Lake Sonoma, 01/05

Made it over to the Lake after work on Friday.  Managed two nice fish, 2 1/2 to 3 lb variety, on the same deep point that my son and I hit last Monday.  The post frontal conditions had the fish less active and many suspending off the bottom in the "lockjaw" mode, and the bites were much less aggressive.  The wind was a factor as well, but the anchoring system worked great, but the wind made feeling a texas rigged worm in 30 to 40 feet a bit of a challenge, both fish were just slight pressure on the rod, no thumps.  Fished there for about an hour and went scouting accross to the right of the dam and up warm springs a bit, lots of small balls of bait suspended around the bridge pilings, but not a lot of fish marks around them.  Out of the water by 4:10 as the wind was getting bad and it was a bit cold.  Forgot the camera in my rush to get out after work so no pics.....

Norm