Rainbow, California Golden and Little Kern River Golden. I think the fish in the video are diferent amounts of hybridized Little Kern Golden with KRR trout and stocked fish from back in the 70's. Some of the fish looked like strait Rainbow Trout 1:03 and others had more spotting below lateral line and defined parr marks 2:20 and 4:20 ,. The Kern River Rainbow has different coloring in my experience so not sure if that is in the mix. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4CZfGV9Yp10hZI . I believe these fish are certainly some percentage Little Kern River Golden but not pure by any means based on location. caltrout.org/sos/species-accounts/trout/little-kern-golden-trout-2 .

@@Surf176 sure pal. sorry to break it to you though but none of those were golden. they are very distinct even when hybridized. I've been fishing right there for decades now and have caught some good ones but none of those were hybrids even

//@@williemickbillie I think you're quite possibly right, I've caught Rainbow/Golden hybrids that are very distinct(although CA golden onSF Kern) but I figure there are varying degrees of hydbridization, sounds like you've done a lot of field research. I can tell you they are definitely not Little Kern River Rainbows :)

Thanks I'm going to try a more secure cam and use the more stabilized Gopro. I couldn't believe I found it!..... It was so exciting I didn't think about the shells at first but yeah I did a full shell search once I realized I was littering everywhere.

yes sir, it's a 12ga

Thanks :) yeah Knocking the dust off!

Thanks! comin your way

Where in the IE? I live in Temecula

Not many spots left with the drought but still some hidden spots in Ojai..not sure you can find creek trout in Santa Barbara county anymore!

I field dressed it, carried the meat and head back to the Jeep. Actually got the deer just before dark and finished in the dark.

Where did you go for your trout

Sequoia National forest not national park.

Yeah, it's slower in the winter but I haven't had a day like the good old days in a while. You're wrong about the single hook. When this was shot it was barbless and artificial only, the single hook was not a requirement, I very specificly researched it. Now it's not even barbless, check the book for '21, single shank is specified for certain species like Sturgeon and it was not at that time and now the area is simply artificial lures only, not barbless.

@@Surf176 there are sings posted in that area. Barbless hook may not be a requirement, but I’m pretty certain it’s artificial lures with a single hook. I’ve fished that area for 20 years or more.

@@Surf176 cool bro. Nice vid. Single, barbless hooks are better and don’t harm the fish as much when releasing them. I liked your vid since it didn’t mention where that spot is. But you have now put that information up in a response to me, tisk tisk. Places like that won’t have fish in them if everyone keeps a couple. I bet you’d have better luck in that area if it was to become catch and release while using only artificial flies. No need to reply, I’m done...

@@TheGhillieGuyYY4U Deleted, agreed, I don't keep fish, have a good one I appreciate your feedback.

@@Surf176you’re breaking my heart. I just began exploring the tributaries and they’re dead

do you have any recommendations for trout streams in socal im pretty new to trout fishing

Do your own research

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Strenuous hike, some wild browns there.

Best to keep this stream quiet.Careful release of these besutiful fish.Thanks guys 👍🏻🐟

It would be a very bad idea to list the name on KZbin...think about it.

What river