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Monday, December 6th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out on Monday, day after the Sunday soaker and got all of 2 bites. Left my danged sonar at home so even though I planned on fishing 20-30ft deep overall, had to guestimate based on experience in certain areas. Grrrr... felt 'naked' without electronics. Anyway, dragged brushhogs slowly for 1 bite in morning, then tried reaction as sun came out sun but nothing. D/S in entrance/arm to Cherry for zilch, then fished main lake points (d/s) toward end and got one decent smallie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se6F_ljfj6A
    City: San Rafael

    Tips: D/S 20-30 off points. Go deeper as necessary---esp if you can graph fish (which of course requires you remember YOUR sonar; ha). MOST IMPORTANT: Sign up for the Redwood Empire Bass Club's annual Open/Turkey Shoot! It's on Saturday 12/18 at Lake Sonoma! Sign up forms available at http://www.rebc.net/openpdfs.html so fill out a form for YOUR team and fax to James at 415-364-2880!

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started the day trolling for steelies and caught a nice 15" steelhead by 8:30. Top lining a Rapala CD-9 on 8lb test. Fish hit as I completed a turn near the Sheriff's cove. After 9:00 I headed to the Warm Springs area to try for some bass. Fished main lake areas with various plastics, but did not get a bite.
    City: Rohnert Park

    Tips: Marked a lot of fish while trolling at the 70'-80' depth. Didn't have a downrigger to get that deep so if you do, give it a try.

Saturday, November 6th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Slow Fishing, had to work hard to pick up bass. found most of our fish in cherry. Picked up 5 for the day no big weights all around 2-3 lbs. sun came out and fishing was a little better.But still Slow! Threw jigs and senco's, some speed traps but no luck on the speed trap.
    City: ukiah

    Tips: Keep Fishin!

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: 6 fish 2 to 3 lbs all on cranks about 3 hours of fishing, Dry Creek arm.
    City: penngrove

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: took my buddy up to y.c. caught 15 fish between us.fish were caught on buzzbait,split shot rig,cranks,drop,sencos and missed a huge boil on a twitch bait.transition period is in effect,bass were scattered-some trees,grass,deep and some in very shallow water (early hours)
    City: rosa

    Tips: not really sure.maybe try staying in the grass more,try ripping through it-seemed thats were we could only get the better ones.good luck&catch and release.

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went fished Dry Crk and Cherry Crk. areas . The fishing was great!
    WHY ISN'T ANYBODY GIVING ANY REPORTS ? ? ??? ? ????? Could it be that it is so good that you-all want it to be a secret ?
    OK Somona County Anglers, You are being called out! SHOW US YOUR REPORTS.. it's all in good fun, don't get bent!
    City: Ukiah, CA.

    Tips: In the morning, start mid way up and then work your way out to the deeper water. Caught all my fish slow draggin' a brush hog and lizard. THE FALL BITE IS ON ! cool.

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

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    Water Temp: 72-74

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: On the water at 8am. first fish at 9am on a lv15 american shad luckycraft, fishing over top of weed beds in dry creek, nice 3lber. another 3lber at 10am on flick shake pumpkin drop shot on hump in 20ft of water off cherry creek mouth. two fish missed a buzzbait off cove in cherry creek. Caught another few shaker fish and a nice red ear sunfish on drop shot. Nice day on the water, good to get out. Parking lot was about half full when we arrived and about 3/4 when we left, but did not encounter any traffic at all.
    City: Sebastopol

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Arrived at the lake at 5 pm and headed to Dry Creek area. Fished everything from worms to crankbaits, spinnerbaits, topwater, jigs and drop shot and only caught 2 small fish before it got dark. After dark headed into Cherry Creek and started using brush hogs and black spinnerbaits. That's when the bite picked up. My son caught several on the blade right against the shore. I caught 2 on the hog.
    City: Rohnert Park

    Tips: Black blades at night. throw to bank and let sink before starting your retreive. Most hits came on the fall.
    Enjoy the cool quiet evenings and get out after dark.

