Soil Conservation Service Site 23b Reservoir Fishing near Wheeler, Texas

• Overview

  In Texas, Soil Conservation Service Site 23b Reservoir belongs to Wheeler County. The setting is rolling hill. The water measures roughly 9 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Wheeler County are larger. Wheeler lies 14 miles from the water. Then Canadian, 19 miles, and Shamrock, 30 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Soil Conservation Service Site 23b Reservoir

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Species logged across Wheeler County include green sunfish, yellow bullhead, black bullhead, largemouth bass and plains darter. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Work this water in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 80°F at the top of summer and 35°F at the bottom of winter. Ice comes and goes from one year to the next. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. On this water that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Mapped as intermittent, it fills after rain and shrinks between. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Soil Conservation Service Site 23a Reservoir is 0.6 miles off. Treat access at this water as something to verify.