Happy Tank is a reservoir in Arizona, near Navajo County.
Happy Tank is a reservoir in Navajo County, Arizona and covers about 237.9 acres, reaches about 48.4 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 4,958.7 acre-feet.
Several patterns can work at once on Happy Tank, especially when wind separates clear water from dirty water. Deep water at Happy Tank gives fish room to move away from shore as summer heat and bright light build.
Fish listed for Happy 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; keep the presentation close to useful cover; try a brighter bait when the water is dirty on this 237.9-acre reservoir.
When bluegill are the target, try a light jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
For largemouth bass, work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover; make the next cast parallel to the edge.
For channel catfish, fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat; keep line light around small clear-water fish.
Use this plain plan on this water: 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.
At Happy Tank, do not let the deepest number control the whole day; nearby cover, firm bottom, and food usually matter more than the deepest hole by itself.
To narrow down Happy 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.
One way to read Happy Tank is this: a midweight 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 Happy 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.
Start beside deeper water, then fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops; fish the same shape nearby.
Treat 48.4 feet as the deepest point, not the automatic fishing depth; start near cover and move deeper only when bites or bait give a reason.
For the next pass on this water, move 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.