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    Water Temp: 74 - 80

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Saturday 6/26/10, my buddy and I decided to start all the way up the Cherry Creek branch before it got too hot. We fished the shadows on the East side using a Texas rigged, weightless, Baby Bass colored, Senko. At this time, the water temperature was 74

    Tips: Start early and fish where the sun hasn

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 67 -75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Saturday 6/5/10, l fished from the front (my boat). In the morning, we fished the Dry Creek branch where the water temperature was 67 - 69

    Tips: Look for cooler water. It appeared that the bite was better in water cooler than 70

Friday, May 14th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 63 -69

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Friday 5/14/10, l fished from the back of the boat. Depending on the location on the lake, the water temperature ranged from 63 to 69

    Tips: In protected areas where the water was calm, we could still see fish on beds. If you are real patient (about 20 minutes), you can irritate one of these fish enough to get it to bite. We also saw many schools of fry from fish that had spawned earlier.

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    Water Temp: 61-64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Today I fished with DON I. We left the ramp at 5:45am and headed north. Started with top water and spinners, no luck. Thru cranks,worms,jigs did not get our first fish in the boat until around 10:30 and then I think in one strech we caught 11 fish a combo of small and large mouths. Off the lake by 1:00pm.
    City: Napa

    Tips: All our fish came on wacky style. All mornning we were not getting fish and then we got into some fish. It went from no bites to they attacked the bait. Most all of our fish came in one cove. Good fishing

Friday, May 7th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 60 PLUS

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ANOTHER NICE DAY AT SONOMA.I GOT 2 BLOWUPS ON HULA POPPERS EARLY.. NO HOOKUPS.THE REST OF THE DAY I USED YUM DINGERS WITH GARLIC.. I CAUGHT 11 GREENS AND 1 BROWNY.I HAVE BEEN CATCHING 1 TO 3 SMALLMOUTHS EVERY TRIP.
    City: SANTA ROSA

    Tips: WACKY RIG 5 INCH DINGERS WITH GARLIC.CAST FROM THE BANK OUT TO 20 FEET. BLACK WITH RED FLAKE WORKED THE BEST..

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 65 or so

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Had a great day down the Yorty Creek arm. Started out slow sight fishing for some cruising fish in 5 foot of water with weightless worms and other soft plastics, but the fish weren't super interested. Saw lots of pairs actually in the act of spawning and left those alone. Only caught two fish between ten and two but then the fish went on a tear between two and four and I caught about 18, including my biggest bass in three years and a fat 2.5 lb smallie. I caught them all on a shallow diving ripbait and they were all in 5-6 feet of water and 6-15 feet from the bank. The big female I caught weighed about 8 lbs and would have been my biggest bass ever if she hadn't just spawned. I also got crapped on by a cormorant, but I didn't mind so much since it was a great day.
    City: Santa Rosa

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started off fishing Yorty Creek arm with my brother in-law John with not much success, water was dirty & stained and the temp dropped down to 54. We picked up few on drop shot, tried crankbait, spinnerbait & Jerkbait with no takers. With all the rain at the beginning of the week it messed things up, the fish were back out on the points and suspending. It was sunny but pretty windy, which made things a little tough, we ended up with 9 fish, largest was 3lbs by John, then we left @ 3:00.
    City: Pacifica

    Tips: Wait for a couple of weeks of warm weather and it should be good.

