The "Greater Berryessa Project" was envisioned to be a much larger project; the 304-foot dam would be replaced with a 600-foot dam that would be capable of holding ten times the amount of water, expanding the lake to three times the current size, flooding productive farmland.
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Lake Berryessa is fed by the headwaters to the 576-square-mile Putah Creek watershed.
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Lake Berryessa is the largest body of water formed from the Solano Projects and so is the most well-known.
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Lake Berryessa does help to manage for flooding in the Yolo county.
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Lake Berryessa is a monomictic lake, which means that the waters of the lake turnover once a year.
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Lake Berryessa turnover happens when the warmer surface water starts to cool to match the lower cooler water.
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Lake Berryessa is critical for recharging the groundwater in the surrounding areas.
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Lake Berryessa is a swimming and water skiing site for enthusiasts.
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Fishing at Lake Berryessa can be successful year-round as the lake is home to both warm-water and cold-water fish species.
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Lake Berryessa offers a variety of fish from sunfish to landlocked salmon.
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Fish species at Lake Berryessa include; largemouth bass, smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomeiu), spotted bass, channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), bullhead catfish (Ictalurus dolomeiu), white catfish (Ameiurus catus), carp (Cyprinus carpio), Sacramento pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus grandis), crappie, bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss), brown and brook trout, Kokanee, and Chinook salmon (Onchorhynchus tschawytscha).
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Besides the Sacramento pikeminnow, Lake Berryessa has the golden shiner and threadfin shad which are usually baitfish to the other species of fish.
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Mercury levels at Lake Berryessa are on the rise and there are no fish that OEHHA recommend to eat more than three times a week.
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Lake Berryessa had brought precut lengths of plastic clothesline and told Shepard to tie up Hartnell, before he tied her up.
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Lake Berryessa's died two days later, but Hartnell survived to recount his tale to the press.
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