Lake Del Valle
Livermore (East Bay) · near Livermore · SF Bay Area
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Best season
- Trout fall–spring; stripers/bass/catfish summer
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+). EBRPD reservoir; heavily planted with trout in the cool season. Boat rentals and launch (10 mph limit); day-use/parking fee. A state advisory recommends limited consumption of some species.
What is here
- Features
- East Bay's big backyard reservoir · Heavily planted winter trout · Resident striped bass · Boat rentals & shore access
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Bait · Trolling · Casting
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Rainbow trout (planted) · Striped bass · Largemouth bass · Catfish
- Intl tip
- Planted trout make shore fishing easy for beginners; the resident stripers are the sport prize. Note the state fish-consumption advisory.
The guide
Lake Del Valle, in the oak hills south of Livermore, is one of the East Bay's most complete fisheries — a long reservoir stocke…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Lake Del Valle — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.585, -121.7