Long Tank is a reservoir in California, near Riverside County.
Long Tank is a reservoir in Riverside County, California.
Without a dependable size figure for Long Tank, weeds, rock, water color, and nearby depth are the best starting clues.
Fish listed for Long Tank include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, and Threadfin Shad.
The first black crappie pass on Long Tank should fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops.
To begin with bluegill on Long Tank, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
While looking for largemouth bass on Long Tank, work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
A useful channel catfish plan on Long 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; cast across the break instead of along it, then give low-light water a slower bottom pass.
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; use a small lure when bites are scarce, then save the heaviest tackle for deep cover.
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; start near the best mix of cover, then use wind to narrow the search.
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; cast across the point tip, then fish isolated cover before a long empty edge.
Record the wind, water color, depth of the first good pass, 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; check a protected pocket, then keep the bait above soft bottom.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.