Bar D Tank is a reservoir in Arizona, near Coconino County.
Bar D Tank is a reservoir in Coconino County, Arizona and covers about 3.9 acres, reaches about 13.6 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 23 acre-feet.
Bar D Tank is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover.
Fish listed for Bar D Tank include Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Green Sunfish, and Largemouth Bass.
For bluegill on Bar D Tank, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
One direct largemouth bass tactic on Bar D Tank is to work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
The first channel catfish pass on Bar D Tank should fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.
At Bar D Tank, start where two things meet: weeds and open water, rock and mud, a point and a drop, or clear water and dirty water; fish that edge at more than one depth before leaving it.
To begin fishing Bar D Tank, early in the year, protected water and the first warm afternoon can be the best clues; as the water heats up, check deeper edges without assuming every fish is on the bottom; cooling fall water often makes points and firm banks useful again.
The early check on Bar D Tank should stay simple: a medium spinning rod, 8-pound line, a small box of jigs, a few crankbaits, and a simple bottom rig cover most situations; change depth or speed before changing every piece of tackle.
One way to read Bar D Tank is this: record the wind, water color, productive depth, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce.
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