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Sonoma
 Lake Sonoma is 451 feet above sea level. It has 3,600 surface acres and 53 miles of shoreline. Liberty Glen campground, with 113 tent/RV sites, sits in the hills above the lake. There is a 5-lane main launch ramp with a $3 fee.
The Lake Sonoma Marina has a 2-lane ramp with a $10 fee.
At the upper lake is Yorty Creek which is limited to cartop launching only, $3 launch fee.
For more information contact Lake Sonoma Recreation Area (707)433-9483 or Lake Sonoma Marina (707)433-2200
More Lake Sonoma Information
California Dept. of Water Resources has lake levels for Warm Springs(Sonoma)
Lake Sonoma is a highland reservior with the majority of shoreline dropping off steeply. There is a lot of standing and fallen timber along the main lake and in the coves. Both upper arms of the lake have no-ski and no wake zones so fishing can be quiet and enjoyable. But the main lake areas are narrow and boat wakes seem to eventually find you.
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Date: 0000-00-00 |
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Location: Sacto |
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Report: Shad in Sonoma? How bigwas it? |
Tips: dartheads on the Sacto! |
| Name: Smokefish5 |
Date: 2009-10-31 |
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Location: Santa Rosa |
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Water Teamp: 61 |
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Report: Went for a pleasure cruse on saturday, the lake was quiet with only a few boats out. I decided to cast a line out with a silver cast master on the main lake. The second the lure hit the water 4-6 small bass immediatly went for it an practically fought to be the one on the hook. I had kids with me so for the next couple of minutes they cought a bunch of the little shakers. When it got quiet I moved to the front of the boat & cast into a submerged weed pile. This time the rod went off with a strong bite. As I reeled the fish in, I thought it was a steele head but when I got him on the boat I realized it was a Shad. At this point I could not stop there, on the nextcast it happened again this time I pulled in a 1-1/2 Lb Black Crappie. .... |
Tips: Go fishing you dont know what you might catch. |
| Name: jfbos |
Date: 2009-10-24 |
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Location: San Rafael |
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Water Teamp: 67 |
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Report: 13 yr old Nephew's first day fishing for anything, ever. We started our around 8am and finished around 3:00p. He did well with casting spinning gear in the pool the night before, and got better as the day wore on. Note my use of the word 'wore'... as in laborious. It was TOUGH fishing. He worked the back of the boat with jigs and drop shots (I taught him everything I don't know; ha), with me keeping depth anywhere from 10 to 40 feet, looking for a depth pattern perhaps?---not really. Meanwhile, I was chucking Speedtraps toward shore (4 different colors; pretty much covered the spectrum) ---- all without any takers. Then I would switch to a d/s, tube or jig while he cranked as best he could. NOTHING. First place we hit was north side of the dam, working back and forth (twice) from the dam to 'around the corner' there by the buoys, and back. NOTHING. Then it was up to Cherry, but the fish continued to give us the big middle finger. Couldn't figure anything out. Up in Cherry, we went over by the usual haunts by the campsites and such, jigging and cranking and d/s-ing for a bit, then I saw a couple small surface blips, said screw it, and tied on a baby spook. First cast, twitch twitch twitch, zig zag, zig zag, zig zag, and POW! A nice... no wait... TINY 6 inch fingerling largemouth nails it, and I rip the little prick back to the boat. My nephew goes nuts. I say, dude, this ain't crap... but at least the skunk is off the boat!
That was the last of the 'topwater action' as it turns out. This was around noon.
At 2:30, outside mouth of Cherry, I was working a d/s and had the kid holding a dragged brushhog, which I consider a first AND last resort on Slownoma. It was getting close to time to head back to my inlaw's place and he didn't get anything on the hog (frickin Slownoma) but I got nailed on a decent near-2-pounder on the d/s. The second I knwew I had it hooked, of course I handed the rod over so the little guy could feel what a fish feels like (since he and I had already caught so many weedfish), and he did a fine job of reeling it in. I lipped it and took a couple pics. He played it back to the boat nicely so I'm giving him full credit of course, and getting that confidence up.
I think the kid's hooked---he can't wait to come fishing with his uncle again. Next year we'll hit Clear Lake and give him a better shot at a REAL day's fishing.
But at least the kid's actually been out fishin... |
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View All Reports| Name: Tucker Pinochi |
E-Mail: jimhealdsburg@aol.com |
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Summer: I caught a 2# trout casting a spinner bait in really deep water. Grandpa caught a little bigger trout drifting through deep water with a night crawler. |
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