State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
ALABAMA | Weiss Lake | AUGUST | Early | 84 | ?? | spinner bait | shallow structure | 2 to 8 feet | CLEAR | 80's | Most fish are being caught in early morning |
ALABAMA | Logan Martin | AUGUST | TIME | 80 | slightly stained | salty chunks and fin-s worms. Try bright blue and pumpkin colors | rocky point(s) | ?? | CLEAR | 80's | level is 1 foot below full pool |
ALABAMA | Guntersville | AUGUST | Early | 82 | slightly stained | buzzbaits in white or a bassmaster pop-r, snag-proof perfect frog in a sparrow color on a 3/8-ounce booyah spinnerbait or a 1-ounce bose jig | grass edge | ?? | sunny | 80's | |
MISSOURI | Stockton | AUGUST | Early | 81 | ?? | buzzbaits and spinnerbaits, middle of day on plastic baits | cover(general) | shallow | Clear | 80's | black bass fair |
MISSOURI | Pomme de Terre | AUGUST | Most | 75 | clear | light colored topwater lures, brown or black plastic worms | points | 5-10 feet deep | Clear | 70's | black bass fair, normal pool |
TEXAS | CANYON LAKE | AUGUST | First light | 86 | clear | white 7/16oz. Terminator tungsten spinnerbaits, pumpkin/green 4” finesse worms on jigheads, and wacky-rigged pumpkin/chartreuse plastic stick-baits | main lake points | 10 - 15 feet | Overcast | 70's | Black bass are fair to good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." Smallmouth bass to 3 pounds are good on white/blue back Photon crankbaits, split shot rigged Craw Babies, and 3” root beer grubs along rock piles in 5 - 10 feet at daylight. |
TEXAS | BUCHANAN | AUGUST | Early | 86 | clear | 3/16oz. white/chartreuse Terminator tungsten spinnerbaits, shad Photon crankbaits, and wacky-rigged Christmas Tree Whacky Sticks | ledge(s) | 6 - 10 foot | Mostly Cloudy | 80's | Black bass are fair to good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | BROWNWOOD | AUGUST | Most | 87 | clear | chartreuse and junebug worms, shallow-diving crankbaits | brush pile(s) | 10 - 20 feet | Clear | 80's | Black bass to 4 pounds are fair, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." also try along rocky banks and between docks |
TEXAS | LAKE ATHENS | AUGUST | Most | 83 | clear | topwaters, Carolina-rigged smoke/silver glitter french fries | coves | 10 - 15 feet | Clear | 80's | Black bass are fair, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | ARROWHEAD | AUGUST | Most | 78 | stained | shallow running crankbaits and large jigs | rocky bluffs | 5 – 10 feet | Scattered Clouds | 80's | Black bass are fair, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | AMISTAD | AUGUST | Most | 86 | murky | watermelon seed or watermelon/red heavy jigs, super flukes, and soft plastics | structure (general) | ?? | Partly Cloudy | 80's | Black bass are fair, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." , |
CONNECTICUT | Mianus River | JULY | First light | 70'S | 6 | 6in. seinko worm/ Texas rigged | lilly pads-pockets | 8ft. | warm / humid / overcast | 80's | caught 2 bass over 8lbs that morning / same pattern |
HAWAII | Lake Wilson (Wahiawa Res.) | AUGUST | All Day | 80'S | 36 | jerk baits, Sluggos, Senkos, spinner baits. | shoreline structure | 0 to 3 feet | cloudy/light rain | 80's | Peacock bass guarding schools of babies. Hard to trick them into biting. Some tukes still spawning. A few peacock schooling and chasing shad.... hit or miss. Red devil are very aggressive. Some small bass. |
TEXAS | Lake Fork | AUGUST | Mid | ?? | ?? | Carolina-rigged plastics and crankbaits soft-plastic frogs | humps | 12 to 18-foot | Clouds | 70's | Black bass remained fair, soft-plastic frogs were effective at dawn and dusk along edges of grass |
TEXAS | Toledo Bend | AUGUST | early and late | ?? | ?? | jig/craw combos and deep-running crankbaits topwater lures | drop off(s) | 10 to 20-foot | Scattered Clouds | 80's | Black bass were fair, also try |
TEXAS | Conroe | AUGUST | Most | ?? | ?? | soft plastics and crankbaits | drop off(s) | 8 to 12-foot | Scattered Clouds | 80's | Black bass were slow |
OKLAHOMA | Crystal Lake | JULY | AM | 80'S | 3 | 6" Berkley Power Worm | piers | 3ft | Hot Humid | 80's | |
TEXAS | Fayette County | AUGUST | TIME | ?? | ?? | soft-plastic baits | deep structure | deep | Mostly Cloudy | 90's | Stifling heat during the day has kept fishing pressure very light, few largemouth bass have been taken |
TEXAS | Toledo Bend | AUGUST | Night | 80'S | slightly stained | large dark-colored plastic worms (black/neon, black/blue) | submerged vegetation | in 6-12 feet | Overcast | 80's | bright moon over the weekend made for excellent night fishing conditions |
OKLAHOMA | Texoma | AUGUST | Most | 82 | clear | spinners | creek channel | 5 to 10 ft | Partly Cloudy | 80's | normal pool, Largemouth bass good |
OKLAHOMA | Eufaula | AUGUST | Most | ?? | clear | crankbaits | points | 3 to 8 ft | Haze | 70's | 1 ft. above normal, Largemouth bass fair |
OKLAHOMA | Tenkiller | AUGUST | Most | ?? | clear | 10-inch worms | ledge(s) | 10 to 15 ft | Partly Cloudy | 90's | 2 ft. above normal, Largemouth bass fair |
OKLAHOMA | Skiatook | AUGUST | TIME | 83 | clear | crank baits | structure (general) | ?? | Partly Cloudy | 80's | largemouth good |
MISSOURI | Lake of the Ozarks (Osage) | JULY | TIME | 79 | clear | 10" black or pumpkin seed plastic worms | main lake points | ?? | Clear | 70's | normal pool, black bass good |
MISSOURI | Stockton | JULY | Early | 80 | ?? | buzzbaits and plastic baits | deep point | deep | Overcast | 60's | black bass fair |