LOS VAQUEROS RESERVOIR
FISHING RECORDS

Largemouth Bass
9.79 pounds
Eric Sabye
Rubber worm
North of South Cove, from the shore
4-13-07

Shore fisherman Eric Sabye of Discovery Bay set a new lake record on Friday the 13th using a rubber worm. His catch broke the old mark set in Sept. 2006 by slightly more than an ounce.

In less than than a year, the record for largemouth at Los Vaqueros was broken four times, and the weight has jumped by nearly two pounds.

Eric returned the record-setter to the reservoir.

King Salmon
6.0 pounds
Langston Bui
Night Crawler
Oak Point
9-01-07

Langston Bui of Antioch broke the 17-day-old salmon record by .36 pounds with this 6-pound catch on Sept. 1.

He was fishing off Oak Point, not too far from where Don Govan of Oakland landed his then-record breaker in August.

This is the third time the salmon record has been broken in 2007, and the record weight has gone up by more than a pound in this year along.

King Salmon have been planted only three times at Los Vaqueros. The Department of Fish and Game planted fingerlings at LV in 2004, 2005 and in April of 2007.

This is the eighth fishing record broken at LV in 2007. The only record not to fall this year has been trout.

Striped Bass
25.15 pounds
John Howard
Martinez
Storm Lure
Oak Point Pier
3-13-07

John Howard - an employee of the Contra Costa Water District who works at Los Vaqueros -- landed the largest striper ever caught at the reservoir.

His 25.15 pound striper is 7.41 pounds larger than the previous record striper. At the time, it was the largest fish ever caught at LV, but that has since been eclipsed by a catfish.

Howard was not working on the day he caught the record-setting fish.

He caught the record-setter while fishing on the Oak Point Pier with a Storm lure mimicking a shad. He was bouncing the lure off the bottom.

Stripers have never been planted at Los Vaqueros.

Trout
10.56 pounds
Susan Nune
Powerbait
South Cove
5-14-05

Susan not only broke the lake record by two pounds with this fish, but won the annual charity fishing derby.

Hers is now the oldest fishing record at the reservoir.

Catfish
26.85 pounds
Ka Chu
Castro Valley
Nightcrawlers
Sunken Oak Cove
7-19-07

Twice in July the catfish record was broken, with Ka Chu on top now by breaking the 12-day old mark by 3.29 pounds with this monster caught from a boat.

His catch is also the largest fish ever taken out of Los Vaqueros by 1.7 pounds.

Chu returned the big cat to the reservoir. He caught it in the same area -- Sunken Oak Cove near Cowboy Cabin-- as the previous record.