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Sunday, March 18th, 2001

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    Water Temp: I have no idea,

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Well, the creeks were a little odd. First my buddy and i went up to the end o dry creek and it was over 6 ood visibility. Working our way out it got more and more stained and by the time we got to the end o dry it was less than a oot o visibility. We didnt get touched ishing in dry creek so we worked our way too cherry creek. Got three ish in about 6-9 eet. All ish on wood and we got two on jigs and one on cranker. Red seems to be a good color and they were pretty active. Spinnerbaits should start up so keep throwing them and post some ishing reports on them. Have un up there
    City: Petaluma

    Tips: Jigs, Cranks, spinnerbaits, worms, and ish on grassbeds and in the wood, stay shallow.

Saturday, March 17th, 2001

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    Water Temp: ??

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: What a nice St. Patty's day on the lake! Worked assorted crank bait and jigs rom day break until noon to no avail. We switched up to a trout troll and scored 2 nice 2-3 lb Steelhead right in ront o the dam. They both came on the same rod within about 5 minutes o each other. Using a small seps blade with a small repela minnow pattern ollowing. Those steelies are scrappy and we let them back to grow up a bit. Worked a little more or bass late aternoon and they were still stingy. Everyone we talked with was having a SLOW day too. Tough day overall, but love this lake (it was my irst time).
    City: San Francisco

    Tips: Wait or warmer weather....I guess.

Thursday, March 15th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Two ish on---one very strong o end o rockpile by launch.Water temp 53 dg -----going to get much better
    City: Roihnert Park

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went out and tried dierent baits om spinners to crankbaits. one hit o the spinner which was a 1 1/2 lb. threw plastic 6" worms and produced 3 over 5 lb. slow day but ish'em slow.
    City: Oakland

    Tips: use 4-6" worms in the darker colors

Tuesday, March 13th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 58-62

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished this past Monday and had a tough bite with alling water. We caught 8 ish with nothing big (2 1/4 lbs the biggest) all day. Worked the creek arm lats with white/chartreuse spinnerbaits. A ew ish came Carolina riggin the transitions rom creek channels to lats. They are ready. Also had a lot o closed mouth strikes rom males. With stable water and sun this bite is going to get un. Good to see you power ishing Richie Rich.

    Tips: Work the gentle sloping banks or pre-spawn ish.

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    Water Temp: 50-54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Ahhh my ole buddy Mr. Sheekaka or whatever your name is I see you have stirred the pot once again! Guys let this one go it is not worth the eort! ished yesterday aternoon throwing jigs and landed 2 ish or 4.5 pounds. 18-20 deep and a very skittish to sot bite. I missed 3 other bites that I would have liked to have seen em. the water is very stained and very cold. I think the lake needs another 1-2 weeks o warmer days to really get going. For a monday the lake was extremely crowded.
    City: windsor

Sunday, March 11th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: was thinking about not posting ater people called me a liar,but here goes.went to sonoma today and the bite slowed down ,we caught 20+ bass rom 2to 5.7 lbs(new digital guys)all the ish were caught shaking worms and grubs.
    City: healdsburg

    Tips: the ish have been on and o the beds or 3 months .....just time your trip right .

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    Water Temp: ? still kinda c

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I went tubing with a riend up in Yorty Creek today.We managed 5 keeper sized ish between us. Nothing big. 3 came on spinnerbaits, 1 on a hula grub, and 1 on a brush hog.The ish were between 3 & 15 eet near the lats but still on transition spots. Give it a week or 2...or 3, and it should be GREAT! Late aternoons MAY be better as the sun warms the shallows. We let around 2.Lotsa people on the bank ishing or ? (trout, crappie, bass?) Anyone know?
    City: Rohnert Park

    Tips: Slow rolling big white spinnerbaitsPurple Yamamoto hula grubs on 3/8 oz ootball head jigsSplit shot Purple Brush Hogs

Thursday, March 8th, 2001

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished all day mostly in the dry creek side. got 5 in the 1/2 to 2lbs range on an assortment o plastics. started getting windy in the aternoon and it was getting hard to control the boat. it started raining abotu 4:30 so we packed it up. still hoping or one o those 20-30 ish days in read about in these reports.
    City: santa rosa

    Tips: i could use some.

Sunday, February 25th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 48-50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went up the Warm Springs arm to ind pretty stained water i not muddy at the no wake bouys. Lots o water lowin in everywhere, and the lake level shows it.Stayed on main lake and ished points with rocks. A brown jig/w plastic trailer got me 5 keepers, biggest was not quite 2 lbs. Three times I had the big plastic super chunk pincers ripped o, inally decided to use the smaller version and it worked alot better. Use plenty o smelly jelly. All the ish were caught in 20t o water or less.
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: jigs, jigs JIGS!!!

