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Publisher John Watkins Editor Christopher Livingston Advertising Director Paula McKayAdvertising Sales Rodney Preul; Robert Aslanian; Gerald Elford

Inside this issue:Isabella Lake Fishing Derby ................................. 3The return of Kirman Lake? .................................. 4Plenty of powder remains in Mammoth .............. 854th Kern River Festival comes soon.................. 10‘Fast Filly’ in Cal City .......................................... 13

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On the cover:Snow covers Mammoth Mountain during a late winter,showing that there are plenty of activities for the re-gion in the spring. (Courtesy photo)

To the right:Stephanie Cemo and Jack, her French Bulldog, pose infront of her custom built racing Corvette at Cal CityAirport. (Kane Wickham/Mojave Desert News)

To our readers:Sierra Views offers a view of the events,activities, and fun up and down the EasternSierra and beyond. In this issue, we tell whathappened at the Isabella Lake Fishing Derby,take a peek at snowy conditions inMammoth, preview the Kern River Festival,and get acquainted with a racer who visitedthe High Desert.

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The Isabella Lake Fishing Derby celebrated its 30th birthdaywith plenty of fishing action over the weekend of April 13-15.There were nearly $27,000 in prizes given out, the largestbeing the $1,000 awards given to two individuals who caughttrout over two feet long.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Men’s Longest Trout:1. Ramon Anzaldo, Lake Isabella: 25 3/8 inches • $1,0002. Ryan Crawford, Lancaster: 24 1/4 inches • $1,0003. Jeremy Hill Jr., Bakersfield: 23 1/2 inches • $8004. Scott Sawa, Torrance: 23 1/8 inches • $6005. Marcos Nuno, Bakersfield: 22 7/8 inches • $250

Women’s Longest Trout:1. Heidi Hodge, Trona: 22 3/4 inches • $2,0002. Julie Akin, Lake Isabella: 20 3/8 inches • $1,0003. Laura Valdez, Bakersfield: 20 inches • $4004. Patricia Thomas, Bakersfield: 19 1/8 inches • $3005. Stacy VanRensselaer, Kernville: 19 inches ª $500

Youth Longest Trout1. Ryleigh Nuno, 5, Bakersfield: 22 1/2 inches • $5002. Jonathan Heu, 14, Clovis: 22 1/8 inches • $8003. Gloria Brand, 11, Lake Isabella: 22 inches • $6004. Blake Embree, 11, Mountain Mesa: 21 3/4 inches • $2005. Jayden Lilly, 14, Bakersfield: 21 inches • $100

Isabella Lake Fishing Derbybrings out the crowd ... and cash!

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The Eastern Sierra Nevada’sKirman Lake was once atremendous brook trout fish-

ery that produced trout the sizeusually only seen in Labrador,Canada. It was simply California’spremier trophy brook trout fishery,regularly producing brook troutfrom three to six pounds. A 14-inch brook trout from Kirmanwould weigh an honest two pounds.They were that fat.

My long-time friend DickDahlgren, who I fished Kirmanwith a number of times in the late1970s and early 1980s, simply

called the big brookes, “air-brushedfootballs.” The brookies from Kir-man were bigger and fatter thanany brook trout from any otherwater in the state.

The problem with Kirman is notfood supply or winter kill. Thespring-fed lake has a rich foot chainand an almost endless supply ofscuds (a type of freshwater shrimp)and aquatic insects in the weedbeds that grow in the water. Thatis what allows the trout to grow sobig, so fast. The springs also keepthe water reasonably warm all win-ter, and many years it remains ice-free.

The problem with Kirman is thatit does not have a place where the

DFW is promising torestore Kirman Lake astrophy brookie fishery

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trout can spawn naturally. Thereis no stream running into or outof the lake where the trout couldfind moving water to spawn. Thatmeans the fishery was and is en-tirely dependent on plants of fin-gerlings or subcatchables from theDepartment of Fish and Wildlifehatcheries. And that is a big prob-lem.

