Burro Mesa Tank

Burro Mesa Tank in Yavapai County is a reservoir in Arizona and covers about 5.9 acres, reaches about 15.4 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 39.3 acre-feet.

Burro Mesa Tank is small water, so a careful lap around the shoreline can show most of the useful cover.

Fish and Baits

Fish listed for Burro Mesa Tank include Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Green Sunfish, and Largemouth Bass.

The first bluegill pass on Burro Mesa Tank should use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.

One direct largemouth bass tactic on Burro Mesa Tank is to work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.

When channel catfish are the target on Burro Mesa Tank, fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.

How to Read the Water

At Burro Mesa 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.

Season by Season

At Burro Mesa Tank, in spring, start with warming banks, creek mouths, and shallow cover; summer usually pushes the better bite toward the outside weed edge or a nearby drop; fall can bring bait back to windblown points, while winter calls for smaller moves and a slower pace.

A Simple Tackle Plan

At Burro Mesa Tank, 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.

At Burro Mesa Tank, 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.