Soil Conservation Service Site 14 Reservoir Fishing near Clarksville, Texas

• Overview

  You will find Soil Conservation Service Site 14 Reservoir in Red River County, Texas. What surrounds it is open plain. Surface area runs to about 9 acres — small enough to read in one session. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Red River County. Head to Clarksville, 3.4 miles away, for anything you forgot. Then Bogata, 13 miles, and Blossom, 22 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Soil Conservation Service Site 14 Reservoir

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Documented catches and surveys in the area cover channel catfish, Florida largemouth bass, largemouth bass, bluegill and Rio Grande longear sunfish. Reporting is uneven, so absence from the list means little. This water repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 42°F and July at about 82°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Cooler months are the productive ones on most of this water. Heat pushes fish deep from June onwards, so start early. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. On this water the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Soil Conservation Service Site 10 Reservoir, 0.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at this water for certain.