The sad reality is that brookieshave never a priority fish for theDFW in its hatchery system forthe past four decades, and Kirman– frankly – was never a prioritywater. Even though the lake wasprotected with special regulationssince the early 1980s (anglers atKirman must use barbless hooksand the limit is two fish over 16inches), the lake is also protectedby a three-mile walk from the park-ing area.

(The Kirman Lake parking areais located north of Bridgeport justoff Highway 108 about a mile pastSonora Junction (where Highway108 and Highway 395 meet). Andthere is actually a road to the lake,but that road runs through privateproperty and is closed to the public,forcing anglers to walk or bicyclethe three miles to the lake.)

That meant the DFW was fre-quently unable or unwilling toplant the lake with brook trout,and it could go for a season or twoor three without plants of brooktrout. The management plan backthen, as today, called for annualplants of brookies to maintain thisincredible fishery, but there weretimes when anglers would notice

one, two, or three whole year classesof fish missing because of incon-sistent or small plants.

Then the DFW also started ex-perimenting with Lahontan cut-throat trout in Kirman, and theyalso grew to enormous sizes – evenbigger than the brookies. Cutthroatsto eight pounds were caught, butthey weren’t as colorful or as pop-ular as the brookies. They alsodidn’t get those incredible girthsthe brookies sported. Kirman wasjust another water where therewere big cutthroats, and there areroadside waters with cutts that big.The big brookies are what madeKirman unique and special. Butthe DFW favored the cutts becausethey were the native fish of thatdrainage (even though the cuttsthe DFW has planted are the wrongstrain of cutthroat trout for theWest Walker River drainage).

The statewide 2008 lawsuitagainst the state’s trout stockingprogram really sealed the fate ofbrookies at Kirman Lake, finishingoff the job of eliminating the brooktrout plants at Kirman the DFWhad already started with its shiftto cutts. Even after the suit wassettled and the DFW got back toplanting trout the region, brooktrout were planted inconsistentlyand in low numbers because thehatchery system was and is switch-ing to rearing and planting nativefish.

Yet, the DFW insists brook trout“were planted annually by CDFWuntil 2015 when hatchery problemsprevented the raising and delivering

of the fish,” according to a recentpress release touting their noblework to restore the fishery. That isan exaggeration, at best.

Actually, the noble work consistsof moving 1,300 small brook troutremoved from Silver Creek to pro-tect a newly-established populationof cutthroat trout. However, reportsfrom on-site suggest fewer than100 trout were actually moved toKirman. And with the DFW elim-inating brookies from the hatcherysystem, where future fish wouldcome from is a serious questionthe DFW can’t answer.

Anglers who remember what thisbrook trout fishery was like hopeand pray the DFW is sincere in itsefforts to restore this amazing fish-ery (which has even been men-tioned in several fly-fishing books),but anglers familiar with today’sDFW aren’t holding their breath.

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Volunteers will be camping atthe Millpond Campground six milesnorth of Bishop off Highway 395,and volunteers can camp free ofcharge Tuesday through Saturdaynights. Meals (breakfast and din-ner) will also be provided to vol-unteers all days they participate.

This is the group’s final projectfor 2019.

For more information, or to vol-unteers, contact Cliff McDonaldvia e-mail at 760-449-4820 or viae-mail at bigmc@citlink.net. Thereis also more information on thegroup’s website at

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PHOTO COURTESY ISABELLA LAKE FISHING DERBYBlake Embree poses with his catch.

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May is time for History Days, theKern Valley Museum’s way of thank-ing the community for their support.So put on your best western dudsand come on out and join the fun!

On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4p.m., there will be marvelous Dutchoven cooks giving tastes, NativeAmerican crafts, demonstrations ofbutter churning and gold panning,and tractors on display in the fieldacross from the Museum. There willbe Museum tours and don’t missthe gift shop!

