Soil Conservation Service Site 10 Reservoir Fishing near Redwood, Texas

• Overview

  Soil Conservation Service Site 10 Reservoir is a Guadalupe County water, in Texas. It lies 545 feet above sea level. The water covers some 53 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Bank access stretches around 0.9 miles in total. Nearest town is Redwood, 3.5 miles off. After that come Geronimo at 7.2 miles and Martindale at 7.9 miles. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Soil Conservation Service Site 10 Reservoir

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Public wildlife records from this area list fountain darter, Guadalupe bass, largemouth bass, longnose gar and plains darter. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On this water that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 49°F to 84°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. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. Plan around that when you fish this water. Weed growth peaks in late summer and changes where you can fish.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. You will be walking about half a mile from the nearest car park. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Soil Conservation Service Site 7 Reservoir, 1.8 miles away. Treat this water as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.