Tom Tank is a reservoir in Arizona, near Coconino County.
The 17.8-acre Tom Tank in Coconino County is a reservoir in Arizona and covers about 17.8 acres, reaches about 21.7 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 83.5 acre-feet.
Tom Tank is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover.
Fish listed for Tom 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; make one pass close to bottom; fish isolated cover before a long empty edge on this 17.8-acre reservoir.
For bluegill, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets; give low-light water a slower bottom pass; fish isolated cover before a long empty edge on this 17.8-acre reservoir.
At Tom Tank, try this for largemouth bass: work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
At Tom Tank, try this for channel catfish: fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.
At Tom Tank, 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.
A focused trip to this water begins this way: 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.
When the bite is slow on this water, in spring, start with warming banks, creek mouths, and shallow cover; summer usually pushes the better bite toward the outside weed edge or a nearby drop; fall can bring bait back to windblown points, while winter calls for smaller moves and a slower pace.
At Tom 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; fish isolated cover before a long empty edge on this 17.8-acre reservoir.
At Tom 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; fish isolated cover before a long empty edge on this 17.8-acre reservoir.
Check a protected pocket after sunrise, then fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops; work each small drop before going deeper.
Treat 21.7 feet as the deepest point, not the automatic fishing depth; start near cover and shift deeper only when bites or bait give a reason.
Use water color to choose the first lure, then move after checking the same useful feature at several depths without finding bait, a clean edge, or a bite; move only after checking the nearby drop.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.