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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Yorty Creek late Tuesday evening, nothing on top. Only action was 4" Carolina rubber real slow. Nothing big.
      City: SR

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The bass where biting quite good today. I landed 4 - 3+lb ish and one 5.5 lb ish. Saw some blue gill action also or the kids. Basically had a great day.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Get there in the early morning beore the jet skis and speed boats arrive. 4-5 am is a good time to start then you get some good uninterupted ishing in the main lake. I like to use dark purple and blue rubber worms with the twisty tails. Slip sinker on the nose 1/4 oz. let it drop in at the shore line and slowly jig it in to the boat.

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      Water Temp: 75-78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Pulled an all nighter Saturday and my partner and I landed 15-20 ish. Started out with top water baits at dusk with ish to 3#, switched to blades ater dark with ish to 2#, then jigs late night. My partner landed a 5.5# with a jig. We caught many small ish and missed several keepers on top water and in the snaggs.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: The patterns seemed to change as the night progressed so you'll need to change as the bites stop. Dark colors at night: black/red, black/blue.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I any body knows where I can ind Optimum swimbaits online please E-mail me!

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      Water Temp: 65-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Great day at Lake Sonoma. The luke bite was strong all day. The main body o water is your best bet. They are easting trying to atten up beore the hot summer months ahead. The morning bite came on the white pepper color, and then changed to the olive green color. Our big ish o the day wsa about 5 lbs. It ws a consistant bite all day and the ish where very aggresive. We boated 33 ish and my buddy missed al least 15. It was a very nice day, even with all the boaters. Tip: Go during the week much less crowded. Good luck! Dont catch'em all.

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went to lake sonoma , ished around yorty creek with brush hogs and all that i cought was a cold..
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: April ools..... hmmm hmmmm im unny

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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Trolled in ront o dam and caught nothing. I then tried throwing plugs and grubs against the dam. I caught #2 smallie on a purple 2" curlytail grub. I wanted to ish Yorty but the gait is closed. I ished out o my kayak. Hal o the day was dry, all day cloudy.
      City: Willits

      Tips: I like using the color purple. It hasn't let me down yet. I think it's still pretty cold.

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      Water Temp: 49-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 1-29-00 nothing hapening up the main arm,went to the island in warm springs,picked up 7 rom 1-4:30. no size, 1 3/4lbs.shakin darter heads in 17-20 t.1-30-00wet & cold & windy. shakin again picked up 4 all day , weather made the ish suspend. 2 better ish on the point at the public ramp.3lbs.&2 1/2lbs.
      City: santa rosa

      Tips: shake 6 in. worms in 17-25 t, on main lake points. color didnt seem to matter right now . just ish real slow. ish each spot through 2 or 3 times.

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Lake Sonoma or the irst time this year. Managed a ew ish on topwaters and cranks. There was some schooling but it was scattered and the ish were not up very long. Got rained on Sunday and had to go home early so was not on the water much.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Seemed like the topwater bite was about to take o.

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 8 ish rom 1-3 Lbs. Most isherman ished Cherry creekand did well. Fishing in the main body with spinnerbaits, speedtraps and jigs worked well. There are big ish in the shallows,try big baits (1 oz spinner or pig and jig)at this time o year.Steven W. TamezState Bonded and Licensed Fishing GuideHookset240 Mastick AveSan Bruno, CA 94066650-583-8600 wkslammin@baitcast.comhttp://www.baitcast.com
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: Try carolina rigs, spinnerbaits and jigs.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: left my house in brentwood around 3:45 in morning got to soulajule gate at around 5. gate is locked!!! had a chain link lock opposite of the gates lock itself.. it said to wait till 6 which we did and nobody came to open it. so we plan b'd it and went to nicasio for bout hour an a half , we through out crankbaits, jigs, worms, topwater. nuthin.
      City: brentwood

      Tips: bring bolt cutters!!!!!!!!

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: For All you wussy's out there I wasnt gonna say anything but I walk the whole lake all the time and have 100+ fish days on the regular. So either your a bunch of babies or cant fish.
      City: San Rafael

      Tips: Glad those of you who bash this lake never come back

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: People who steal should read this:1/13/04

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      Water Temp: 50 or so

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished or only 1hr in the rain it started slow but then started to realy come done.now back to ishing ish a 6in sinko in 6-8 eet o warter and ound 3 bass in the 2-3lbs class all 10min apart. Started to get realy wet and let the ish or a nother day.You can only have so much un when you are wet and cold.
      City: petaluma

      Tips: ish are still close but i it dose not warm up soon may go deep so ish slow realy slow and light.

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      Water Temp: hgdj

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: sorry last report ment or soulajule
      City: jgjd

      Tips: gj

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Yo I come on here to see how the fishing is at the lake. I've fished this lake for the last 30 years and do great every year. It's nice for me to be able to come on here and see the people like fatchicks takes the time to let the rest of us know how the fishing is. If you want to help the lake then find a way to get them to make it illegal to take fish during the spawn. Instead we get a look of Asians that come with live bait and keep every keeper sizes fish they caught. And trust me I have no problem with anyone keeping fish but lets wait till after the spawn. Anyways FATCHICKS, thank you for all the help
      City: Santa Rosa

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fatgirls u should stop posting about the lake if u don't want people to ruin it, same goes with the bellyboating forum

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I will try that but it sounds like a bait suited more for the warmer periods of the year. Thanks for the advice though, I'll check out some swimbaits, how big should it be? Anyone with advice for winter fishing here, it would be greatly appreciated. I love catching those big fish in this lake. The big ones also seem to like 4 1/2 inch storm finesse worms, i caught a 8lb and 5lb fish earlier in the year with that. Sports Authority used to have it but then it vanished, so i need to find a new bait to replace that one. That's going to be tough!!! Every time i went out with it, i caught a fish. I have no idea what the bait did that made fish go crazy over it, it doesn't resemble anything (except a very flashy worm)!lol Might make a trip during Christmas break to fish a little while here. My buddy wants to go to ilsanjo on the 23rd and he has never gone fishing and I've never been there. It will be a test for me, that's for sure.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Any for winter fishing here would great! Can't wait for spring!!!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Redwood Empire Bass Club is welcoming new members both boaters and non boaters to fish our club tournaments. Our first meeting of the year will be on Wednesday January 12th at the Rohnert Park Community Center on the corner of Rohnert Park Expressway and Snyder Lane at 7p.m. Our first tournament will be at Berryessa on January 22nd and next month at Lake Sonoma on Febuary 26th.Go to www.rebc.net for further details.
      City: Santa Rosa

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      Water Temp: too warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: First time ishing Spring Lake. Hit the water by 3:30pm on the south end, tossed a 7" black/blue lake senko around the island, no takers, spooked one as my bait hit the water next to a tree. Continued around the island throwing the senko and drop shotting a 4" worm, nothing still. Covered some water throwing a lucky crat sammy, not a damn thing yet, sun inally set and covered water with a ire tiger terminator spinnerbait, hit two around the island in the dark both were only 1lb 1/2 each.
      City: Davis

      Tips: Water is warm, too warm, need a nice cold ront to move in, ANYBODY HAVE ANY INFO ON LOCATIONS FOR DEEPER WATER AND STRUCTURE AROUND THE LAKE, IF SO DROP ME AN EMAIL PLEASE, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO FISH TUESDAYS OR WEDNESDAYS LET ME KNOW. jdogg_norcal@yahoo.com