Lake Sonoma 3/3

Air temp low 70s water 56/60 visibility murky very little wind.
Launched at 9 or so met kayakjack at the Marina and trolled up the Warm Springs arm where we found Bryan. Fishing was pretty slow couple of smallies one LMB hook up that came off real quick. Not much on the FF after Bryan and Jack left I did a loop by the Dam and had  one drive by and was marking bait schools at 30/50'. Should turn on as soon as the water clears/warms a little. Beautiful day and a lotta miles paddled.

Great report and wildlife pics.   

Nice try, that might be the place to camp soon for me, even the drive in sites..

actually it was a lot of miles peddled...  ... and all for not

Thanks for those SWEET pics Mike!..........at least you guys got wet!

It looks as full as it will get. Gonna get my Smallie from there again this year...on stand by.

Ben the drive in sites are quite aways from the water.

hell, i didnt even know there were drive in sites... are you talking about that resort further up rock pile rd?  its hard to even think of that as camping for lake sonoma!  Yak in sites in yorty arent too bad... close to launch, dump the extra payload and get fishing!

Nice effort, thanks for the report. Any day now...... Did you guys give the Dam a try ??

Matt

Mike wanted to hit the dam but got a late start and blew it off... it would have been more of the same though.. the water is still too dirty and too cold.  Need one or two weeks of sustained weather were it doesnt get too cold at night.  That should be enough to get the lake to turn.

still little milky there...  I'm thinking about trying tomorrow morning but I don't know...
nice info tho.  Thanks, Mickfish!

it was a beautiful day on the lake. the weather was perfect. it was my first time targeting lmb&smb. i learned alot by following micfish around and watching how he fishes.

Matt I hit the dam after and I couldn't get close enough there was a SCS boat watching me so I didn't want to sneak inside the buoy line, I guess they are paranoid of all the Kayak Terrorists reported by Mendo Matt. There was a lot of bait there tho.

       I fished Yorty creek last Thursday 2/28 water up there is a little clearer, especially in the back ends of the coves. I C&R'ed 2 LMB from back end of Brush Creek. Like you said the waters still too cool and the bass haven't moved up yet. When I came back in the water had dropped 4-5 inches. Not the best conditions murky, cold, and falling water levels, but fun trying to catch em. Another thing about Yorty creek much shorter walk from parking to lunch ramp.
            Dale