Soil Conservation Service Site 17 Reservoir Fishing near Wheeler, Texas

• Overview

  Within Wheeler County, Texas, you have Soil Conservation Service Site 17 Reservoir. It sits at 2,746 feet above sea level. The water covers some 90 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. By surface area it heads our Wheeler County listings. Head to Wheeler, 14 miles away, for anything you forgot. Amarillo is the closest city, 83 miles away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Soil Conservation Service Site 17 Reservoir

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Built water gives depth close in, which suits a bank angler. Public occurrence data for Wheeler County names green sunfish, yellow bullhead and black bullhead. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. At this water light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 35°F to 79°F. The year gives four workable seasons without severe ends. It should never be assumed safe, whatever the month says. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. That shapes the year on this water. Spring warms the shallows first, so start there.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Soil Conservation Service Site 17a Reservoir sits 1.1 miles off and takes the overflow. Nothing on this water should be assumed from this page alone.