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Midnight Tank

Midnight Tank is a reservoir in Arizona, near Graham County.

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Fish species in Midnight Tank

Midnight Tank is a reservoir in Graham County, Arizona and covers about 7.7 acres, reaches about 16.7 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 55.1 acre-feet.

Midnight Tank is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover.

Fish and Baits

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

For bluegill on Midnight Tank, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.

While looking for largemouth bass on Midnight Tank, work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.

The first channel catfish pass on Midnight Tank should fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.

How to Read the Water

When working Midnight 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

To begin fishing Midnight 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.

A Simple Tackle Plan

For a first pass on Midnight 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.

A focused trip to Midnight Tank begins this way: 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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