| State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
| ILLINOIS | Hennepin Canal at Bureau | SEPTEMBER | PM | ?? | 10 | black single colorado spinnerbait | bank(parallel to) | 1-2' | cloudy, light wind, cool | 70 | 4 nice bass, 3 two pounders and one over 3 lbs. |
| ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | SEPTEMBER | AM | 68 | 18 | wacky 4 in. yum dinger | structure (general) | shallow | overcast, lite rain | 50's | small bass all day, had 7 lbs., 10 lbs. won tournment |
| ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | SEPTEMBER | First light | 75 | slightly stained | single spin colorado spinnerbait | structure (general) | 1-5' | sunny cool, cold front passing | 60's | 7 small bass, biggest about 14 in. |
| ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | AUGUST | First light | 80'S | 24 | wacky rigged 4 inch senko, shakey worm | structure(close/deep water) | 1-15' | cool overcast, storm coming in | 70's | two of us had 20+ bass, several 15 inchers |
| ILLINOIS | Hennepin-Hopper | AUGUST | Evening | ?? | 8 | top water, spinnerbait | aquatic vegetation | 1-3' | sunny warm | 80's | 3 nice bass, one over 3 lbs. |
| ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | JULY | First light | 80'S | 24 | wacky senko-white | shoreline (general) | 1-3' | hot muggy | 80's | we caught several over 14 inches, were at the shallow end |
| ILLINOIS | Mississippi River, poll 13 | JULY | Most | 80'S | 12 | wacky worm, spinnebait | rock wall(s) | 1-4' | foggy warm | 80's | Caught about 20 bass, 4 keepers |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds #5 | JULY | AM | 80'S | clear | wacky senko | rocky point(s) | 1-4' | warm sunny | 70's | 3 bass, testing weighted wacky hooks |
| ILLINOIS | I & M Canal at Lasalle | JULY | Mid | 80'S | 12 | StrikeKing single spin colorado spinnerbait-white/silver | bank(parallel to) | 1-3' | hot muggy overcast | 80's | 4 nice bass, one at 15 inches, starting to get infested with duck weed |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds #4 | JUNE | AM | 70'S | 18 | single spin colorado spinnerbait, chart/red | weeds (over top of) | 4-6' | overcast, a slight breeze | 60's | 5 small bass, one about 2 lbs. |
| ILLINOIS | Banner Marsh | JUNE | Most | 77 | 12 | 5 inch wacky stick-o white, white Venom Tube | wood | 1-4' | Warm, some rain | 70's | 5 best bass went 12.6 lbs. |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds #4 | JUNE | AM | ?? | 24 | single spin colorado spinnerbait, chart/red | weeds (over top of) | 3-6' | sunny cool | 60's | 5 small bass, hitting it as soon as it hits the water |
| ILLINOIS | Diamond Lake | JUNE | PM | ?? | 12 | Crawlers | main lake | | Good | 70's | Few small Stripped bass and blue gills are biting like pirhanas |
| ILLINOIS | I & M Canal at Lasalle | JUNE | PM | ?? | 12 | single spin colorado spinnerbait | rocky shoreline | 5' | windy and warm | 80's | 3 small bass slow rolling spinnerbait |
| 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. |
| 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 |