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Lots of shad activity out there. I believe there are more schools of shad than feeding bass can handle. You can see the water "perculating" on top, with Lil silver shad jumping an inch or so out of the water. Boated 9 today. I think I hooked maybe 20 fish today, but had a poor landing ratio of under 50%. Had a lot of fun. The late bloomer spawners are still spawning. We have our 4th set of spawning bass in our slip, on top of the dock's pillar. Fresh eggs sitting on the concrete pillar, like a light dusting of snow. More babies later this week! But I think most bass are moving into their post spawn feeding binge, I caught 3 fish on 4 casts, at one point, today. Still trying to entice a big one on some topwater stuff, but the Keitech 3.8" in elec blue / chartreuse just keeps em' biting. Also hooked 4 fish on a silver double willow bladed shad color spinner-bait 3/8oz, with a hog farmer (elec shad) 3.5" spunk shad trailer. All 4 fish escaped when they breached the water. Maybe I'm not setting the hook hard enough? Anyway, it was still a fun and active day, regardless of the escapees. Lol. It's a great time to get out there and fish! Good luck!

Warm Springs side again, today. Water clarity is getting worse. Shad spawn is in full swing.......huge schools swarming through the trees and cover. Threw a shad colored baby jackhammer, berkeley flukes, a June bug colored wacky rig, and even a keitech noisy flapper on a weighted swimbait hook.......nothing. Switched to the old faithful, Keitech 3.8 swing impact fat, and the bite picked up, immediately. Boated 10 today. 6 over 1lb, the rest dinkers. All caught at the confluence of Warm Springs Creek and Rancheria Creek.

Yorty Creek today.....pretty breezy. Water clarity has decreased noticeably due to the recent holiday boating influx, churning up the waters. Was bummed to see lots of garbage left on the shoreline by the weekend campers, not a pretty sight. Still getting a reasonable bite on the Keitech 3.8 in elec blue/chartreuse. Throwing white / shad colored chatterbaits & crankbaits, with no success. Going back to the Keitech always results in bites. So, I'm sticking with it for now. Too windy for a weightless wacky rig, today. Boated 6 fish, 2 notable. Get out n fish!

Stayed close to home on the Warm Springs side again today. The bite was actually better than I anticipated for the holiday weekend with tons of boats, houseboats, jet skis, yahoos, etc.. Was done by 11a, when the campers' stereos started competing with each other. Boated 6 fish today. 4 dinkers b/w 12-14oz....2 fish worth noting. Still getting lots of bites flipping the keitech 3.8in swing impact fat on a 1/8oz core tackle TUSH rig w/ 2/0 hook.

Stayed on the Warm Springs side today. Went all the way to the very end. Caught 8 bass total today. 2 decent ones and 6 dinkers about 12-14oz ea. And, 1 catfish of 4lbs 9oz. Still catching them all on a 3.8in Keitech Fat Swing Impact (elec blue / chartreuse) on a 1/8oz Core Tackle TUSH rig 2/0. The catfish too! I switched colors to Threadfin Shad, tried Black Shad, too. Nothing. Put an electric blue / chartreuse back on, and started getting bites again. I'm just flipping the swim bait to the edges of the trees & cover along the banks and letting it fall on a semi slack line. Lost my personal best for Lake Sonoma, today.....right at the boat.....I'm buying a larger net...LOL. Was at least 4, maybe 4.5. The bite is definitely picking up!

Headed up to Yorty Creek. Arrived at Yorty at 1130a - late start today. The bite has definitely picked up compared to last couple of weeks. Altogether, caught about 15 fish today. Mostly dinkers. Five were large enough to document and pose for a quick photo. Back they went, to fight another day. Caught all but one, with a Keitech Swing Impact Fat 3.8" (electric blue / chartreuse) on a 1/8oz Core Tackle TUSH rig w/ a 2/0 hook. Nearly all bites were on the fall, on a semi slack line. The smallie hit a shad colored baby jackhammer with an electric blue 3.5" spunk shad trailer, from hog farmer.