State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
ILLINOIS | Bannermarsh | MAY | Most | 58 | 12 | spinnerbaits | wood & grass | shallow | windy cool | AIR | partner and I caugt 5 bass over 12 inches, biggest was 17.5 |
ILLINOIS | Bass Club Lakes | APRIL | AM | 56 | 18 | Chartruce beedle spinner | aquatic vegetation | 24" | Windy and Snowing | 30's | The weather was horrable but caught 8 bass over 2 lbs. |
MARYLAND | pond in western md | APRIL | Dusk | 59 | 30 | berkley power hawg | brush pile(s) | 5 feet | sunny with wind in the 5-10 mph | 70 | 12 bass the largest was about 4 lbs |
ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | APRIL | First light | 58 | gin clear | spinnerbait, swimming jig, tube | docks | 1-3' | overcast turning sunny | 60's | two of us caught 5 small bass...no keepers |
ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds | APRIL | PM | 50'S | 12 | 1/2 oz. double willow white/chart. retrived just below the surface | brush pile(s) | 3' | cool | 60's | 2 small bass |
ILLINOIS | Lake Longbow | APRIL | Mid | 53 | 15 | Culprit 4" Plastic (Brown and Gold) | bank(parallel to) | 24" | Clear, Breezy | 64 | 6lb largemouth 22 and a half inches that was caught. The only one that day. |
INDIANA | kontz | APRIL | Mid | 50'S | 24 | rattle trap KD tube | shoreline cover | 5 feet | | AIR | |
MISSOURI | Smithville Lake | APRIL | Early | 50'S | ?? | chartrouse buss bate | chunk rock | top | windy | 70's | 2 bass between 8 and 10 am. Left at Noon. |
LOUISIANA | caddo lake | APRIL | First light | 50'S | 24 | spinner baits | aquatic vegetation | 7 feets | 65 f | AIR | |
ALABAMA | alaska lake | JANUARY | Most | 51 | 17 | lizards | bull rushes | 213 | hot | 70's | go bass |
MISSOURI | winsor crossing | MARCH | PM | 52 | ?? | lizards | arrowheads | 10 | nice | 52 | fun for swimming |
CALIFORNIA | | MARCH | First light | 53 | INCHES | topwater | bluff points | 1-35ft. | rain | 52 | 2day drive home if you work for calaveras cement or redding police dept you will win tournament you dont even need a fishing rod check stats on last 10yrs. all divisions beg to bassmasters have i thing in common calaveras cement & redding poli8ce dept.employees. calaveras has a large private portion of lake for employees only so before you fish a circuit for a whole year find out where TOC is if shasta fill out employment apllication to calaveras cement |
ARKANSAS | Storm Creek Lake | MARCH | Evening | 50'S | 6 | White/chartruse tandem spinnerbaits w/gold willow and yellow/black rattle trap | wood (submerged) | 3-6' | partly cloudy to sunny | 60's | Most fish are on points on wood or on the secondary points going into coves |
MAINE | brier lake | OCTOBER | All Day | 55 | 25 | grubs spinnerbaits senkos | points(main lake) | 12 feet 24 | sunny cool | 60's | good day fifty plus fish |
MISSOURI | Big River | APRIL | Evening | 50'S | 30 | Shad Rap / yum wooly hawgtail pumkin seed | current seam | 1- 4 feet | High water, warm days after a large rain | 70's | Fish low water bridges, on the exit side the bass will move as far up to the bridge as possible,or you can fish the main river,if so fish on the down stream side of bolders or wood structure. Ive caught a lot of 3to4 lb smallmouths this way and a few 5 lb largemouths. |
NORTH CAROLINA | Lake Wylie | MARCH | Most | 50'S | 12 | crankbait/jerkbait/spinnerbait | points(main lake) | 3-6 | partly cloudy/showers and windy | 50's | caught 6 - total weight 13.58/biggest 4.14 |
TENNESSEE | normandy | FEBURARY | Mid | 50'S | 9 | #5 shad rap | bank(parallel to) | 2'to6' | sunny wind out of the west | 60's | fishing wind swept bank |
NORTH CAROLINA | lake wylie | JANUARY | Mid | 51 | 12 | 7 inch flip tail carolina rig grape | boat docks | 6 | overcast, windy | 60's | one 4 lb, one 2 lb |
NORTH CAROLINA | lake wylie | FEBURARY | PM | 51 | 12 | rapala shad rap | points(main lake) | 10 | clear | 60's | 6.5 lb |
GEORGIA | Strom Thurmond | FEBURARY | PM | 50 | 36 | Med Countdown - shad color | backs of coves | 2ft | Clear | 60 | Several hits - only one 2lb in boat |
GEORGIA | Strom Thurmond | FEBURARY | Dawn | 50'S | 6 | Huskey Jerk - White Jig w/ trailer | ditch (deep) | 12 | Cloudy | 40's | |
ALABAMA | lake jordan | JANUARY | PM | 50 | INCHES | inline spinner silver blade | points | 6 | partly cloudy | 70's | spotted bass all afternoon |
TEXAS | ATHENS | DECEMBER | Most | 56 | stained | jigs | brush (submerged) | 10-15 feet | calm | 50's | normal pool. Black bass are slow - http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us |
TEXAS | ARROWHEAD | DECEMBER | Most | 57 | murky | crankbaits and spinnerbaits | rocky area | shallow | Mist | 50's | Black bass are slow-http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us |
KENTUCKY | farm pond | NOVEMBER | Mid | 52 | 4 | spinnerbait | aquatic vegetation | 12 inches | sunny | 55 | water was real muddy |
ILLINOIS | Lake | OCTOBER | Evening | 50 | 6 | Beetle Spin | bank(tight to) | 15ft | Rainy | 45 | |
ILLINOIS | Illinois River Marseilles | OCTOBER | All Day | 50'S | 10 | quad spinnerbait | creek mouth | 5' | bitter cold | 30's | 1 fish, took 4lb+ to win tournament |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun McNabb | OCTOBER | Mid | 50'S | 24 | Picasso Quad spinnerbait, chart/wht | grass (over top of) | 1-6' | cold, windy overcast | 48 | 9 bass between 10 and 14 inches, they were shallow |
NEW YORK | Chadwick Lack | OCTOBER | Evening | 50'S | 21 | Crank bait | weed beds | 3-6 feet | Partly cloudy | 69 | Boated 30 largemouth |
CALIFORNIA | Whiskey Slough, Delta | APRIL | Mid | 57 | stained | 4 inch Berkley tube minnow | beds | 5' | Overcast | 57 | BassMasters Lunker Club, 12 lbs. |