On Sunday, there will be live musicat the Pack Station, atthe Museum from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.It’s a great way to visit with all yourfriends!

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SNOWTIMEPlenty of powder remains in MammothSpring might have arrived to the High Desert, but for

those who would want to turn back the clock, a drive just afew hours north would do the trick.

Mammoth Mountain experienced a particularly heavywinter snow season — so heavy, in fact, that there is stillplenty of riding and skiing going on today.

Mammoth received a total of 460 inches worth of snow.As of mid-April, the conditions at Mammoth Mountainare 135 inches of snow at the Main Lodge, 165 inches atMcCoy Station, and 205 inches at The Summit. Throughthe month of April, the resort has tallied 10 inches ofsnow, 33 inches since the first day of Spring.

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The 54th Kern River Festival returnsto Kernville from April 27-28 at RiversidePark.

The festival begins on Friday, April27, with event setup at Riverside Park.

There is a Brush Creek Extreme Race,an extreme downriver race completewith waterfalls, slides, and a great graniteamphitheater for viewing. The cost is$25 individual plus $5 ACA insurance.Registration for the race is on Saturdayfrom 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m. A racer’s meetingis on Saturday at 11 in the Brush CreekParking Lot; the race follows the meet-ing.

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will be on the left 15.7 miWild and Scenic TriathlonOn Sunday morning, there will be

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The triathlon features three differentsegments: the pedal, plod, and paddle.

• The pedal is an 8.2-mile journeyfrom Riverkern Park to Wofford Heightsand back. The turnaround is at ReelCinema at the intersection of WoffordHeights Blvd. and Park Way. The coursebegins at the corner of Sirretta andKernville Road.

• The plod is two miles from RiversidePark to KR3 Powerhouse.

• The paddle is two miles from KR3Powerhouse to Riverside Park RiverTrail, also known as the “Lickety” Run.This trail is a Class II and III. Previouslyacquired whitewater skills are required.

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men and team men, women, mixed orduo (tandem bike and boat) raft. Thecost is $25 plus $5 insurance for eachindividual.

T.J. Citizen Slalom and SUP RaceAlso on Sunday, there will be the T.J.

Citizen Slalom and SUP Race. Slalomkayaking is a timed race in which apaddler must go through a course ofgates both downstream and upstream.The race is through a Class II section atRiverside Park and open to boaters ofall levels and types of whitewater boats,featuring classes for Expert, Intermedi-ate, Novice, Junior, and Cadets.

There will be a one-hour registrationbeginning at 7:30 a.m. A clinic, led byEric and Rebecca Giddens (only availableto those who pre-register, $15 for about45 to 55 minutes) is from 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. There will be a race meetingat 11 a.m., and the race begins at 11:15.

Children’s Sidewalk Art ContestThe Children’s Sidewalk Art Contest

will begin at the south end of RiversidePark in Kernville. There is no entry fee,and chalk will be provided or contestantscan bring their own. Each contestantwill have from 1-3 p.m. to create theirartwork. Prizes will be awarded at the

end of the contest to these age groups:• Ages 4 and under• Ages 5 and 6• Ages 7 and 8• Ages 9 and 10• Age 12 and upRaffleThe drawing for the 50/50 raffle will

be on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. atRiverside Park after the slalom race.Ticketholders must be present to win.There will be additional prizes raffledoff during the games at Brush Creek,the Brew Pub on Saturday night, and atRiverside Park on Sunday. ❖

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First Friday Fun Fest will be celebratedat Tehachapi Treasure Trove, on Fridayevening, May 3, from 5 to 8 p.m. TheTreasure Trove will be featuring Karen’sFiber Arts Supplies. Karen Stevens hasrecently acquired the Fiber Arts Supplyarea within the store. Join us to greetKaren, check out the supplies, enjoy foodand wine and listen to music by Art Lar-son on clarinet.

