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I am moving to Bakersfield, California, and i recently sold my boat, so I think I'm stuck with fishing the Kern river for a while.

A few questions, as I have never really river fished for largemouth (I'm from Texas and we have a surplus of amazing lakes, never wanted to fish rivers).

What do I use?  Where do I fish?  Is structure just as important?  Stick with soft plastics or do I switch to the rugger spinners and crank baits and rattle traps?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks fellas

The bass in the Kern River tend to be smaller for the most part. Prior be becoming a boater I did alright throwing smaller crankbaits, spinnerbaits and plastics.

Where in the Kern river is fishing decent?  Bakersfield proper or the state park?  Thanks a bunch for your help!

Actually, the parts of the Kern that I've fished were in the canyon between Bake and Lake Isabella. I dont know about the actual Bakersfield area. I'm sure there are places there. Contact Bobs Bait Bucket in Bake, I'm sure they would be able to help you out.