Roberts Lake

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| name = Roberts Lake

| image = RobertsLake3248.jpg

| caption = birds on Roberts Lake in 2009

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| location = Rohnert Park, California

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| type = reservoir

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| basin_countries = United States

| length = {{convert|800|ft|m|-1}}

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| area = {{convert|5|acre|ha|1}}

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| elevation = {{convert|98|ft|m|0}}

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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Roberts Lake in California, USA.

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Roberts Lake is a reservoir{{gnis|1799646|Roberts Lake}} at 5010 Roberts Lake Road{{cite web|url=http://www.fishing-derby.org/contact.htm#where|title=Where is Roberts Lake located?|accessdate=2008-07-06}} in Rohnert Park, California, USA. Named after Arthur N. Roberts, a five-term mayor who died in 1986,{{cite web|url=http://www.fishing-derby.org|title=Fishing Derby|accessdate=2008-07-06}} it is the centerpiece of Roberts Lake Park,{{gnis|1799647|Roberts Lake Park}} a city park.

The lake is the site of an annual free fishing derby for children fifteen years and under.{{cite web|url=http://www.fishing-derby.org/contact.htm#why|title=Who can enter the fishing derby?|accessdate=2008-07-06}} Fish species found in the lake include rainbow trout, bluegill, crappie, channel catfish, carp, and largemouth bass.{{cite web|url=http://www.fishing-derby.org/Roberts%20Lakes%20fish/Fish%20of%20Roberts%20lake.htm|title=Rohnert Park Fishing Derby|accessdate=2008-07-06}}

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