| State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
| ILLINOIS | Lake Wildwood | AUGUST | Evening | 80'S | 20 | wacky senko-pink stanley spinnerbait-double willo | vegetation(scattered) | 1-8' | cool partly cloudy | 70's | 3.2 and 2.5 pounders, couple more smallies |
| ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | AUGUST | First light | 80'S | 12 | wacky yellow senko (knock-off) | chunk rock | 1-2' | cool overcast | 60's | 5 small bass, looks like they sprayed weeds |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds #5 | AUGUST | First light | 80'S | 18 | wacky senko black | brush (isolated piles) | 1-5' | sunny cool | 62 | 3 short bass, lots of shad busting |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds #5 | JULY | Mid | 80'S | 20 | black senko | brush | 2-4' | hot humid | 80's | 2 small bass |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds 1,2,3 | JULY | Evening | 83 | 12 | wacky senkos | structure (general) | 1-6' | partl cloudy warm | 80's | 6 small bass |
| ILLINOIS | Banner Marsh | JULY | AM | 79 | 24 | wacky senko, white weightless tube | bank(parallel to) | 1-3' | hot humid | 90's | 20 bass, 17" & 16" were biggest |
| ILLINOIS | Banner Marsh | JULY | Most | 84 | 24 | senko, white tube, spinnerbait | points(main lake) | 1-5' | hot humid clear | 96 | 2 17 inchers, best 5=12.01 lbs. |
| ILLINOIS | lake | JULY | Dusk | 70'S | 16 | white jig w/ jig head | drop off(s) | 25' | 75 degrees w/ overcast | 70's | caught 3 laremouth bass over 4 pounds |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds #5 | JULY | PM | 70'S | 20 | live frog, wacky senko | bank(parallel to) | 1-5' | hot overcast | 80's | took less than a minute to get bit with the live frog...live bait rules |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds | JULY | Early | ?? | stained from runoff | wacky tiki stick, sweet potato | aquatic vegetation | 2-5' | sunny warm | 70's | 2 small bass, water alittle cloudy, slow for everyone I talked to |
| ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds #5 | JUNE | PM | 70'S | 24 | wacky tiki stick green/silver | brush pile(s) | 3' | hot sunny | 90's | 3 small bass |
| ILLINOIS | Hennepin Canal | JUNE | All Day | 72 | 10 | wacky tiki-stick orange amd black | weed lines(outside) | 2' | sunny then rain then sunny | 80's | 25+ bass, 5 over 14" |
| ILLINOIS | Hennepin Canal | MAY | First light | 60'S | 8 | plastic | various types of cover | shallow | overcast | 50's | plenty of small bass |
| ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | Evening | 60'S | 48 | big 1-minus and wacky tiki stix | vegetation(scattered) | 5-10' | cool breezy clear | 60's | 8 bass, weeds starting to increase |
| ILLINOIS | Lake Thunderbird | MAY | AM | 70 | 48 | Craw tube | boat docks | 4-8' | Sunny | 80 | 13 fish in 2 hours. Only 1 under 14". |
| ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | Evening | 60'S | semi-clear | wacky rigged tiki stick-copper watermelon, shallow running crankbait (wake) | vegetation(scattered) | 5-10' | warm sunny windy | 70's | 20 bass....all small |
| ILLINOIS | Hennepin Hopper | MAY | First light | 57 | 36 | spinnerbaits, shallow running crankbaits | vegetation(scattered) | 1-3' | warm partly cloudy | 60's | Two of us got 25+ bass, couple close to 3 lbs., one nice pike |
| ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | First light | 60'S | clearing up | Tiki Stick, baby bass color | stumps(isolated) | 3-10' | clear calm | 48 | 5 bass, largest 4+ lbs. |
| ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | Evening | 60'S | 24 | bruised orange Tiki Stix | vegetation(scattered) | 5-10' | cool cloudy | 60's | 5 small bass, tough lake when the water is calm, saw a few bass on beds, bluegill fishermen catching some good fish |
| ILLINOIS | Hennepin Canal | MAY | First light | 62 | 8 | quad spinnerbait, white swimmimg jig | aquatic vegetation | 1-3' | warm cloudy | 60's | 13 bass, largest was 16 inches, only 2 keepers |