Fishing at Soil Conservation Service Site 6 Reservoir, Wise County, Texas

• Overview

  Out in Wise County, Texas, sits Soil Conservation Service Site 6 Reservoir. The setting is pine and hardwood. Surface area runs to about 11 acres — small enough to read in one session. Head to Springtown, 5.5 miles away, for anything you forgot. Fort Worth sits 32 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Soil Conservation Service Site 6 Reservoir

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Documented catches and surveys in the area cover bluegill, green sunfish, largemouth bass and yellow bullhead. Presence in the area does not guarantee a fish in this exact water on the day. Read this water for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 84°F and January near 43°F. Temperatures stay workable through the cold season. March through May is the strongest run, with autumn a second stretch. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. The season on this water rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Soil Conservation Service Site 7 Reservoir is 0.9 miles off. Treat access at this water as something to verify.