Saturday the 26 myself, and two other anglers, Nick and Steve, got to the Lake Sonoma at around 7am.   We had post-frontal conditions, with partly cloudy skies and a light north wind.  The water temp was 52 degrees with 2-4 foot clarity.  Our first stop was a big flat with a few scattered rock piles, in the Warm Springs Arm.  The bite was on, and in the first 20 minutes of the day we landed 7 bass, a mix of large-mouth and small-mouth.  We fished 3/8 oz. jigs and Dry Creek Tubes fished in 1...

Despite the freezing temperatures, the bass fishing at Lake Sonoma was surprisingly really good.  I was supposed to head up to Clear Lake to do some filming on Friday, but Hwy 29 was closed because of nearly a foot of snow on the summit from the previous day.  Luckily my buddy Hank was able to get a “sick day” from work, so he met me at Lake Sonoma at around 10:30 am.  We were in between storms, the sky was clear, there was a light south wind, and you could still see last nights full moon...

Sunday morning I arrive at the ramp, and find there is an ABA tournament going on.  We wait for the 30 boats to launch, and then take off.  It’s been warm and sunny all week, but the water temp on the main lake is still in the upper 50’s.  The back of Dry Creek was our first stop.  We start off throwing Brush Hogs, jigs and drop shots on a deeper rocky ledge that was near a spawning flat.  The fish were schooled up there pretty good.  We worked the area for two hours and caught 9 bass, ...