State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
ILLINOIS | Fish & Fun | JANUARY | Mid | 30'S | 10 | 4 inch bubblegum stix-o | creek mouth | 1-3' | cold rainy | 41 | 1 small bass, some ice still on the lake |
ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds #4 | NOVEMBER | PM | ?? | 24 | ripplin redfin jerkbait, blade bait | grass (over top of) | 2-5' | sprinkling cool | 40's | 5 bass, ripping the jerkbait |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | NOVEMBER | Mid | 50'S | 12 | christmas tree senko, chartruse blade bait | creek mouth | 1-10' | partly cloudy, cool, very windy 30mph+ | 49 | 12 bass, first time using the christmas tree senko, must order more |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | NOVEMBER | Mid | 50'S | 24 | chartruese blade bait, ripplin red fin jerkbait, most came on christmas tree colored senko | creek mouth | 3' | overcast cool some sprinkles | 50's | 7 small bass, miseed severa+l more |
ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | NOVEMBER | First light | 53 | 24 | chartruse vibrating blade bait | submerged timber | 3-5' | cold clear | 30's | 2 14 inchers, should of stayed in bed!! |
ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | NOVEMBER | First light | 53 | 18 | ripplin red fin, chartruese blade bait, wacky gulp worm, black spinnerbait | structure (general) | 1-8' | overcast, windy | 50's | 5 best went 11+ lbs., big bass was 3 lbs., water level down 2 feet |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | OCTOBER | Mid | 50'S | clear | chartruse jerkbait | grass (over top of) | 2-4' | windy overcast | 50's | one small bass, missed 2 bass on senko, saw 6 bass in less than one foot but they would not bite. water level dropped 1 foot in last week |
ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds | OCTOBER | AM | 50'S | slightly stained | white tube, black double colorado spinnerbait, redshad senko, blade bait | bank(parallel to) | 2-6' | overcast cold slight breeze | 40's | 5 bass on 4 different lures, best was 14 inches |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | OCTOBER | First light | ?? | 10 | double willow chartruese spinnerbait | chunk rock | 1-5' | overcast rainy cool | 40's | 3 bass, best was 2 lbs. |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | OCTOBER | First light | ?? | 10 | chartruese spinnerbait | chunk rock | 1-2' | cool overcast | 40's | 6 bass before work |
ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | OCTOBER | AM | 63 | 12 | spinnerbait, chomper, wacky worm | structure (general) | 1-8' | cool sunny clear | 50's | two of us caught 10+ bass...most were small |
ILLINOIS | Hennepin Canal | OCTOBER | AM | 60'S | 10 | spinnerbait, white tube, white swimmin jig | shallow cover | 1-3' | cool overcast | 50's | 15 bass between the two of us, biggest 3lbs. |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | OCTOBER | AM | 60'S | murky | black spinnerbait, pink/orange senko type bait, white blade bait | chunk rock | 1-3' | overcast brezzy | 50's | 11 bass, biggest was 3 lbs.+ |
ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | OCTOBER | Early | 66 | 12 | black spinnerbait, white tube, quad spinnerbait | structure (general) | shallow | overcast | 60's | 5 best over 10 lbs, |
ILLINOIS | LaSalle Lake | SEPTEMBER | Most | 80'S | 20 | blade bait | rip rap | 1-8' | rainy cool | 60's | 30+ bass one over 12 inches Took 5lbs. to win tournament |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | SEPTEMBER | First light | 70'S | 10 | blade bait (similiar to Heddon Sonar" | shallow structure | 0-1' | light rain, thunder | 60's | 10 small bass, one catfish, bass were in less than 1 ft. of water |
ILLINOIS | Lake Thunderbird | SEPTEMBER | Most | 74 | 12 | black spinnerbait, wacky worm | shallow structure | 1-3' | sunny warm | 70's | 5 best were 8.44 lbs. |
ILLINOIS | Lake Thunderbird | SEPTEMBER | Evening | 74 | 12 | spinnerbait and plastic | structure (general) | various | rainy overcast | 57 | many small bass, several over 14 inches |
ILLINOIS | Lake Shelbyville | SEPTEMBER | All Day | 80'S | 12 | black spinnerbait, white wacky senko | structure (general) | 1-5' | hot clear | 90's | Caught 18 fish, 3 were keepers in three days |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | SEPTEMBER | PM | 70'S | 8 | experimental senko type bait | chunk rock | 0-5' | overcast sunny | 75 | 9 bass from a 30 yard stretch, lake was just sprayed with weed killer |