Granite Tank is a reservoir in California, near San Bernardino County.
Granite Tank is a reservoir in San Bernardino County, California.
Use the shape you can see at Granite Tank: check the best cover, the first drop, and one open-water line before moving.
Fish listed for Granite Tank include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, and Threadfin Shad.
A useful black crappie plan on Granite Tank is to fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops.
The first bluegill pass on Granite Tank should use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
While looking for largemouth bass on Granite Tank, work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
One direct channel catfish tactic on Granite Tank is to fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.
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; work an old channel turn, then move only after checking the nearby drop.
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; start where bait gathers, then make one pass close to bottom.
Spring runoff can add color and pull fish toward fresh water; green weeds and the first drop become stronger summer targets; in fall, follow bait toward points and shallow flats, while winter rewards a slower search; start with the cover closest to deep water, then fish isolated cover before a long empty edge.
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; test a shaded bank, then test a point before fishing a featureless bank.
Record the wind, water color, depth where the school held, 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; look for a clean edge beside cover, then repeat the first clean pattern.
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