State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
VERMONT | Lake Champlain | MAY | Mid | 65 | stained | Watermelon Senkos, T-rigged, no weight | shallow structure | 2 to 3' | Partly Cloudy | 70's | Caught 23 LM and 2 SM, "visit www.fishingreportdatabase.com" |
VERMONT | Lake Champlain | MAY | PM | 66 | stained | Watermelon | shallow structure | 2 to 3' | Light Rain | 64 | I caught 12 LM with one at 4lb 8oz (my personal best LM) and also caught a 3lb 5oz smallie, "visit www.fishingreportdatabase.com" |
VERMONT | Lake Champlain | MAY | PM | 65 | stained | Watermelon worm | shallow structure | 2 to 3' | Sunny | 60's | I caught 4 LM and my son caught 1 LM, all under 3 lbs., "visit www.fishingreportdatabase.com" |
TEXAS | SAM RAYBURN | MAY | Most | 74 | slightly stained | small, shad-colored topwaters, jerkbaits, Senkos, Super Flukes, and Pointer minnows | flooded grass | 3-8 feet | Overcast | 70's | Black bass are fair, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | LBJ | MAY | AM | 71 | stained | Yellow Magic topwaters, chartreuse/blue Terminator spinnerbaits, and dead-sticking green pumpkin Whacky Sticks | breakline | shallow | Overcast | 70's | Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | LAVON | MAY | Most | 70'S | clear | Lockhart white/chartreuse spinnerbaits, Texas-rigged Gene Larew black/blue tube jigs, and 5” black/blue or green pumpkin lizards | secondary points | 1 - 8 feet | Mostly Cloudy | 78 | Black bass are fair, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | GREENBELT | MAY | Most | 66 | slightly stained | watermelon soft plastics, white spinnerbaits and poppers | reeds | shallow | Clear | 70's | Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | Lake FORK | MAY | Most | 70'S | slightly stained | white Lockhart 1/4 or 3/8oz. spinnerbaits and chartreuse/brown Rat-L-Traps | hydrilla | shallow | warm | 70's | Black bass are fair to good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | FAIRFIELD | MAY | Most | 70'S | clear | white Bass Assassins or flukes and Pop-R's, Carolina-rigged watermelon lizards and Baby Brush Hogs | grass (over top of) | 5 - 9 feet | Mostly Cloudy | 80's | Black bass are excellent, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." above the grass on secondary points and over main lake flats |
TEXAS | CHOKE CANYON | MAY | Most | 73 | clear | topwaters, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits | buck brush(flooded) | shallow | Mostly Cloudy | 80's | Black bass are good , "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | CANYON LAKE | MAY | Most | 72 | clear | shad colored crankbaits, green pumpkin/chartreuse Senkos, and red shad power worms | standing timber | 5 - 14 feet | Overcast | 70's | Black bass are very good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | BUCHANAN | MAY | Dawn | 70 | clear | Rainbow Trout Snap Back jerkbaits on weighted Bait Jerker hooks, watermelon/chartreuse Whacky Sticks, and white Terminator buzzbaits | structure (general) | 5 - 12 feet | Overcast | 70's | Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | ARROWHEAD | MAY | Most | 71 | clearing up | crankbaits and spinnerbaits | rocky area | shallow | Scattered Clouds | 80's | Black bass are fair , "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | AMISTAD | MAY | Most | 71 | clear | watermelon seed and watermelon/red soft plastics, flukes, and spinnerbaits | coves | 10 - 20 feet | Overcast | 80's | Black bass are good |
ILLINOIS | Banner Marsh East | MAY | AM | 60'S | 12 | spinnerbait, fluke, wacky worm | wood & grass | 1-4' | overcast cool | 60's | prefishing, good fish on fluke and spinnerbaits |
ILLINOIS | Banner Marsh East | MAY | Most | 68 | 12 | Stanley spinnerbait, senko | wood & grass | shallow | sunny calm | 70's | 5 best went 10.7 lbs. water |
NEW JERSEY | Shepards Lake | APRIL | Mid | ?? | | Grub /dark green | weed lines(inside) | shallow 2-3 ft | clear | 70's | 1 smallie,1 keeper and a nice 20 " Pick |
VIRGINIA | anna | MAY | All | 60'S | | spinner | backs of coves | 10 | sunny | 80's | |
NEW JERSEY | STONE TRAVEN | MAY | Mid | 60'S | | YUM WOOLY HAWG | CHOOSE BEST DESCRIPTION | 1-2 FT | SUNNY | 70's | FISH ARE ON BEDS AND IN THE POST SPAWN--FISH THE SANDY SPOTS IN THE GRASS |
CALIFORNIA | | MAY | AM | 70'S | | | bluff points | | | 70's | |
ILLINOIS | Private Lake | MAY | All | 70'S | | senko pearl, spinnerbaits, white tubes | shoreline grass | 1-8' | Sunny warm | 80's | 20+ bass, water clarity=very clear |
ILLINOIS | Hennepin Canal | MAY | Most | 58 | | stanley spinnerbait | weeds | 1-3' | overcast sprinkles | 50's | 5 best bass 9.9 lbs. water clarity=6 inches |
MISSISSIPPI | Powerton | MAY | Dusk | DEGREES F. | | plastic worm | brush tops | | sunny | 77 | |
ILLINOIS | Hennepin Canal | APRIL | AM | 50'S | | spinnerbait, senko | laydowns | shallow | windy overvast | 60's | 5 bass 1 keeper, water clarity 6 inches |
ILLINOIS | Powerton | APRIL | Most | 60'S | | quad spinnerbait, tubes | rip rap | 1-9' | windy cool | 60's | 20 bass between the two of us water clarity=18" |