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Thursday, May 25th, 2006

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    Water Temp: warming

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: The lake is still clearing, but the moss is already forming?!?...Caught several large mouths. Mostly in the 1 to 2lb range. Senkos, Kreatures and real crawlers. Also caught a few nice sized sun fish. Was a bit windy, but had a great time. I love this lake.
    City: San Rafael

    Tips: watermelon w black flake color and a cimamon w purple flakes worked for us. I cut the barbs off my hooks for catch and release, but it caused me to lose a nice one when it got into the moss....have fun

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    Water Temp: 69-71

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Agree with previous reports. Fished main lake and Dry Creek arms from 8am to 2pm. Caught several bass to 2 1/2 pounds using drop shot, brush hogs, and senkos. all were in 5 to 10 feet of water.
    City: Novato

    Tips: Move aroung to find fish.

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 60-64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: On the water at 7am, fished main lake coves/timber for 1 bite 'til 7:45. Moved to northern end of lake, had most action around tules in very shallow water w/ a drop off nearby. Good bite on weightless senkos pitched right into tules and twiched a little...also some fish on t-rigged curly tail worms around wood. Got one little guy on topwater(popper)around 10am.
    City: San Anselmo

    Tips: Fish were pretty agressive. Try some reaction baits. Had to leave early, didn't crank or spin too much. Plenty of fish on plastics though.

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 67-71

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Lots of bass everywhere. Took them on ripbaits, dartheads,senkos,worms, and brush hogs. Fish were from the bank out to 15' of water. We caught them on all sorts of structure, but the bigger bass came from cover like trees and stumps. Big rainbows were killing 6" senkos in the marina as well. The bass were about 60/40 largemouth and smallies. Largest was 3 pounds. No crappie as of yet, but hundreds of juvie redear could be seen. Fun day.
    City: Sant Rosa

    Tips: Take a kid fishin. NOW IS THE TIME.
    Anyone been catfishing lately?

Monday, May 15th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey Slabside, I normally fish the Yorty Creek area out of Cloverdale with much sucess. Once you locate them you can haul one in just about every cast. I found that a simple jig under a bobber works the best, well other than worms but you can go through a container of redworms in less than an hour.
    City: Cloverdale

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: SORRY GUYS, I HAVE TAKE BACK MY WORDS ON THE SPAWNED OUT FISH, THE LEGAL SIZED ONE WE KEPT FOR EATNG WAS SCRAWNY, BUT SHE HAD EGGS ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE I GAVE IT TO. THEY CALLED & ASKED IF I WANTED TO GO OVER FOR DINNER, I SAID ONLY IF THEY WERE SERVING STEAKS, THEY SAID NO & WE TALKED ABOUT THE FISH & THEY TOLD ME IT HAD EGGS, BUT NOT VERY MUCH. SO, I GUESS THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED. MOST OF THE FISH PULLED UP WERE SKINNY, LIKE THEY HAVEN'T EATEN IN AWHILE.THEY'RE DUE!
    City: NORCAL

Friday, May 5th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 64-66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: HAVE BEEN A BERTH HOLDER FOR TEN YEAR'S,ALWAY'S SPEND ALEASt 4 DAY'S ON CAMPING ,THREE TIME'S A YEAR..STAYED @ rustler's 1 ,fishing was the best i have caught in a long time,,day bite was'nt great,but at night on a bobber & minnow or worm..big slab's, big cat's, 2 nice 2 lb smallie's.tried trolling nothing 20 ft ,40 ft,.
    using small silver shad,& NEEDLE NOSE W/WORM

    tryed trolling on top behimd boat inflated worm nada..

    trying trolling on top with inflated worm's
    City: SAN RAFAEL

    Tips: i found the shad,as a few of you kind knowleadgable fisherman have shared your secret's with me ..& i thank u ..u know who u are...tight line's

    BILLY

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    Water Temp: 59 on surface

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: launched before sun came up, few boats as well. this was one of the most windless mornings in a long time, what a treat to fish this way. fished cherry & threw everything at them,best bait was a chertruse spinner bait. 2 of us threw this same bait & landed 6 bass up to 4.7lbs.released to protect their spawn. nothing heavy, looked like they did spawn, all the bellies were gone.overcast all day until lunch & then wind started howling, then bite died & we went home. post spawn hit or miss from now on....
    City: NORCAL

    Tips: with weekend weather heating up, watch out for the water warriors.

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 64 - 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out Sunday with my 9 year old Mikey for our first 2006 Sonoma Trip. Launched at 8:30 at a crowded ramp. Mikey drove us north to Cherry creek; we tried Spinner Baits and Senkos. Pretty muddy, less that 2 feet visibility. First fish 9:20 a one pounder on a Helix. Slow and staedy another at 10:10 then 10:15 .... last fish at 3:45. Went north to Dry creek, clear water all the way up at the end of the Creek and saw some fish cruising. Most of our fish already spawned out. Mikey landed and released 10 fish alltogether, mostly on a Helix or Senko with one fish on a crankbait. Beautiful day, over 80 outside and high 60's in the water with limited wind. Mikey did alot of swimming and had a really fun fishing day. Big fish 3.5 best five only 10.2 lbs. Interesting ending to the day, sheriff came down to the dock and asked me if I saw a sinking boat near the ramp said one was reported - maybe we'll read about it later. Lots of clowns, no sinking boats. Several Ski boats and smokers still launching at 4:00 on Sunday.
    City: Pacifica

    Tips: Slow bite, senko fish pretty much just picked it up and swam, had to line watch. No fish on t-Rig, Jerk bait, drop shot or blades. Great weather. Saw one bedfish stayed over her for a few minutes but she wasn't locked on so we let her go, would have our big fish. Kids make the trip GREAT!

