Tonuk Vo, Arizona: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Within Pima County, Arizona, you have Tonuk Vo. This is open dry country ground. It covers about 2 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Pima County. Sells sits 19 miles from the bank. Further out sit Ajo (50 miles) and Three Points (53 miles). Close neighbours run: Menagers Lake just 21 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Tonuk Vo

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. At Tonuk Vo the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes. Change spot before you change tackle.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 88°F, while December sits near 52°F. Nothing shuts down for cold, so the question is when in the day to go. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. On Tonuk Vo that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Public mapping marks it as seasonal water rather than permanent. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Menagers Lake sits 21 miles off and takes the overflow. For Tonuk Vo in particular, ask before you travel.