Spawn is over and the feed bag is on. Lake Berryessa shad population has grown over the last few years and the Bass are keying in on this great food source. We have been working points on the main body with drop shot rigs and Blade Runner spoons. We watch bait pushed from one side to the other in 20 to 30 feet of water. The water temps are high in the first 5 to 10 feet, at 20 feet seems to be the happy spot but this will change back and forth with the weather. Top water baits worked very early along weed edges and point can be had but don’t get locked in for to long. The spoon bite will only get better.
Delta Smallmouth are on the bite feeding heavy on crawdads along the rocky shore in the upper delta. Small top water baits and wacky rigged plastic worms in brown color worked in the same areas will produce a lot of fish. The fish are not big but you catch a lot.