lake berryessa

[DOVERANGLER]

i am not used to fishing deeper water anyone know what will work good at berryessa. i am in the military stationed at dover afb and will be moving to travis afb this june. down here i have luck rattle traping the center being the center is only about 6 feet in the deep lakes. the only cranks i have only dive about 5 feet. then jigging and waky worm during the spawn and hot warm sunny days. and would anyone know of any spots better than others. any info you are willing to give would be a great help....thank you

[looserod]

You get here soon and you have a world of Bass fishing. Lake B is tough to learn. The Delta, Rancho Seco, Clear Lake and a gazillon ponds aren't as tough. I think your neighboring AF base, Beale has some good ponds that you can access. Maybe even of heard of a couple ponds at Travis.

Got a tube or a toon? I can give you some ponds near Sac.

[b.Lee]

I just finished a tournament in Lake Berryessa over the weekend. We had a great time.  Make your way into Putah Creek and Pope Creek, The back of pope creek has a huge flat about 6-10 feet deep, they should be spawning soon as we saw a lot of spooked bass just sitting in one spot.

We used drop shot and spinnerbait. Some guys caught some on swimbaits. Spinnerbaits in the back of coves where the bass chase the shad into, and just throw at the boiling shad and hang on!

There is something called the narrows also which is on the East side of the lake. 

Lake Berryessa is not a big fish lake, but it can produce numbers. I have a friend who calls lake berryessa his home lake and he tells me he has had 90 fish days multiple times. If you have a boat, the roads there are horrendous, just drive slow and hold on for a bumpy ride.