Lake Berryessa Fish Report 07-16-07

Lake Berryessa - Winters, CA (Napa County)


by Dino Righetti
7-16-2007
(707) 966-7700
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Catfishing is on at the lake!

Use livers, hotdogs, dip bait or anchovie on the bottom and your cat will hit.?? Off most any bank around the lake will work.

Trout and salmon are deep from 70 to 92 feet are the reports.?? Troll A, Needlefish or Kastmaster.?? Downriggers are a must.

Bass anglers came in with nice 1 ot 20 lb. small mouth.?? Some on the surface yet.?? Plastics were used in 20 to 30 feet of water.

Crappie are really hitting in the night.?? Use red and white jigs in Cappell Cove or live minnows off the bottom.

Water temperature at the Marina is 79 degrees 6 feet from the surface.


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