Lake Sonoma Hunt Report

[zavodizhevsk]

I spent the past weekend hunting in the Skunk Creek area near Yorty Creek. Temperature before sunrise was at a frigid 24 degrees, but got up to around 70 by the afternoon. It's incredibly dry and all of the visible sign appears old. No fresh wallowing or rooting anywhere. I did not see a single pig and the handful of other hunters I encountered didn't either. Here are a few photos. Until it rains, it doesn't seem to make much sense to go up to Yorty.

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[Mlindsay]

Damn that's crazy dry. Might have to take a trip up there just to look at the water levels.

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[Mikey88]

Wow...that's sad! I haven't gone out yet even though I paid...all reports have been bad news so far. Its hard enough on good rain years!

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

Thanks for the report and photos, all these norcal lakes are at least 30 ft low and they can't drop to much lower. Not just the hunting is fd up now fishing is being effected with the drastic low water levels. Here's a photo of my fishing lake and I marked where the water line was about 3 years ago, I have never seen the lakes this low.....tra


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[zavodizhevsk]

That's a very telling picture, TRA. This drought is something else. I've lived in this state for almost 25 years and have never seen anything like it. And I think it's going to get worse before it gets better. Even if we get rain soon, it'll take these lakes years to recover.

 

[brushape]

lake sonoma is at 75% capacity currently

 

[Huntr Pat]

Don't look good.