A bit from the Kern Valley Sun today:
Kayak nationals this weekend
Staff Report/Kern Valley Sun
The Kern Valley River Council (KVRC) will host the 2005 Pan American Whitewater Slalom Championships, the U.S. Slalom Nationals, and America's Slalom Open (a triple-slam) this weekend, Friday through Monday, at the permanent slalom course at Miracle Hot Springs on the Lower Kern River. This event marks the first time that these slalom races have been combined to a single location over a three-day period. The top American athletes will compete at 9 a.m, Sunday, Aug. 28, at the U.S. Slalom Nationals, where 2004 Olympic silver-medalist Rebecca Giddens will be on hand for photos and interviews
Now this is in the river below the lake, so there's water, but I'll check with some of my local friends there and see what's happening up-river. Just where's about's you are thinkin to fish, Northfork?, Southfork? I'd head up to Monache Meadow and make a Jeep trip and a fishin trip out of it, and maybe a little Sherman 4x4 trail too!