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Went to Lake Berryessa again this morning. Got there early to avoid the heat. As I've mentioned in earlier posts this is a large lake. Last year I fished the area by the dam with decent results. This year I've been fishing a wide open area kind of in the middle of the lake about 6 to 8 miles from the dam. Main reason for the change is the ramp is free.
Anyway, I've been catching rainbows in previous trips to this area but this morning I decided to try another area of the lake about a mile from my normal "spot". Nothing happening so I trolled back over to my normal spot and boated 5 rainbows by 9:35 am. I caught number 4 at about 9:05. Then I lost one about 10' from the boat. I was bound and determined to leave with a limit and managed to land number 5 shortly after. Good thing because it was already starting to get pretty warm. Surface temp was 77.5 deg. I was trolling 42' to 47' OTW at about 2.5 mph. Also caught a LMB at about 38' deep. The Rainbows were 12" to 17". Everything caught on darker colored Speedy Shiners or the gas station special (shown below).
Edit: tried to fix pic's.
Anyway, I've been catching rainbows in previous trips to this area but this morning I decided to try another area of the lake about a mile from my normal "spot". Nothing happening so I trolled back over to my normal spot and boated 5 rainbows by 9:35 am. I caught number 4 at about 9:05. Then I lost one about 10' from the boat. I was bound and determined to leave with a limit and managed to land number 5 shortly after. Good thing because it was already starting to get pretty warm. Surface temp was 77.5 deg. I was trolling 42' to 47' OTW at about 2.5 mph. Also caught a LMB at about 38' deep. The Rainbows were 12" to 17". Everything caught on darker colored Speedy Shiners or the gas station special (shown below).
Edit: tried to fix pic's.