MyOutdoorBuddy is always telling you about Lake Berryessa. That's because Sid Silberberg, another of our sources, is reliable and truthful. Sid usually fishes the weekends, starting about Friday, and because he loves what he does, there's a ring of truth to every report. As the saying goes, the truth is better than fiction. Here's what Silberberg, who bills himself as the BestGuide, had to say about last weekend's efforts in an email received on the 28th.

"I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Friday I took out Jon and his dad Kent. Our goal was to head to the vineyards but that was shot as soon as we saw the whitecaps in the main lake. We trolled near my favorite cove but the wind made it too hard to control with my electric motor. I decided to head into Capell cove where I hoped the water would be calmer.

Kent caught this trout on the surface heading into the cove and the conditions were better.

Jon was throwing a R2S (River2 Sea) suspending minnow and have some luck catching small bass. I set up the same lure for his Dad and he was bringing in some bass too. We fished the rest of the daylight in the back of Capell cove and as it began to get dark and colder we opted to come back to the dock.

"On Saturday I took Jonathan out to my favorite cove (hey this cove works for me). We started off shallow with no luck. We could not see any fish activity at all. My friend Albert was fishing from shore and he told me he had no luck at all so far. I decided to go to the beginning of the cove where it was deeper. I located a tree under the water and Jonathan started drop-shotting and the fish began hitting. We ended up with limits in less than an hour (see photos).

"On Sunday I headed out really early and went straight to that spot with the tree. I spent three hours there not moving at all and caught nineteen bass none bigger than two pounds. I also caught fourteen crappie. All crappies were caught on the R2S suspending minnows with ProCure scents on six pound PLine." If you need help fishing this lake give Sid a call at 650-583-3333.