Sonoma Steel

I had a great time Mike. Thanks for putting us together today. There is unity and love on this website. Look no further than todays report. I got the little hen on a lucky craft pointer shad imitation.Thanks for the cool sinker releases too Big Mike.I met up with Saltydog on the freeway and we were on the phone( dont say anything to the coppers). Saying to each other this could get ugly as it was raining and foggy as hell. It all cleared and it turned out to be one of those mystic fall days with mist in the mountains and sun on the water. Thanks for showing me the chantrelles Glyn those look very tasty. Can I go next time you hunt them? I apologize, I didnt take one pic. I am learning more about Sonoma everytime I go there. Its a great fishery so close to home. On the river soon. Eh Mc?

looks like all had a great day, wish i could have made this, since it was in my back yard, but family called, glad fish were caught and fun had, next time, cameron

Glad to see you all had a great time OTW and Jim catching some bass. I told you. I will have to ditch they family duties next and join you. How did the revo work for fishing the lake. Great pics to all.
William 102

  my revo. Going to put 'her' to bed right now. Sweet dreams of steelies and smallmouths for all.  jim

  wanted to be there with you fellas.

Good to see "Shark Attack Dan" on the water 

Here's my catch of the day!    I keep my wallet, keys and cell in a small dry bag stuffed into my storage box.   So.. end of the day I get back to the ramp and I discovered that at some point.. no doubt while rummaging around in there for something behind my back, the dry pack fell overboard.    Everyone was heading out but Jonesz was still otw so I radioed to see if he was going to be there a while and if he had a cell with him just in case.   The wind was up so we thought maybe it had blown to the shore since we fished near shore most of the day so I headed back across to the dam and then went towards the bridge to find the furthest spot I had trolled to and there it was.. floating right at the base of the dam.   Everything intact and still dry.    My lucky day.. Jonesz said I should imediately go buy a lotto ticket!   

Anyway.. was a fun day otw with a great crew..  finally met someone with the same yak as I have, I think it was ericb but I didnt get a chance to talk much as we were on the ramp.. he was leaving and I was putting mine back in the water to go find the errant pack.   

Here's a pic of my catch!

BillS you sure got lucky! Nice catch guys.

It was good to see some familiar faces...  at the ramp, anyway...

I didn't drag my butt from Sonoma til about 9am, after sleeping in my truck for all of three hrs, very hung over...  and went under the bridge up the channel away from the rest of the guys. 

It all cleared and it turned out to be one of those mystic fall days with mist in the mountains and sun on the water.

It was absolutely stunning, all alone back there...  But no fish for me, although I tried casting in all the coves, shallow and deep...  BUT there are fish there, and that's a great lake that will go into my regular rotation.  1.45hrs to Fremont!

Bill, glad you found the pack!  I knew you would, since there weren't many boats out.

wow bill, lucky, glad you found your pack, cameron

  Great report on a great outing!  Looks like you were casting and trolling with a weight above the lure a few feet?   it has been years since I hooked a steelie at Lake Sonoma!  Believe it or not I have accidentally caught them while LMB fishing in the back waters up near the cloverdale end a few times.  Thanks for sharing what looked to be a great day on the water! 

i feel bad not making it up, but if i tell you i was working on my bike(tranpo to work) and started fixing things that didn't need it, and took more time then i wanted on it, would you guys forgive me?
I knew it was gonna be a nice day, when I kept looking up at my LIMP *indicator flag!

WTFind&Hook some steel!!   the pics confirmed my limp flag.....wishIwasTHERE!

is that Dan? 

Glad you got some hook-ups at your hook-up, Mike! I wanted to go, but had the GF's entire family over for a BBQ yesterday.

Great pics, er'body.

Had a great time up there. First time this year going for the local steel. Yesterday was a perfect day, overcast/drizzel with NO WIND, and biting fish. Unfortunetly today was a different story. Woke up to a heard of sheep on the lake........... It was cold too!!! I worked it hard today for three hookups and three releases.... Never got my hands on one today. It's got me wanting to come back for more tho. Love the way those wild fish fight. Generally it was slow for most folks I talked to today. Mike you picked a perfect day. Musta used the crystal ball to project that one eh? It was great hooking up with another NCKA crew for sure. Funny thing, I get there just after dawn, it's drizzeling and there's Mike on the ramp already dressed, launched and ready to go. Dude's hard core...... gotta love it.

mickfish,

Are they doing boat inspections at Lake Sonoma?
Thinking of hitting the lake tomorrow 11/24

Nope