State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
KENTUCKY | yatesville | JUNE | Early | 60'S | stained from runoff | bluegill baby brush hog | backs of coves | 1-2 ft | Rain | 60's | 4 lb 7 oz Big bass |
NEBRASKA | Two Rivers | JUNE | Early | 86 | 5 | Heddon Spook Jr. | trees | 15ft | Clear Skys and Sunny | 83 | Great fishing |
WEST VIRGINIA | Plum Orchard | JUNE | PM | 76 | ?? | topwater frogs, horny toads, salad spoons | lilly pads-pockets | 2-10 feet | cloudy | 70's | |
ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds #4 | JUNE | Early | 70'S | 24 | single spin colorado white/chart | weeds (over top of) | 1-6' | overcast cool | 60's | 20 small bass burning the spinnerbait |
ILLINOIS | I & M Canal at Lasalle | JUNE | Early | ?? | 12 | black silngle colorado spinnerbait | bank(parallel to) | 1-3' | calm warm | 70's | 4 small bass |
ILLINOIS | I & M Canal at Lasalle | JUNE | Mid | ?? | 12 | chartruese/white silngle colorado spinnerbait | bank(parallel to) | 1-4' | warm windy | 80's | 9 bass, largest was 14 inches. |
MICHIGAN | Crooked Lake | JUNE | Mid | ?? | ?? | Gary Yamamoto | docks | 4-10 Ft | Clear, hot and sunny | 80's | 16 inch 1 pound 9 ounce, 15v1/2 in. 2 lbs. I just let the lure sink and hooked him good. |
NEW JERSEY | sheperd lake | MAY | Mid | 57 | 10 | 4 inch smoke colered senkos, shiners ( live bait | beach area | 4 ft apox. | cloudy | 70 | every time im there i cath at least one nice largmouth usaully 3 or four fish per trip never tried a boat |
NEW YORK | JONES BEACK | MAY | Early | DEGREES F. | 37 | CLAM | brackish water | 30 FT | 80 | 80's | I WAS STRUGLING |
MICHIGAN | arnold lake | MAY | AM | DEGREES F. | 21 | wacky worm baby bass 5" | beds | 4 feet | rainy | 60's | cold, windy and rainy but fish provaled |
ILLINOIS | I & M Canal at Lasalle | MAY | PM | ?? | 10 | double willow strikeking spinnerbait | rocky area | 1-3' | hot calm | 80's | 3 small bass, have caught bass up to 4 lbs. at this canal and have heard reports of bass over 6 lbs. |
ILLINOIS | Mississippi River, dallas city | MAY | Most | 70'S | 12 | chrt/whtspinnerbait, wacky worm | rocky area | 1-3' | hot sunny | 90's | 4 keepers |
ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds | MAY | PM | 60'S | 14 | strikeking double willow spinnerbait, 4 inch wacky senko | structure (general) | 1-3' | rainy overcast | 50's | 10 small bass, water a little cloudy from runoff |
TENNESSEE | cinter hill | JUNE | Mid | 70'S | 24 | spinner bate | coves | 15' | sunny | 80's | what do you use. |
FLORIDA | canals & golf course lakes | APRIL | First light | 80'S | 12 | trick worm blk, chug-bug,horny toad | aquatic vegetation | 1 to 5ft | sunny | 80's | 16 total...1@7lb....1@ 5lb...rest 1 to 3 lbs |
IOWA | Lake ThunderBird | MAY | First light | 62 | 12 | 4in bubblegum senko, chatterbait, spinnerbait | shallow structure | 1-3' | cloudy, light wind, cool | 50's | 20 bass between the 2 of us. largest was 15 in. |
IOWA | Clear Lake | MAY | Dusk | 60'S | 16 | nightcrawler | backs of coves | 8 | partly cloudy, light wind | 70's | |
ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | MAY | First light | 61 | 36 | stanley spinnerbait-double colorado, bubblegum stick-o's | docks | 1-5' | cool sunny | 60's | 13 bass, biggest was 17 inches, couple of 5lb. strikpers |
PENNSYLVANIA | Monongahela River | MAY | PM | 62 | 18 | Right Bite Tubes, (Pumpkin, Road Kill or Moss Green) | shoreline (steep-sloping) | 2' - 5' | Partly Cloudy | 60's | Small Mouth are hitting the tube as soon as it enters the water... |
ILLINOIS | Rawson #4 and 5 | MAY | Early | 50'S | 18 | wacky worm, 4 and 5 inch assorted colors. Strike king double willow spinnerbait | clay bank (steep) | 1-5' | overcast cool damp | 40's | 12 bass, nothing over 13 inches |