Sapo Tank

Sapo Tank is a reservoir in Pima County, Arizona and covers about 2.5 acres, reaches about 11.8 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 12.6 acre-feet.

Sapo Tank is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover. With little deep water in Sapo Tank, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.

Fish and Baits

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

A useful bluegill plan on Sapo Tank is to use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.

To begin with largemouth bass on Sapo Tank, work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.

Start the channel catfish search on Sapo Tank by trying to fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.

How to Read the Water

While fishing Sapo 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.

Season by Season

A direct approach on Sapo Tank works like 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.

A Simple Tackle Plan

At Sapo 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.

When the bite is slow on Sapo 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.