Soil Conservation Service Site 45 Reservoir Fishing in Hill County, Texas

• Overview

  Soil Conservation Service Site 45 Reservoir is a Hill County water, Texas side. Country round the bank runs to open plain. About 13 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. The town to know is Italy, 9.1 miles out. Plum Grove is 11 miles and Hillsboro 13 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Soil Conservation Service Site 45 Reservoir

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Built water gives depth close in, which suits a bank angler. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Records collected within a few miles name green sunfish, bluegill and dusky darter. Records come from public data, not from a stocking programme. This water gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 84°F, the coldest about 45°F. No part of the year shuts this water. The first and last hours carry the summer; the middle is slow. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Anyone fishing this water regularly works to that calendar. The first warm week of the year changes everything here.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Soil Conservation Service Site 46 Reservoir is 1.2 miles off. For this water in particular, ask before you travel.