Schultz Tank

Schultz Tank is a reservoir in Coconino County, Arizona and covers about 2.7 acres, reaches about 12.1 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 14.2 acre-feet.

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

Fish and Baits

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

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

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

One direct channel catfish tactic on Schultz Tank is to fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.

How to Read the Water

A direct approach on Schultz Tank works like this: 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

Before moving far on Schultz 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

At Schultz 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.

While learning Schultz 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.