| State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
| ILLINOIS | Lake | OCTOBER | Evening | 50 | 6 | Beetle Spin | bank(tight to) | 15ft | Rainy | 45 | |
| ILLINOIS | Illinois River Marseilles | OCTOBER | All Day | 50'S | 10 | quad spinnerbait | creek mouth | 5' | bitter cold | 30's | 1 fish, took 4lb+ to win tournament |
| ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun McNabb | OCTOBER | Mid | 50'S | 24 | Picasso Quad spinnerbait, chart/wht | grass (over top of) | 1-6' | cold, windy overcast | 48 | 9 bass between 10 and 14 inches, they were shallow |
| CANADA | cochiching | JULY | All Day | 75 | semi-clear | jigs | deep water drop-off | 12 | clear | 78 | |
| NEW YORK | Chadwick Lack | OCTOBER | Evening | 50'S | 21 | Crank bait | weed beds | 3-6 feet | Partly cloudy | 69 | Boated 30 largemouth |
| ALABAMA | Eufaula | SEPTEMBER | AM | 70'S | 4 | Crank Bait | ledge(s) | 6 to 8 ft | clear | 70's | |
| IOWA | Sugema | SEPTEMBER | All Day | 70 | 12 | white senko, stanley spinnerbait, 1-minus-big | wood & grass | shallow | sunny | 70's | 2 day paper tournament, 10 bass weighed 17+ lbs., winner had 20 lbs. |
| IOWA | Sugema | SEPTEMBER | All Day | 70 | 12 | senko, spinnerbait, 10 inch worm | wood | 1-10' | sunny | 70's | prefished for tournament, caught about 15 bass |
| NEW YORK | chaumontbay | SEPTEMBER | Dusk | 70'S | 20 | jig | clay bank (steep) | 20/35 | party cloudy | 77 | |
| MICHIGAN | tubbs lake | SEPTEMBER | Night | 66 | clear | buzz bait | backwater area | 3ft to 6ft | clear | 50's | cauth 8 bass one over5 pounds |
| TEXAS | Lake Fork | SEPTEMBER | early and late | 80'S | slightly stained | topwater plugs and spinnerbaits | drop off(s) | shallow | Scattered Clouds | 73 | Black bass were fair to good, Deeper fish off points were taking Carolina-rigged plastics and crankbaits |
| TEXAS | BROWNWOOD | SEPTEMBER | Most | 76 | stained | root beer/orange double tail Hula grubs and junebug worms | docks | 10 - 15 feet | Mostly Cloudy | 80's | Black bass to 5.5 pounds are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." also try spinnerbaits among shallow weeds |
| TEXAS | ATHENS | SEPTEMBER | Mid | 80'S | clear | topwater Chug Bugs and Tiny Torpedoes, white tandem spinnerbaits, medium diving crankbaits | brush pile(s) | 4 - 8 feet, 6 - 8 feet | Scattered Clouds | 80's | also try around hydrilla, Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
| TEXAS | ARROWHEAD | SEPTEMBER | Most | 80'S | stained | shallow running crankbaits and big jigs | rocky area | 5’ to 10’ | Partly Cloudy | 90's | Black bass are slow, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
| TEXAS | AMISTAD | SEPTEMBER | Most | 80 | clear | heavy jigs, worms | grass | 25 – 30 feet 5 – 7 feet | Overcast | 80's | Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |