State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
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 | 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 |
MARYLAND | Salisbury pond | JULY | Mid | 70'S | 24 | berkley bungee power hawg | creek channel(drops) | 4' | Sunny | 90 | 34 spotted and largemouth all around 2-3lbs |
IDAHO | Lake Owyhee | JULY | First light | 70'S | 12 | Blue 4" Senko Wacky Rig, 1oz Jig Head Rootbear Spider Grub | rocky point(s) | 1" to 4' | Mild | 80's | 6.27 lb Large mouth. 21.35 lbs for 5 five fish |
MARYLAND | Little seneca lake | JULY | AM | 70'S | 60 | worm | boat docks | 15 ft | cloudy | 60's | |
ALABAMA | Lake Weiss | JUNE | AM | 70 | 2 | Live minnow | boat docks | 13' | partly cloudy | 80's | Fish topwater @ night |
MISSOURI | James A. Reed Memorial Park | JUNE | Evening | 70'S | ?? | 6" black finesse worm | shoreline cover | 3 to 4 feet | clear | 80's | nice largemouth bass |
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 |
TEXAS | pat mayse | MARCH | Most | 70'S | dingy | deep running cranks in blue/silver and pumpkin worms | CHOOSE BEST DESCRIPTION | 12-21 ft. | mostly cloudy | 70's | i caught 14 bass about 2 pounds each in brush, points and bottom transition |
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 | Lake Thunderbird | MAY | AM | 70 | 48 | Craw tube | boat docks | 4-8' | Sunny | 80 | 13 fish in 2 hours. Only 1 under 14". |
ILLINOIS | Powerton | APRIL | Most | 70'S | 16 | spinnerbait, black grub, poes crankbait | rip rap | 1-10' | sunny warm | 60's | partner and I caught around 10 small smallmouth |
UTAH | utah river | AUGUST | All Day | 70'S | 7 | slugs | funnel area | 60 | | AIR | |
MISSOURI | Bismark Lake, southeastern missouri | JUNE | Evening | 70'S | 24 | small black bussbait / black or junebug color rubber worm | shallow weeds | 1to 4 feet | partly cloudy hot | 80's | There has been days when I have caught 20to30 bass this way half of which were over 18 inches. I have caught bass upward of 7lbs on a good day, the lake was shocked by the missouri department of conservation in 2003and there were two bass larger than the current missouri state record of 13lb14oz, thats why I fish this lake so much. |
WISCONSIN | Elcart Lake | JULY | Mid | 70'S | INCHES | banjo minnow worms minnows | boat docks | 7 feet | sunny warm | 70's | nice bass |
ALABAMA | wedowee | MAY | AM | 70'S | 5 | texs rigged worms | backs of coves | shallow | clear | 80's | needed timber to hold the fish |
FLORIDA | chokoloskee | DECEMBER | Dawn | 70'S | 10 | jig | mud flats | 34 | snow | 76 | sucks sucks |
TEXAS | LBJ | NOVEMBER | Most | 70 | stained | watermelon/red Snap Back jerkbaits, green bug Photon crankbaits, and green/pumpkin plastic stick baits | rip rap | 4 - 8 feet | Mostly Cloudy | 70's | Black bass are very good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | DUNLAP/MCQUEENEY | NOVEMBER | early and late | 73 | murky | white buzzbaits, black and blue fleck7.5" soft plastic worms | lilly pads | 3 - 10 feet | Mist | 50's | Black bass to 5 pounds are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |