It's the case of the $10,000 trout. Napa Valley resident Marc Mondavi, who is a cousin of winery owner Robert Mondavi, got a call this week informing him that the trout pond in the back yard of his Mill Creek cabin had been fished clean. Twenty-two rainbow trout were gone.
Mondavi told Action News "it was very disturbing because we enjoy it. Nobody fishes it, we will let kids catch and release a fish or two, but no adults fish it. We just enjoy it. It's something that while we're up here it's peaceful to grab a chair, feed the fish and watch them swim around."
According to residents, this is the first time the pond has been without fish since the early 1980's. Mondavi is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the thieves.
Mondavi plans to put missing fish posters all over town, and hopes to restock his pond in the near future.