Wednesday, February 14th, 2001

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Had a good day inally at Sonoma. Fished the Warm Springs side today. Dropshotted all day (10amto5pm). Caught about 25 ish and broke o about 7or8. Got some ish o points with submerged trees. Can't see them trees but can eel the ish coming out o them. Then I got into a little hot spot area with trees in between points. Caught most o my ish in this area working anywhere rom 20to50t down in the tree branches. Most ish hit on deadsticking dropshot. Sot bite(rod loading up). I used the Berkeley 4 inch power worm in the camo color all day. They liked it. The hook was about 6 to 8 inches above weight and no more. Used one hook setup with 8lb green p-line and a 1/4oz weight. You have to be straight up and down with your dropshot. No dragging. They are staying pretty tight to the trees. Be patient and keep moving rom tree to tree. Once hooked, get him up quick or its going to be ugly. You are gonna have some snags and break os. Its part o the deal right now. Just retie and back at em. The bad part is no ish over 2lbs, but lots o action. Hey Sheehy, I think the spawn is over now.(har har) Sorry Scott, but I can't seem to put the drop shot away like you said. But some day I will. For now you'll just have to call me DROPSHOT MCGEE. Hey Adam, i you need any pointers just give me a hollar. I know how much you love to ish Sonoma.
    City: Petaluma

Sunday, February 11th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Braved the elements and ished in the rain and hail on Sunday. Managed to land 1 @ 1.5 lbs on a june bug colored zipper lizard. Had a couple o other bites on a jig but couldn't hook up. I you don't mind the weather, now is a good time to go. We only saw a ew boats all day and the parking lot was empty.
    City: Rohnert Park

    Tips: Fish rocky area very slow.

Wednesday, January 31st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I went out trolling on Wednesday. I launched out o Yorty Creek. The recent rains did not change the color o the lake. It is still green and good visibility. I was trolling or trout using lead core and a downrigger line. The water depth is low. The downrigger hit structure at just 8 eet. I lost one bass while throwing a watermellon red sinko next to some submerged trees. The ish hit just as the sinko was about to hit bottom. Tough day.
    City: Cloverdale

    Tips: Worms, grubs, sinkos thrown next to structure or protected points. Fish were at 20 eet down!

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Largemouth bass are spawning o and onn. Stange year. Water is very warm compared to last year same date. Good news is that bass are easy to catch - too easy. We need some good heavy rains and very soon. Our bass today average just ove 4 pounds 9we had our this size. The larger Killer worms worked OK - 14 to 23 inchers. No smallmouth on this trip - probably down below the 20 oot region we were ishing. Fished slow - took about our hours to cover 100 yards o shore line.
    City: Healdsburg

    Tips: Fish slow - mask scent o your boat. Use very sot baits.

Wednesday, January 24th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 50's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished out o Yorty Creek area north o the boat launch. Caught two Steehead Trout, 14" and 16". First one caught on a Roostertail white eather spinner and the second on a Rattletrap. Fished rom about 3:45pm to 5:00pm. The timing was inbetween storms and the action was surprisingly good.
    City: Napa

Thursday, January 18th, 2001

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    Water Temp: No gauge

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Spent hal o day ishing. Weather was cold and so was the water. The boat I was in didn't have it's electonics working. I did manage to get one a hal hour into ishing on a 4 inch ox-blood blue worm (texas)in main lake. It was slow all day ater that, we tried everything. I did get another one about an beore dark on a drop-shot using same worm (20t-Warm Springs). It elt like a good ish but bent my hook straight and got o.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Have electronics, and make sure you are using a reliable hooks when drop-shotting. Fish slow and in waters 20-40 t.

Saturday, December 30th, 2000

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    Water Temp: COLD

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The ishing was pretty tough today. I started out ishing a deep drop-o and caught a 12 incher right away on a blue and black jig in about 25 eet o water. Then nothing or a ew hours. I started ishing a little ways passed the marina and caught one ish on a Carolina rigged senko, and that was all the action or the day. And rom what I hear the landlocked Steelhead bite at this lake has been terrible. I was talking to a guy that said last year he could catch 3 or 4 steelhead easy and now he's lucky to get a bite.
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: The ish are pretty deep(25-40 t.) So use something that'll get your bait down there. And i you want to see this cool new site I ound go to: http://www.norcalbass.com/ it is similar to this one accept it's new and it has some neat eatures like product reviews, articles, and surveys. It also has a Free lure contest, you can ind out how to enter it at the site.

Wednesday, December 20th, 2000

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    Water Temp: cold,real cold

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out early with my pal Don up Yorty creek shakin worms,,,Don got 3ish , me zero,,,Ater 3hrs, went to Skunk creek and same score..Beginning to think they named the creek ater me. Thinh I'll go to the I.S.E. show in san mateo to get some more pointers. I surely need the imput....Damn Dan
    City: Daly City

Friday, November 24th, 2000

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    Water Temp: not sure

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Sonoma w/ ellow Nutcase Billy today rom 7:30-12:30. Dense og in the morning burned o later on. He landed 3 bass and missed a ew, I missed one and landed one. Nothing large. We caught them shaking small plastics in 30-40' o water. Water was very clear, 15-20'.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Shake small neutral colored plastics around the deep trees o rock.

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: hard ishing,4 ish all day.ished 30-50 eet.(points.)missed a ew at same depth.
    City: healdsburg

    Tips: missed 3 in a row on that long point on the right, just throughthe "s"turns as you are heading towards the 2 creeks.i you gosoon hit that spot.