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    Water Temp: 64-71

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished thursday with my old man (apr.27). playede hooky from work so got a late start, about 10 am. Started in yorty and had 20 in the boat by noon. very warm with no breeze. most fish caught on senkos in watermelon and motor oil w/ red flake. fish were on gravel banks and secondary points, not real tight to cover. i also caught a few drop shotting robo worms. moved to a cove off warm springs arm and caught 10 more including pops boating a nice 6.8 in front of a father and son across the way. they asked what we were using and i asked if they had any dark senkos. 5 minutes later i see the father yelling for the net. a big bass close to 10 lbs! needles to say they thanked us for the tip. left at 4pm. Great day with pops on the water. Sunday got an earlier start with a buddy. Same results,40 fish most in the 2-3 lb range. very healthy. 50-50 senko and drop shot.
    City: santa rosa

    Tips: this is my first report. thanks to all who post reports. i am learning a lot. sonoma is a finese lake. as much as i love watching all the guys in there fancy boats throwing everything but plastics, believe me they are all you need here. SENKOS, brush hogs, craws and drop shot will always do best. i hope this helps

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 68 TO 71

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: CAUGHT LOTS OF 1 TO 3 LB MALES IN 5 TO 10 FEET OF WATER. BIG FISH 4.5 ON TULES.CRANKS TOOK FEW FISH BUT SENKO BITE WAS OFF THE HOOK...QUIT COUNTING AT 20.USE BLACK WITH RED FLAKE OR WATERMELONRED WITH ORANGE SMELLY JELLY..... I ALSO FISHED ON MAY 2ND. THE FISH WERE REAL AGRESSIVE EARLY IN THE DAY,, I WAS SWIMMING THE SAME COLORED SENKOS,WITH THE WATER BEING SO HIGH I COULD NOT TOUCH BOTTOM IN MOST OF MY FAVORITE SPOTS WITH RED SPEED TRAP SO I THREW A DEEP LITTLE N WITH SOME RESULTS...



    FISH THE SENKOS RIGHT ON THE BANK AND IN TREES FISH 12 FOOT DIVERS IN 10 FEET OF WATER AND HIT THE BOTTOM AND STOP AND GO.... GOOD LUCK.

    DONIO
    City: SANTA ROSA

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

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    Water Temp: N?A

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went fishing there today between three of us we caught around 20 fish. Jigs,spinnerbaits,drop shot,speed traps and senkos. Big fish of the day was a 6.9 female looked like it was spawned out. Most fish were caught shallow on trees.
    City: windsor

    Tips: A lot of shad jumping around. Try and snag them and fish them on the bottom.

Monday, April 24th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 57-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 3 fish total, 4.5, 5 and one little fishstick. 2 good ones on a jig/grub, little guy on a chartreuse spinner. North end of lake.
    City: San Anselmo

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: non shivering morning temps,waterstill muddyin some parts & stained in other parts, quite a few stunted fish in the 12inch size, nothing big,biggest was 3.5 & 2.75 released to do their thing. Stomachs were huge. Overcast most of day, water couldn't heat up then when sun came out it got windy. Motored in & out of the arms& didn't see any fry.
    City: NorCal

    Tips: be patient,coming real soon!

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 58-61

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Kicked the crap out of 'em. Fished 7:30 to 2:30 caught 50 fish lost count and caught an easy 20 more. All 2.5lb to 4lb.
    City: Concord

    Tips: BLACK SPINNERBAITS. Black/red flake brush-hogs. Three exteremly stupid fish on a chartruse w/ blk,green,copper flake senko. Big bass on wood. My dad 4lb 6oz on log on spin. I lost about a 5-7 lb on b-hog.

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Great day on the water. Better than the last 5 weeks or so. Caught 6 and lost 2 biggest being 5 lbs. My buddy lost two.
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: Brown jigs with blue trailers just off the flats

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 56-61

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Tried everything everywhere. Had two bites all day. Got one in the boat (2.5# largemouth) on a black yamamoto worm, other bite on a crankbait, but lost it before I saw it. Fished primarily Yorty and Cherry creeks, but tried main lake and even cranked the dam to no avail. If the rain stays away and the water clears and stabilizes, it should turn on quick. Lots of fry already in Yorty, Could the bass already have spawned?
    City: Sonoma

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 62-64

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Cherry Creek in the afternoon. Warm day. Hooked two four-pounders on black and brown jig in 3 to 5 feet of water.
    City: Novato

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    Water Temp: 54-56

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Moved around a lot, fished warm srings/dry creek. Fished b-hawgs, senko's, jigs in a.m. Got one 2lb'er on a jig near yorty...saw some bait jumping in warm springs, tossed the kitchen sink at 'em (staysees, small cranks,etc), but no go. Hopefully the reaction bite'll turn on here pretty soon. Nice to see some sun, huh?
    City: San Anselmo

    Tips: Lots of fish suspending near shallows on finder, staging up. Give it a few more days of warmer weather, and things should be notchin' up.

Monday, April 17th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 52-58

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: The lake got cold and muddy once again from the recent rain. I got 2 bites all day one fish in the boat about 2.5 and one got off at the boat. Nothing for me seem to work except crankin.

    Tips: smack the bottome with your crank bait. I was thowing a DT 10' in 9 foot of water bouning it on the bottom to get my fish.