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Saturday, April 21st, 2001

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished this lake or the 1st time today,noon till 5pm.Caught 1 ish,about a pound.A couple o boats said they had gotten about 20 each.One guy said he had about a dozen with 2 ish in the 5lb range.Great weather.Worked the 1st 3 coves by the launch.Our ish inder went crazy and we threw everything we had at em with no luck.Another boat came in and pulled 4 ish in ,where we had been or an hour.Saw a couple a monster ish who snubbed their noses at us.Any tips would be greatly appreciated.How`s Yorty Creek or bank ishing?
    City: Forestville

    Tips: ??????

Friday, April 20th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 50 something

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This is a true testament to the lack o ishing ability I have and the GREAT sportmanship, tenacity and Angler proiciency o Mr. Mike O'Brien! I'm new to N. Cal, rom Texas and just got back into Bass angling, well, Mike O'Brien saw my desperate plea on this site or some tips, and low and behold, he invited me out to ish Lake Sonama on his NEW Nitro 18'6" Green/Gold Glitter boat w/135 hp motor. Needlees to say I was happier than a two peckered water bualo to accept.Well, it was cold, wet, cloudy, rainy and windy!!!!!!!! We ished Cherry Creek, got out there around 8:15 am. Anyway, within 5 mintues Mike landed a 1-1.3 pounder on a white Senko. I've never heard o Senko beore so I ound this new bait very interesting. Another 15 minutes later Mike landed another 2 pounder, then 3 punder, then 3.5 then 4 then another 4.5, then another 3.5 and right around 12:30 pm a MONSTEROUS,BODACIOUS, HUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEE 7-7.5 HHHHHAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! Me, NOT a Dag'um thing!That's ishin!So once again, I take my hat o to Mike O'Brien and thank him or the lesson and angler sportsmanship!!!Thanks Mike or invitin' me out!!!!!!!
    City: Santa rosa

    Tips: White Senko's and Brush Hawgs!

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: As o yesterday there was a good blade bite going on. Caught a lot o males and a ew emales. It was too windy to try and ish plastics. So I just picked up the blade and started to get bites right away. I kind o stumbled onto it. Flats, gradual banks and steep banks all had ish. Just keep moving and throw the blade. You'll be pleasantly surprised just like I was.
    City: Petaluma

    Tips: Chartreuse/white blades with some kind o crawdad plastic trailer worked or me. Like the G-Man said, stick with it and don't give up. Be aithul to what your using. With the warm weather coming back, the lake should be ready to explode by early next week.

Wednesday, April 18th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: It was a overcast day over in the Yorte Creek area o Lake Sonoma where Stephen and I were ishing out o our Tube Waders. It was starting to drizzle. We decided to go out in the waders. On my irst cast I caught a 2.5 pound 17 inch largemouth bass. We saw a lot o bass in the shallows but they weren't intersted in our lures. The day slowed as when it started raining hard.
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: Pearl White Excalibur Suspending Fat Free Shad>Polarized Sunglasses work Great

Tuesday, April 17th, 2001

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    Water Temp: Around 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well i launched out o Yorty Creek with my Dad. We saw tons o bedding ish right o the bat but only made a eeble attmept to ctach them. (I had one nibble on my lizard, but these ish weren't interested in eeding and i couldn't get them to inhale the lure, just mouth the tail) So i tried the latest ad o drop-shotting, i positioned the boat over submerged brush and dropped it in and shook, nothing. I then shook every tree and point that i could ind and I couldn't get anything. As we pulled into a beautiul cove illed with cover i again proceded to shake some more with no luck, but my ather using the only lure he ever uses (a lead-head jig with a Gary Yamamoto grub) casted right in an brush pile and pulled up about a 1 pounder. Well hmmm, that he did what i have been doing or hours and he gets on the cheap grub while my expensive drop shot rig pulls up jack. A ew minutes later he makes a cast to a much shallower part o the log jam about 6 eet and drags the lure on the bottom slowly, well he pulls up a beey 3 pound bass. Well it inally hit my that these bass have to be on the the bottom, because the suspended worm on the drop shot rig isn't getting any bites. I then moved to a tiny brown terminator jig and pig, but apperantly the bite had stopped. No Luck or me again, what do I have to do to get a bite. Good Luck!
    City: Walnut Creek

Saturday, April 14th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 56 - 61 F

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club ished Lake Sonoma on Saturday, April 14. Winning weight was 5 ish or 8.68 lbs, anchored by day's big ish o 3.36 lb. Second place was another 5-ish sack or 7.39 lb (with 2.54 lb ish), & 3rd was 5 or 6.25 lb. 28 anglers participated! Four 5-ish limits were weighed in. 43 total bass came to scales or an average weight o 1.38 lb. Bite was quite tough, with only a ew going or reaction bites. Most o bass were caught on sot plastics (split-shot worms, Senkos, etc.).
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: For more inormation about club, send me an e-mail or check out our website, http://scbbbc.homestead.com

Friday, April 13th, 2001

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Sonoma or the irst time in awhile. Launched at 10:30, came in at 7:15. It was a blustery and cool day on the lake, which mustve slowed the bite. Me and my partner Rus hooked over 20 and landed 18 with no size....best ish was about 2 3/4 lbs. We caught a ew lipping brush, but the best technique today was shaking or dartheading a small worm in about 15' o water. With a ew warm days in a row, look or the awesome spring bite to return to normal on this lake.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Secondary points w/ small plastics till it warms up!!!

