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Tuesday, May 11th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I had a nother good day at the lake. The wind picked up at about 10:30. I had two other people on the boat and we all caught ish. We boated a total o 16 ish. The biggest was a5.5lb bass. I cant igure remember what was more un, catching it or letting it go. I have ound mysel getting into a certain color pattern and I would like to use some dierent styles and colorpatterns. I you have any helpul tips please e-mail me.
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: Catch and release. The number o ish in this lake always amazes me. To keep these numbers we need to catch and release.

Tuesday, May 4th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: On the water at 6:05am. First cast produced a nice 1 1/2 bass, and a ew ater that another one about the same size.We caught 11 ish, the best came on a carolina rigged5" grub, a nice 4.6lb. emale. The only setback was thewind that kicked up about 8 o'clock and didn't quit allday. Saw a couple o bald eagles, and an osprey do it'sdive into the water or a ish, but he missed it. Alsosaw a nice buck in velvet. It was a nice day.
    City: Sebastopol

    Tips: catching ish is not the only reason to go up to the lake.I you look around you can see a lot more o what natureis all about. Oh yeah', as the bass ollow the shad it'sa good Idea to use an imitation o them, and one o thebest is the grub in compatible colors to imitate the shad.

Sunday, April 25th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: bite shut down compared the last week, ished a team tourny 7 ish 11.15lbs 17 lbs won it thought i would have great chance with lip ish going, no lip ish, caught lots o jig ishthrowing the woods just no size.
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: most people said carolina rig lizards and brush hogs and jig ish

Saturday, April 24th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 57-61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club ished a team event on Lake Sonoma on Saturday. Fiveteams competed, & all ive weighed-in 7-ish limits. Winning sack was about 13.5 lb. Big ish wasabout 4.6 lb. Average weight per bass was about 1.6 lb. Fish went or crankbaits, spinnerbaits,lukes, & carolina-rigged sot plastics. Water was still green but has cleared considerably. Watertemp was 57 F in AM, warming to 61 F by 3 PM (colder than expected, possibly due to wind theprevious ew days?).
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: *** Float Tubers/Kick Boaters: Consider joining us or upcoming events. We next ish LakeIlsanjo (a hike-in lake in Annadel State Park) on Sunday, May 23. Our next meeting is Wednesday,May 5 @ 7 PM @ Coddingtown Round Table Pizza in Santa Rosa. E-mail me or more details. ***

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    Water Temp: 61 - 64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: A pretty nice day, although there were people on thewater that could use some instructions on boating rules.We caught ish on carolina rigs with grubs and lizards.Some ish on shallow crankbaits, and a couple on splitshot worms. Best ish was 2.9lbs, a pretty at emale.We ished the Dry Creek area in the upper reaches, andconcentrated on the shallow lats next to deep water.Oh yeah, you should have seen these three guys, onjet ski's that came zooming thru the tree's 40 eet romwhere we were ishing, those guy's should be conined todry land.
    City: Sebastopol

    Tips: Now that it is spawning season it is important to takeextra care when you catch a emale bass, especially ishe is loaded with eggs. I you catch a trophy you don'thave to kill her. Weigh, measure, and i possible takea picture and have a replica made o your trophy.Remember, your not killing just one ish but thousands.The average emale bass 4lbs. and up will have 20,000 to70,000 eggs. Practice CPR (catch,photograph,release)

Wednesday, April 21st, 1999

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: ishing is great but little windy 1lb to 4lb
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: night crawlers

Tuesday, April 20th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I had a great time dispite the wind. I had three peopleishing on the boat. My girlriend, a good riend, and mysel. Three guesses on who cought the biggest. My girlriend landed a 4.5lb bass. It was also the irst o many ish that day. Plastic worms were the hot ticket.I had a couple o strikes on crankbaits as well.
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: When working a plastic bait take it slow. Lori ollowed this advise and within the hour had the big ish o the day. Not bad or her irst time bass ishing.

Sunday, April 18th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Whooaa!! Have not had that good a time ishing in a while. The ish were on ire. This is not a tip but it is my belie that you could have ished with a dog terd and hooked up! Fished rom 10:30 till 4:30 and could not do wrong. Crankbaits is the word o the day. Boated 21 ish between the 1-3lb. range.
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: Dont be so quick to pass up all the shores while headingway up the lake. The banks and points that everybody was lying by were the ones that produced. Shad paterns worked well.

Friday, April 16th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished dry creek in our club tournament (CVBC) CAUGHT A FIVE FISH LIMIT FOR 12.85LBS WINNER HAD 17+LBS FLIPPED FISH IN THE MORNING,THEN THRU A JIG THE REST OF THE DAY CAUGHT OVER 20 FISH FOR THE DAY. EVERYONE IN THE CLUB HAD A GOOD DAY (EVEN TORRIO) JUST KIDDING WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES THE WEEK BEFORE HAD A FIVE FISH LIMIT FOR A WEAK 6.59 LBS DELI OUT
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: BRUSH HOGS AND JIGS.

