| State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
| ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | Dusk | ?? | 24 | Stanley double colorado spinnerbait, bruised orange Tiki Stix | vegetation(scattered) | 5-10' | cool overcast | 50's | 13 bass most were deep, none over 13 inches |
| ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | First light | ?? | 24 | wacky rigged wave tiki stix shad colored | vegetation(scattered) | 3-8' | cold windy mostly cloudy | 40's | 5 small bass, slow bite, did see some decent bass up shallow |
| ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | First light | 60'S | 24 | wacky rigged tiki stick-copper watermelon | vegetation | 1-8' | cool overcast | 50's | 15 small bass. Largest 3.5 lbs. Blue gills are stealing my baits!!! |
| ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | PM | 60'S | 24 | wacky rigged pumpkin senko | creek channel | 2-8' | cool overcast | 50's | 5 small bass, fish were way off the bank |
| ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | PM | ?? | 20 | wacky rigged Wave Tiki Stick, baby bass color | vegetation(scattered) | 1-8' | windy cool overcast, temps dropped 20 degrees 3 hours prior to fishing | 58 | 15 small bass in 2 hours, the baby bass swirl color is hot, had trouble getting hits on other colors |
| ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | Evening | ?? | 20 | Wave worm rigged wacky style | vegetation | 1-5' | sunny clear warm | 70's | 13 small bass, experimenting with wacky rig, |
| ILLINOIS | Lake Thunderbird | MAY | Mid | 65 | clear | Fluke | beds | 1-4' | ClEAR | 70's | 6 FISH INCLUDING A 3.5#, 4.7# AND 5.2# |
| ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | First light | 60'S | 24 | wacky senko | bank(parallel to) | 1-2' | cloudy warm | 60's | 4 small bass, blue gills are on beds |
| ILLINOIS | Bannermarsh | MAY | Most | 58 | 12 | spinnerbaits | wood & grass | shallow | windy cool | AIR | partner and I caugt 5 bass over 12 inches, biggest was 17.5 |
| ILLINOIS | Bass Club Lakes | APRIL | AM | 56 | 18 | Chartruce beedle spinner | aquatic vegetation | 24" | Windy and Snowing | 30's | The weather was horrable but caught 8 bass over 2 lbs. |
| ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | APRIL | First light | 58 | gin clear | spinnerbait, swimming jig, tube | docks | 1-3' | overcast turning sunny | 60's | two of us caught 5 small bass...no keepers |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds | APRIL | PM | 50'S | 12 | 1/2 oz. double willow white/chart. retrived just below the surface | brush pile(s) | 3' | cool | 60's | 2 small bass |
| ILLINOIS | Lake Longbow | APRIL | Mid | 53 | 15 | Culprit 4" Plastic (Brown and Gold) | bank(parallel to) | 24" | Clear, Breezy | 64 | 6lb largemouth 22 and a half inches that was caught. The only one that day. |
| ILLINOIS | Powerton | APRIL | Most | 70'S | 16 | spinnerbait, black grub, poes crankbait | rip rap | 1-10' | sunny warm | 60's | partner and I caught around 10 small smallmouth |
| ILLINOIS | | APRIL | All Day | 40'S | ?? | | grass line | | | 60's | |
| ILLINOIS | Powerton | MARCH | AM | 60'S | 12 | spinnerbait, Manns 1-minus, grub | rip rap | 1-5' | cool windy | 60's | 10 smallies, 16 incher was biggest |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds | MARCH | PM | 40'S | 24 | red rattle trap | bank(parallel to) | 4' | cloudy cool | 47 | one 14 incher, first of the year |
| ILLINOIS | Fox River | FEBURARY | Mid | 40'S | 8 | Live Minnow | channel breaks | 3 ft- or less | partly sunny | 40's | fish was about 2.5 pounds and very colorfull nice smallmouth early in the year |
| ILLINOIS | lake michigan | APRIL | AM | 40'S | semi-clear | | rocky area | | | 50's | |
| ILLINOIS | Fish n Fun-McNabb | DECEMBER | Mid | 40'S | 10 | red diamond shad | chunk rock | 2-6' | cold windy | 35 | 5 small bass, water cloudy from runoff, |