Thursday, January 11, 2024

2023 Lake Berryessa Fishing Maps, Report, plus Public Land Hunting, Clubs, and Ranches

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The first two to three weeks of October is the great trout bite or only lasts about a month.  Then, they are stuffed with shad.  It‘s best to have a boat when the area  you’re fishing become unproductive.  Berryessa  anglers use live nightcrawlers, minnows or lures.   

Trout seem to school  because of the cool, deep water so the best trout fishing can be found at  the south end by the dam.   However, in October  these trout come up to the surface where they go after  minnows or threadfin shad. Anglers do it trolling, drifting, casting and anglers do, in fact, catch a lot of fish off the rocks by numerous places where you can pull in, park  car and get out and catch fish

Most  use a bubble float, that you fill  up with water so you can cast it out. Try hooking a minnow  through the dorsal fin area or through the lip, some use worms with a bobber or off the bottom. 

Anglers with boats use the these methods effectively, but usually trolls rig up with a split shot the size of a pea, put that 3 feet ahead of the lure, and a snap  swivel ahead of that. The swivel acts as a bulldozer of sorts. It  clears away the weeds and debris which are apparent that time  of year.The best lure is a Rainbow Runner, the orange and fluorescent red Rainbow Runner  which is about  1 1/2 inches long. 

 Berryessa...Fast Facts!  Location: ln Napa County..  Size: Lake Berryessa is 25 miles long and 3 miles  wide with 165 miles of shoreline.  Species: Rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, large-  mouth bass, brown trout, kokanee, crappie, blue-  gill, channel and bullhead catfish.  Best fishing: Trout rise for shad  in October. Bass fishing is super  March through  June. Catfish and crappie bite all the way from June  through August. 

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2023 Lake Berryessa Fishing Maps, Report, plus Public Land Hunting, Clubs, and Ranches

Access to our giant free hunting and fishing Map site, with how to fish and where to fish Berryessa or hunt these Public lands. Get access t...