Thursday, April 15th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 55-64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Yorty with 2 other tubers on Thursday. We combined to catch 18 ish, the largest at 3.6 lb. Bass went or usual stu. Did see a pair o bass on their nest (no, we didn't try tocatch them). Water warmed rom 55 F in AM to 64 F by the time we let at noon. Clarity is great - about 3 to 5 t, with a nice green tinge to it. Fishing should be good this weekend.
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: *** Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club is ishing Sonoma on April 24. E-mail me i you would like details or ino on the club in general. ***

Sunday, April 11th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 50's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: What a weekend!!!!!! Pre ished on sat, during the, uh, storm. Rain and cold was the word. Tried the Dry Creek arm,shook o 8-10 bites on jigs and brush hogs.Water temp was 52'. Nailed twoapprox.2lbs each. All ish were in the wood, and or points.Got o the water at noon,just couldn't take the weather.Even got a Motel. Sunday ished the ABA team with my son.Still rain and cold.(Hadtalked to members o a Modesto Bass club Sat.,who's leader had 15 lbs.,I'm all o sudden not so cold).We drew #47 out o 50.What a start.Then my shallow ish disappeared. We ended up draggingbrush hogs in 15',carolina rigged to get our whopping 6.59 limit.Several boats let early.I don't know who won or what the weight was,but I did hear thar big ish was a 6.50.The water temp dropped to 50' and the ish deinately moved out,way out. I guess I'll try it again sat.in a club tourney.I hope the ish move back up.
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Weather de.turned the ish o,they'll be back up,maybe this weekend.

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    Water Temp: 54-56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went tubing @ Yorty Creek with 2 other guys on Sunday aternoon. Caught 3 bass, 2 on crankbaits & 1 on carolina-rigged lizard. Front blew thru while we were there & we spent the last hour ishing under beautiul, sunny skies. The use is lit on this lake - it's going to blast o soon. *** Note to Float Tubers/Kick Boaters: The Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club is ishingSonoma on 4/24. E-mail me i you would like details. ***
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: Front seemed to push bass into deeper water than expected. Based on past experience, though, the bite will heat up this week i the weather orecast is right. Lots o 2-3 lb bass will be inthe shallows.

Tuesday, April 6th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Morning and evening bite was good. Crankbaits and rattletraps in about 6-8 t. Fish werebetween 1-3lbs. Lost 3 ish on brush hogs.
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: n/a

Saturday, April 3rd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 52-55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Windy, up to 50 mph and maybe more. We caught 12 bass rom 3/4 to 2.7lbs. Fish were mostly deep in 15 to 25to water. They took jigs, grubs, lizards. It was sowindy it was hard to eel your line most o the timebut, here's a little tip. Load up your bait with smellyjelly and the ish will just chew on it. Waves were inthe 4 to 8 oot range depending on where you were butwe ished all day.
    City: Sebastopol

    Tips: Carolina rigs worked the best and produced the biggestish. I you tie up to a snag, make sure its a solidone and not near a dead tree that may topple over. Wewere about 100t rom one that was blown over that day.

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    Water Temp: 54-56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Saturday aternoon rom my loat tube at Yorty Creek. Wind was a little strong!Caught one largemouth on a spinnerbait. Talked to other tubers and boaters who got shunked. Thewind really decreased the water clarity to around 2 eet.
    City: Sebastopol

    Tips: n/a

Friday, March 26th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 53 - 55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Yorky Creek area in a loat tube and caught 3 small largemouth. Water has cooledsince last week. Caught two on spinnerbaits and one on a jig. Maybe ater the weekend sun thewater will warm up.
    City: Sebastopol

    Tips: n/a

Thursday, March 25th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out around 4pm and made our way to some coves in the main body. Fished the brush piles with brouwn and orange jigs, we hooked u with 2 ish about 3#. Then we went up to skunk and made our way through some thick brush. We cought a 3.5# on a white spinnerbait and managed 2 more ish, both were 4# on the jig. Looks like the ish are up in the deeper brush piles.
    City: santa rosa

    Tips: Use 1/4oz. brown and orange jig with a brown twin tail to give it some vibration. The ish hit them hard, so be ready to set the hook. Find the isolated brush piles with repeated casts. Might try spinnerbaits, most came rom the coves.

Sunday, March 21st, 1999

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    Water Temp: 53 - 55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished lats and points next to deep water. Two ishhit spinnerbaits next to the bank. All other ish tookcarolina rigged 5" grubs and Zoom lizards in 6-18'owater. The wind kicked up about noon time and a Highpressure ront moved in. We ended the day with 11 ishrom 3/4lb. to 2.5lbs.
    City: Sebastopol

    Tips: When carolina rigging, be sure to requently check thepoint o your hook and your leader line or damage.Re-tie oten.

Sunday, March 14th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 53-56

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fish are still staging waiting or warmer water. We caught8 ish rom 1lb to 3.7lbs. Most ish came o carolinarigs with Zoom and Power lizards in black-blue colors.1 ish caught lippin a jig and pig in 2 eet o water.All other ish came out o water 8 - 30 eet o shallowlats next to creek channels.
    City: Sebastopol

    Tips: In muddy or stained water, use a short leader on yourcarolina rig to put your bait closer to the noise oyour weight. Makes it easier or the bass to ind.

Sunday, March 7th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 53-58

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: FISH ARE STAGING AND WAITING FOR THE RIGHT WATER TEMPALL FISH CAUGHT WERE MALES IN 2 - 17'OF WATER. FISHTOOK SPINNERBAITS, LIZARDS, AND GRUBS. WE CAUGHT 10BASS FROM 1 - 2 1/2LBS AND LOST 2 LARGER FISH.
    City: Sebastopol

    Tips: FISH THE OUTSIDES OF CREEK CHANNELS OFF THE POINTS ANDLOOK FOR LEDGES NEXT TO DEEPER WATER. CAROLINA RIGGINGPRODUCED THE MOST FISH.