Striper fishing has been the best at Del Valle this week, followed by Trout

Del Valle Lake - Livermore, CA (Alameda County)


by Del Valle Marina
12-16-2013
(510) 544-3146
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Marina Hours: 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
Park Hours: 6:00 am to 9:00 pm.
Water Temperature: 56 Degrees, at the dock.
Water Level: No mention was made about the water level this week.
Water Clarity: No mention was made about water clarity.
Fish Plants: On December 3, 1,300 lbs. of trout were planted from DFG.
On December 4, 1,000 lbs. of trout were planted from Mt. Lassen.

Fish Report:
Fishing has been very good for Stripers with 2 new trout plants this week. The best bait to use has been Spoons, Swimbaits or any trout-like lures in the Lower Narrows or the south end of the Lake. The Trout bite has been consistently good off the East Beach fishing with Kastmasters,PowerBait, Mouse Tails and Nightcrawlers. A few Bass have been caught from the Narrows using Jigs or Spoons. No Catfish have been reported this week.

Trout have been biting PowerBait, bright colors such as Chartreuse or Spring Green are the colors that worked the best. Kastmaster and Nightcrawlers worked well along the lower Narrows and/or East Beach from the shore.

Catfish have been on the bite as well. They have been hitting Anchovies or Nightcrawlers in the lower Narrows by dead trees or brush. Largemouth and Smallmouth have rarely been heard from. When they have bit they reacted to Spooks or Pointers anywhere in the lake. If you target Bass you will really have to search for them.

Photo #1 & Photo #2: Stephanie Teng of Fremont caught a 14.4 lb. Striper on 11/25 & a 14.15 Striper on 11/28 using a 7 gram spoon at the Dam
Photo #3: Mark Adams of San Jose caught a 5.75 Catfish on Anchovies.
Photo #4: Chris Simpson of Oakley caught a 3.02 lb. Largemouth on a Spook in the Lower Narrows.
Photo # 5: Robert Koupal of San Leandro caught a 1.63 lb. Striper with a stringer of 1 Striper and 2 Trout weigheing 3.74 lbs. on Nightcrawlers while fishing the Lower Narrows.
Photo # 6: Lucy Higgins of Menlo Park caught a 1.5 lb. Trout and a stringer of 3 Trout weighing 3.8 lbs. fishing at East Beach with PowerBait.
Photo # 7: Jacob Ward of Livermore caught a 4.5 lb. Catfish on Nightcrawlers at the Narrows.
Photo # 8: Brian Jacobson of San Jose caught a 7.14 lb. Trout on a gold Kastmaster at the East Beach.


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