Bog Tank is a reservoir in Arizona, near Apache County.
The 14.1-acre Bog Tank in Apache County is a reservoir in Arizona and covers about 14.1 acres, reaches about 20.2 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 226 acre-feet.
Bog Tank is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover.
Fish listed for Bog Tank include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, and Largemouth Bass.
For black crappie, fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops; fish the windy and calm sides differently.
For bluegill, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets; return to productive water when light changes.
For largemouth bass, work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover; note the exact cover that gives a bite.
At the 14.1-acre Bog Tank in Apache County, try this for channel catfish: fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.
Use this plain plan on Bog Tank: other targets listed here include Common Carp; give each one its own bait and depth instead of trying to catch everything with the same rig.
While fishing Bog Tank, make one shallow pass and one deeper pass on the same shoreline; that shows whether fish are tight to cover or using the first break.
One way to read Bog Tank is this: 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 first look at Bog Tank should cover this: 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.
On this water, 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.
On an first pass, fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops.
Treat 20.2 feet as the deepest point, not the automatic fishing depth; start beside cover and move deeper only when bites or bait give a reason.
To narrow the search, shift after checking the same useful feature at several depths without finding bait, a clean edge, or a bite.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.