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

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    Water Temp: 60 PLUS

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: TUFF DAY AT THE LAKE ..WATER CLARITY INCREASED BY AT LEAST A COUPLE FEET SINCE LAST POST..WHEN I PULLED UP TO THE RAMP I SAW A GUY LAND A NICE 3 POUNDER ON A POP R..TOPWATER IS ON ..I STARTED WITH A BUZZBAIT AT 6:30 AAND QUICKLY PICKED UP 2 FISH..BUT THAT WAS IT..THEN I CAST SOME SPINNERBAITS WITH NO RESULTS..TRIED RIPPEN AND ZIP..I HAD TO GO TO SENKOS TO FINALLY GET SOME BITES..OVER ALL IT WAS ASLOW DAY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR..9 BITES FOR 7 FISH AND NONE OVER 3 POUNDS..
    City: SANTA ROSA

    Tips: TRY TOPWATER EARLY AND LATE..THROW SENKOS AROUND STUMPS AND TREES.FROGS MIGHT BE A GOOD CHOICE..NEXT WEEK I WELL BE THROWING A MOSS BOSS OVER THE TOP OF THE WEED LINES.. GOOD LUCK...

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Got on water at 930am. fished yorty creek with my dad. threw a brush hog and a wacky rigged senko till 1pm. 3 bites, 2 fish. both fish caught on senko in less than 5 feet of water. Back at lauch, a bass fisherman told me that he caught 25 in past couple days all on lizards in 5 feet of water.
    City: Larkspur

    Tips: Cherry creek. texas rigged lizards. shallow. Tight lines!!

Monday, April 19th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 58 TO 61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report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s IN ORANGE AND BLACK STRIPES TIE ONE ON AND REEL SLOW DOWN THE BANKS AND RIP IT OUT OF WEEDS...GREAT DAY SAW 2 BOATS ALL DAY.
    City: SANTA ROSA

    Tips: POUND THE BANKS THERE ARE A LOT OF FISH THERE NOW..SLOW ROLL SPINNERBAITS OVER LOGS AND AROUND TREES AND STUMPS..THROW SENKOS ANY WHERE.THE WATER IS A LITTLE COLORED SO DONT FORGET THE SMELLY JELLY OR BANG.YOU CANT MISS RIGHT NOW..GET OUT AND GET EMMMMMMMMMM...

Friday, April 9th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 55 58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: OH WHAT A DAY..........I BACKED DOWN THE RAMP AT 6.30 AT YORTY CREEK GOT READY TO LAUNCH AND THE BOAT SLID OUT OF MY TRUCK AND INTO THE LAKE.. BOAT MOTOR 6 RODS TACKLE BAG OARS BATTERY ETC.HOPING THE WIND WOULD BLOW IT BACK I CHASED IT DOWN THE BANK.AFTER 5 MINUTES OR SO THE BOAT STARTED TO BLOW AWAY FROM THE BANK.WITH THE OUTSIDE TEMPS AT 35 AND WATER TEMP AT 55 I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO DIVE IN AFTER IT.....BY THIS TIME IT WAS ABOUT 50 YARDS OFF SHORE.I SWAM OUT GOT MY BOAT AND SWAM BACK TO SHORE. WHAT A WAKE UP CALL.. THE FISHING WAS GOOD ALL DAY. I USED XRAPS .. SPINNERBAITS AND SENKOS.. CAHGHT A FEW ON OPEN BANKS BUT MOST BITES CAME IN AROUND TREES IN 19 FEET OF WATER.....
    City: SANTA ROSA

    Tips: THROW SENKOS IN THE TREES SPINNERS AND XRAPS DOWN THE BANKS..............

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: COLD AND RAINING ALL DAY... GREAT DAY TO GO FISHING..HIT SONOMA THIS MORNING WITH DESENT RESULTS.LITTLE WIND... STARTED WITH SENKOS ON TREES AND CAUGHT A COUPLE DESENT FISH.BUT DID MUCH BETTER WITH THE REACTION BITE..MY FRIEND GOT 4 AND LOST A COUPLE ON AN XRAP... GOLD WITH BLACK BACK..I STARTED THROWING AN ORANGE SPINNERBAIT AND CAUGHT SEVERAL..START CRANKING IF YOUR NOT CATCHING..GET OUT AND GOOOO...
    City: SANTA ROSA

    Tips: USE JERKBAITS AND SPINNERBAITS ON POINTS AND NEAR WOOD..WE NEED 4 DAYS OF HOT WEATHER AND ALL HELL WELL BREAK LOOSE..............