Soil Conservation Service Site 3 Reservoir Fishing near Kyle, Texas

• Overview

  Set in Hays County, Texas, this is Soil Conservation Service Site 3 Reservoir. The bank gives way to open low country. Small at around 9 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. The town to know is Kyle, 1.4 miles out. For a city, Austin is 21 miles off. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking. The water is easy to walk round in a long session.

• Where to Fish on Soil Conservation Service Site 3 Reservoir

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Species logged nearby in open biodiversity records include redbreast sunfish, fountain darter and bluegill. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read this water before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give August about 84°F and January about 49°F. Heat, not cold, decides when to be on the water. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. It sets the rhythm of the year at this water.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. The nearest car park is half a mile from the water. A platform or pier sits within half a mile. 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. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Soil Conservation Service Site 2 Reservoir, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for this water in what we hold.