Karen has been working with fiberarts for 65 years. She started learningknitting and crocheting from her Grand-mother when she was 8 years old. Shethen learned embroidery, needle point,cross stitch and tatting on her own. Forseveral years, Karen has been teachingfiber arts at the Treasure Trove. She pri-marily teaches crocheting and knittingbut will teach the other fiber arts uponrequest.

With Dawn and Steve preparing tomove to Alabama, Karen was excited by

the opportunity to acquire the fiber artsconsignment at the Treasure Trove. Sincethen, Karen has been busy rearrangingthe area, increasing yarn stock and fillingin other holes. She has added additionalstock for embroidery and counted crossstitch and increased the selection of knit-ting needles and crochet hooks.

Tehachapi Treasure Trove is locatedat 116 E Tehachapi Boulevard, rightacross the street from the water towerin Railroad Park. Hours are daily 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. (Sundays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Besure to stop by and see our collection ofuncommonly eclectic and unusuallyunique stuff. Remember we also carryan extensive line of art and craft suppliesand artist services along with books andmusic. For additional information onany of our activities, classes and events,please call 661-822-6794 or visitwww.facebook.com/Tehachapi TreasureTrove. ❖

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KANE WICKHAM/MOJAVE DESERT NEWSPro racer Stephanie Cemo posesnext to her Monster custom builtracing Corvette at Cal City Airport.

to try on road racing. In a period ofone weekend, Cemo moved throughthe ranks from the beginner to ad-vanced group and was hooked. Twomonths later, she was asked to be adriving instructor at the track. Afterfour years instructing at two tracksoutside Houston, Cemo decided tomove back West after 10 years of beingback in her hometown.

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Just about every weekend, you couldfind her participating in track daysand Time Attack events to becomemore seasoned and achieve faster laptimes. After putting in the time learn-ing as many tracks she could get too,along with winning three Time AttackSeries Championships in 2014, shedecided it was time to try on wheel towheel racing and added a 2009 pur-pose built Z06 race car to the mix.Currently, Cemo is competing in GlobalTime Attack and Redline Time Attack,and racing in SCCA GT2, NASA ST1and Trans Am TA3.

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She brought along what she refersto as her kid, that being Jack, herFrench Bulldog who sits the racingout. Cemo took the day off from racingto bring her most recent monster pro-race 640 HP 2800 FPT custom builtCorvette she bought in Florida froma “rich guy” who passed on to her theExcalibur she currently wields on thetrack blowing her male competitorsoff the track with. She stated thatmany of them do not take that well

when she beats them on the track,most of whom only see the backsideof her Vette as it goes by.

Cal City has quite a history of Hol-lywood coming to town for this verytype of recording as Cal City is theclosest place to Los Angeles wherethe recording teams can bring suchcars and run them at the speeds theydrive them in the films that peoplewatch on Netflix daily now. To getthat real sound of the cars, soundcrews strap microphones to the backof these cars and record the actualexhaust sounds form them. To get theauthentic sound the cars in the filmsmake they must use the actual carsmost of the time.

Back when Warner Bros/AppianWay films made the Ben Affleck 1920’sgangster themed film “Live by Night”,the sound recorders brought up actual1920’s Ford Model A’s and ran themup and down the alternate runway atCCMA (Cal City Municipal Airport)and record the sounds for authenticity.When Furious 8 was being finishedin post production, the actual custombuilt ‘Ice Charger’ was brought to CalCity to record the authentic soundsof it.

One never knows what exotic carsmight be seen at CCMA on any givenday other than the one man whomakes it all happen and collects moneyfor Cal City for it-CCMA ManagerRobert King who has single handedlyshepherded the Hollywood crowd andkept them coming back for more.

So, if you see some wildly exotic carflying up and down the runway at CalCity’s municipal airport while eatingat Foxy’s Restaurant, you are likelylooking at the latest Tinsel Town hotcar to be on film. ❖

KANE WICKHAM/MOJAVE DESERT NEWSAnother view of Cemo’s car.

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