Tuesday, April 10th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: hit my honey hole where this time i got zilch.proceded up the creek and ound a hump where i sat or the next 5 hours picking o every dink in the place .....but seriously i caught 21 ish up to 3.1 lbs..not bad but not real good either.
    City: Healdsburg

    Tips: shake worms and ish spots that dont recieve alot o pressure you might surprise yoursel

Monday, April 2nd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 55-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Decent ishing with all the weekend pressure. The key to catching was main lake points with craw colored cranks. Try the brush piles with spinnerbaits.
    City: San Raael

Sunday, April 1st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 55-63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished cherry, caught 8 ish about 1lb. a peice on shottin lizards and throwin em on the bank and dragin them back to the boat. Fished about 3-10 t o water. Got 1 hit in dry o a sinko, stained water still. Aternoon ished warm caught 1 ish , 1lb. draggin a grub in clear water. Then ished the private boat launch in the back cove and caught 1 ish, 1lb. on a jib under a dock near the shore, about 10 t o water. Water still tiny bit stained not much in cherry,but clear in warmsprings.
    City: petaluma

Wednesday, March 28th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 58%

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Bein' airly new to Sonoma County, I've ished Lake Sonoma three times, last was 3/25. I'm in a belly boat and Yorty Creek is the only spot I've know o so ar. I haven't caught a darn thing at Yorty, been thowin' Green, Red, Chart, Pumpkin Seed Rubbers, spinners and cranks. Been workin' the banks, brush and stumps 1' - 20' deep.I'm goin again this Saturday. Can someone help? Keep in mind I grew up on Lake Texoma and Lake Fork, so hopeully it's not my technique? Don't know alot about Lake Sonoma otherthan whats posted here.One more thing. I expected more sportsmanship and comrodery than what I've seen on this site.
    City: Santa Rosa

Tuesday, March 27th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 58-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Here is your trout report or the week. Ater a day o bass ishing in Cherry Creek, I trolled rom just past the ski bouys towards the dam and landed a 21" steelie at 2:45pm. No down riggers needed. Fish are in the top 5'. Try Rapalas ree line, no weight on 8 lb test. Good Luck.As or the bass, Landed 5 to 2 lbs around the Shunk camp area. Caught 1st on a rip bait, 2nd on a blade and the rest on plastics in the shallows. Others I spoke to on the lake also indicated a slow bite with ish down to 20'
    City: rohnert park

    Tips: Could not get mush o a reaction bite going. Fish slow where you ind green grass. I all else ails, downsize.

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    Water Temp: 60-63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: well here is a report or you guys. went out early got there at 7. went up to cherry and threw spinnerbaits or an hour with no succes. slowed down and caught two little ish on seducer lipper worms. then decided to look or early bed ish and ound alot more than i expected. caught 4 o bed( no big ish). must have done that or atleast 4 hours. sorta messed with my head seeing bed ish!! then i went over to warm springs and saw more bed ish. decided to slow down and ish a jig, lipper worm and drop shot. caught ten ish in two hours any where orm the bank to 20 eet. good luck
    City: penngrove

    Tips: drop shooted 6 inch seducer worm in small ry and threw the jig. most o the ish came on the drop shot. while the lipper worm and jig work or bigger ish. bigger i mean 2 pounds.

Monday, March 26th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 56 - 59 F

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went tubing on Sonoma on Monday, March 26. Caught 4 ish - 3 on split-shot 4" Green Weenie Magic Worm, one on carolina-rigged 6" green pumpkin lizard. Cranks & blades - nada.
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: I you'd like ino about Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club, send me an e-mail or check out our website, http://scbbbc.homestead.com.

