| State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
| ILLINOIS | Rend Lake | MAY | Most | 70'S | clear | spinner baits, shallow-diving crank baits and a dark-colored jig and pig | rip rap | shallow | Overcast | 70's | also try submerged roadbeds, creek dropoffs and beaver piles |
| ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | MAY | Most | 71 | stained | white/chartruese spinnerbait, shad colored tube, | docks | 1-6' | hard rain, overcast | 70's | 5 14 inchers, lots of shorts, rain-thunder-lightning |
| ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | MAY | Dusk | 69 | 24 | spinnerbait, senko, black worm, green tube | shoreline cover | 2-10' | overcast | 70's | 2 of us caught a dozen small bass |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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" |
| ILLINOIS | Powerton | APRIL | Most | 60'S | | quad spinnerbait, white grub | rip rap | 1-3' | very windy cool | 50's | 5 smallmouth=11+ lbs. water clarity=18" |
| ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | APRIL | TIME | 61 | | white Venom tube | docks (wooden) | 2-4' | windy | 60's | 6 bass best 2.5 lbs. water clarity=48" |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds #2 | APRIL | PM | 50'S | | Stanley spinnerbait double colorado | rocky point(s) | 1-3' | Overcast windy | 60's | 2 bass, largest 17 inches water clarity=12 inches |
| ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | APRIL | Mid | 52 | | senko | docks (wooden) | 3-5' | windy, sunny | 40's | 1 bass, water clarity=48" |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds 3 & 5 | APRIL | PM | 40'S | | jig black/chart, 10' Tequilla Worm | rocky shoreline | 2-10' | sunny windy | 50's | 2 bass 4.4 and 3.2 lbs. water clarity 12' |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds #2 | MARCH | AM | 40'S | | half oz. strike king spinnerbait chart/white gold/chart willow | laydowns | 3' | windy cloudy | 60's | 2 bass, biggest 16 inches water clarity=12 inches |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds #3 | MARCH | Mid | 40'S | | jig chartruses/black with powder blue zoom trailer | rocky area | 2-4' | windy overcast | 50's | 2 bass, biggest 18 inches water clarity=12' |
| ILLINOIS | Braidwood | MARCH | AM | 70'S | muddy | Wacky rig Pumpkinseed | structure (general) | 2 to 3' | fog | AIR | (FishingReportDatabase.com)03 |
| ILLINOIS | Braidwood | MARCH | AM | 70'S | muddy | Wacky rig Pumpkinseed | structure (general) | 2 to 3' | fog | AIR | (FishingReportDatabase.com)03 |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds #3 | MARCH | PM | 40'S | 12 | jig chartruse/black w/ blue trailer | rocks | 2-5' | Windy, sunny | 40's | one 14 incher |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds #3 | MARCH | PM | 40'S | 12 | jig chartruse/black w/ blue trailer | rocks | 2-5' | Windy, sunny | 40's | one 14 incher |