State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
LOUISIANA | caddo lake | NOVEMBER | Early | 50 | 4 | | lilly pads(isolated) | | | AIR | |
ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | OCTOBER | First light | 54 | 36 | blade bait, 4 inch white senko | points | 5-10' | cloudy, cool | 40's | two of us caught 10 bass, 6 over 14 inches |
ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | OCTOBER | First light | 54 | 24 | 1/4 oz. blade bait | structure (general) | 3-6' | cold lite rain | 40's | 5 small bass, biggest was 14 inches |
WASHINGTON | bala | SEPTEMBER | early and late | 50'S | 4 | Worm | backwater area | Deep | Mild | 30's | les poacher |
NEW JERSEY | sheperd lake | MAY | Mid | 57 | 10 | 4 inch smoke colered senkos, shiners ( live bait | beach area | 4 ft apox. | cloudy | 70 | every time im there i cath at least one nice largmouth usaully 3 or four fish per trip never tried a boat |
ILLINOIS | Rawson #4 and 5 | MAY | Early | 50'S | 18 | wacky worm, 4 and 5 inch assorted colors. Strike king double willow spinnerbait | clay bank (steep) | 1-5' | overcast cool damp | 40's | 12 bass, nothing over 13 inches |
ILLINOIS | Rawson #4 | MAY | Early | 50'S | 18 | strike king double willow spinnerbait, white-chartruese | weeds (over top of) | 1-5' | cool drizzle | 40's | 2 bass, one about 3 lbs. Lots of short strikes, should of had a trailer hook on. |
KENTUCKY | williamstown lake | APRIL | Early | 58 | INCHES | manns crank bait minus 1- blue fleck 7 inch worm | bank(parallel to) | 1-5 feet | 70 degrees and nice | 70's | very light hits nothing hard |
ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | APRIL | AM | 59 | clear | shad colored tube, bubblegum 4 in. stick-o | docks | 1-3' | cool overcast rainy | 50's | 5 bass limit was 7.2 lbs, 9+lbs. won the tournament |
VIRGINIA | Occoquan Resevoir | APRIL | Dusk | 55 | 20 | roster tail | coves(mouths) | 2-3 feet | clear | 77 | caught 2 1lb and 1 2lb large mouth bass casting toward a fallen tree in the middle of the cove |
ILLINOIS | Hennepin Canal-Bureau | APRIL | Early | 50'S | 10 | wacky Lake Fork ring fry | laydowns | 1-3' | sunny warm calm | 60's | One 2.5 lb. bass. Hadn't fished this stretch of the canal since they redid it. Good to see the bass are still there. |
ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds 3 & 5 | APRIL | Early | 50'S | 12 | wacky rigged Lake Fork ring fry (dark) and shad colored senko | rock pile(s) | 1-5' | sunny warm, getting windy | 60's | 5 decent bass, wanted smaller bait today. Walked the bank....ticks are out!! |
ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds 3 | APRIL | AM | 50'S | 20 | wacky black centipede | rocks | 1-4' | sunny bluebird skies | 50's | 2 bass, 2 lber. |
ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds 3 | APRIL | early and late | 50'S | 12 | wacky rigged bubblegum 5" stix-o | rocks | 1-3' | cool sunny | 50's | 5 bass, one was 5.2 lbs. |
SOUTH CAROLINA | PRIVATE POND | APRIL | Mid | 50'S | 13 | WHITE BUZZ | stumps | 2-3 FT | OVERCAST / RAINY | 63 | 5 LARGEMOUTH - 2 FEMALE - 2 LBS - MALES STRUCK MORE AGGRESSIVE |
ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds 5 & 3 | APRIL | Evening | 50'S | 18 | bubblegum stix-o's wacky style | shallow structure | 1-4' | overcast windy drizzle | 50's | 5 bass, 2 over 2 lbs. |
NEW JERSEY | woodbury lake | MARCH | Dusk | 50'S | INCHES | glass minnow husky jerk, powerbait- maroon worm | weed covered flats | 4-5 ft | partly cloudy | 60's | tons of action when a cloud covered the sun..couple 4-5lb bass |
SOUTH CAROLINA | Charlesboro - Private Pond | APRIL | AM | 50'S | 4 | Chartruese Spinnerbait - 1/4 ox | fallen trees | 3' - 4' | Sunny | 60's | caught 22 fish: 15 bass, 5 bream, 2 crappie on same lure. Bass: 1 -3lb, 5 - 2lbs |
CALIFORNIA | berryessa | APRIL | Early | 50'S | ?? | crank | bank(parallel to) | 10 ft | cloudy | 50's | |
VIRGINIA | private lake | MARCH | PM | 51 | 8 | n/a live bait | bare bank(s) | 10feet | windy | 61 | nothing expetional |