Sunday, March 25th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I'm posting this with hopes that some one out there in the ishing community can help. On Sunday night,03/24/01, sometime ater 10:00 p.m. I had all o my ishing gear stolen out o the back o my truck in the vicinity o west college ave. and Stony point rd. in Santa Rosa. my gear consisted o;One G-Loomis medium-heavy 6 1/2 t. spinning rod with a silver rear drag quickire reel.One FLW burnt orange medium-heavy 6 1/2 t. baitcasting rod with a red Quantom baitcasting reel that was in serious need o a tune up.One Bill Dance blue 7 Ft. medium heavy baitcasting rod with a silver baitcasting reel.One red 6 t. medium action spinning rod with a silver rear drag spinning reel.one green plastic lat type tackle box with a white double lid(creates two level storage)illed with numerous plastic baits, hooks, wieghts, etc.One brown and ivory split lid tackle box with side latches and six trays(3 small and 3 large) illed with numerous crank baits, spinner baits, top waters, a box containing Cabella's 31 piece jig kit, a box containing a 5 piece scum rog and popper rog kit, Castaic threadin shad and many other blade, spoon and swimm baits. I any one comes across any o these items or can assist in there recovery in any way please contact me at 546-3401 or e-mail me at randy@ren-o-masters.com.As most o you can understand, ishing is my passion. Please help i you can. Thank you
    City: Santa Rosa

Saturday, March 24th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 53-57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Had a good day ishing as a non-boater member o Bay Area Hawg Hunters in our monthly tournament. Ater starting out with spinner bait and a jig and getting no hits I switched to a 4" S&P, twin tail grub which I drop shotted in 18-23'. Got good action immediately; hooked 8, landed 6. Most were about 13-14" and the largest was 16". All were taken on the aorementioned grub.Unlike others out that day, my action turned o when the rain started and I spent a slow, unproductive, soggy three hours throwing everything in the box. Still a good day.
    City: Walnut Creek

    Tips: Due to the numerous submerged trees in this lake I drop shot a weedless hooked worm rather than the nose hooked one recommended or this technique and it doesn't seem to make a dierence in the take but gives you more in-the-water exposure and less time spent retying.

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    Water Temp: 58-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This was the irst time I ished this lake in about a year.Boy, what a treat! I ished the short side or a couple o hours to no avail so I headed to the ar end o the other side near thumb camp. As soon as the rain started so did the bite. First ish was 4.5 on a white spinnerbait. second was 2 on a zipper worm. Third was 1.5 on a brush hog. The rest were all on a 6" pumpkinseed curl tail worm ranging between 1.5 and 4lbs. or a total o 8 in the boat and a ew missed hook sets in just over two hours. I must give proper credit or the curl tail to a very nice isherman and his wie who reported catching 30+ ish on just that one bait. All in all, THE best day I've had ishing in a long time.P.S. any one want to buy a house in clear lake!?!?!!
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: The pumpkinseed curl tail seemed to be the trick. look or shallow water near cover. I hope you have as much un as I did.

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    Water Temp: 53-59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: American Bass Anglers Club Launched 6 boats rom the public ramp.My non boat and I headed or the dam irst o only to catch 11 inch ish. We decided to run up to yorty creek,we ished a point where we caught 5 small bucks, we ished the back o coves in that area I caught two ish just over thirteen inches, he had another but it shook o his crankbait right at the boat, another boat that said theyish the lake on a regular basis said the small bucks wereon the beds and that the ish in this lake spawn earlierthan most highland reservoirs, I backed o the shallows to deeper water and tried or bigger emales to no avail.Most o the ish we caught came on craw colored crankbaitsand rootbeer senkos with green lake.Four limits o ish were weighed in and they all looked like clones, just at the 1 1/2 pound size, two o the limits were caught on white and chartruese small spinnerbaits
    City: Martinez

    Tips: The weather changed and a ront moved in sat. pushing alloto ish out o the shallows, when the weather improves andwarms up again use those polaroids and look or them on beds.The bigger emales might show up. Oh yeah I also caught a couple o ish jerking a clown rouge o points.Good LuckP.P.

Tuesday, March 20th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: For Je and other doubters, stop by the marina and check out the bragging board. I stuck a 11.6 on the above date. The marina was closed, it was 7:30 on a Friday night, but I used my digital scale. She was 28 1/4" and had spawned once at least. It is not Clear Lake or the Delta, but there are some real quality ish here. This was my Biggest so ar, but I am not dead yet! Tight lines.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Blue Senko with black lake, 2/O XWG Gamakatsu, 14 lb. lorocarbon, slack line. Mine was on wood, shallow, next to deep water. I know, that could be anywhere on this lake, and that my riends is exactly the point!!

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    Water Temp: 62.5-67.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: had a great day on the water ,caught alot o mostly buck bass rom 7 in to 11 inches up close .ound a great spot this aternoon in 27 eet o water where things got interesting,shaking my avorite worm when whack a monster bass hit ,ater a 5 minute battle i landed a 10 lb 5 oz bass,a ew minutes later a 7.1 ,i was pumped nothing or 2 more hours then caught 1 more good bass at 5.3.I love this lake.
    City: healdsburg

    Tips: dont be araid to go a little deeper ater all its post spawn guys