Roadside Tank

The 6.4-acre Roadside Tank in Mohave County is a reservoir in Arizona and covers about 6.4 acres, reaches about 15.8 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 43.8 acre-feet.

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

Fish and Baits

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

At Roadside Tank, try this for bluegill: use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.

At Roadside Tank, try this for largemouth bass: work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.

At Roadside Tank, try this for channel catfish: fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.

How to Read the Water

At Roadside Tank, use wind as a clue; a light push can carry food toward a bank, but hard wind may muddy it, so look for a clean edge near a point or protected pocket.

Season by Season

Keep the first check on Roadside Tank simple: shallow water is worth a careful look in spring and again during fall; bright summer days favor shade, weeds, or deeper breaks; under ice, a small depth change can be more useful than a long move.

A Simple Tackle Plan

At Roadside 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 Roadside 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.