Los Vaqueros Reservoir
Livermore / Brentwood (Contra Costa) · near Livermore · SF Bay Area
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Trout fall–spring; stripers/catfish warm months
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+) PLUS a CCWD Daily Fishing Access Pass ($5); parking fee. Marina rents electric boats (no private gas motors — drinking-water reservoir).
What is here
- Features
- Fishing-focused drinking-water reservoir · Planted trout plus stripers & catfish · Electric-boat marina · Quiet, no gas motors
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- No
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Bait · Casting · Trolling
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Rainbow trout (planted) · Striped bass · Catfish · Largemouth bass
- Intl tip
- License required, plus the CCWD $5 daily access pass. Rent an electric boat at the marina or fish from shore. Planted trout in the cool months; stripers and catfish year-round.
The guide
Los Vaqueros, a large reservoir in the hills between Livermore and Brentwood, is a peaceful, fishing-first destination — no wat…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Los Vaqueros Reservoir — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.827, -121.728