State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
TENNESSEE | Center Hill | JULY | early and late | 85 | ?? | topwater, Carolina-rigged worms or spinnerbaits | cover(general) | ?? | Haze | 80's | Bass continue to show improvement |
TEXAS | TRAVIS | JULY | Most | 83 | clear | red worms, white topwaters, and chartreuse Radar 10 crankbaits | structure (general) | 8 - 25 feet | Scattered Clouds | 80's | Black bass to 3 pounds are fair, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | TOLEDO BEND | JULY | TIME | 87 | slightly stained | deep-running crankbaits, black/blue heavy jig and craw combos | channel ledge | 12 - 20 feet | Clear | 80's | Black bass are fair, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.", try south end of the lake |
TEXAS | MEDINA | JULY | Early | 88 | clear | YUM Zellemanders and dark watermelon Wooly Hawgtails, white buzzbaits and ¼oz. Pop-R’s, | brush pile(s) | 15 - 25 feet | Scattered Clouds | 80's | Black bass to 4 pounds are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | LBJ | JULY | Night | 84 | stained | ¼oz. blue/chartreuse titanium spinnerbaits, black Photon glow crankbaits, and black buzzbaits | breakline | ?? | Partly Cloudy | 80's | Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | LAKE O' THE PINES | JULY | Most | 86 | clear | Pop R’s, spinnerbaits, and motor oil worms | points | 5 – 6 feet | Mostly Cloudy | 80's | Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.", also try in coves |
TEXAS | HOUSTON COUNTY | JULY | TIME | 88 | clear | watermelon red worms and junebug centipedes | sunken island | 10 feet | Clear | 80's | Black bass to 9 pounds are very good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | FAIRFIELD | JULY | Mid | 80'S | clear | Carolina-rigged watermelon lizards and plum Baby Brush Hogs, Bass Assassins, flukes, and Pop R's, | grass edge | 5 - 9 feet | Scattered Clouds | 80's | Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.", concentrating on the midsection of the lake |
TEXAS | CHOKE CANYON | JULY | Most | 89 | clear | watermelon/chartreuse or junebug Magnum 8in. Zoom lizards and smoke colored 7in. Texas-rigged YUM Zellemanders | creek channel(edges) | 15 - 30 feet | Mist | 90's | Black bass to 9 pounds are excellent, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | CANYON LAKE | JULY | First light | 84 | gin clear | wacky-rigged Scoundrel worms, weighted Albino Shad Snap Back jerkbaits, and pumpkin/chartreuse 5” finesse worms | breakline | 4 - 10 foot | Scattered Clouds | 70's | Black bass are fair to good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | BUCHANAN | JULY | TIME | 83 | clear | Carolina-rigged watermelon/red Snap Back jerkbaits, Glow Cisco crankbaits, and slow-rolling 3/8oz. Silver Shad Terminator spinnerbaits | humps (off shore) | in 8 - 15 feet | Mist | 70's | Black bass are fair to good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | BROWNWOOD | JULY | Most | 85 | clear | junebug worms | brush pile(s) | 10 – 15 feet | Partly Cloudy | 80's | Black bass to 3 pounds are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | AMISTAD | JULY | Early | 82 | clear | watermelonseed and watermelon/red heavy jigs and soft plastics, and on topwaters | cover(general) | various | Overcast | 70's | Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | TOLEDO BEND | JULY | Early | 87 | slightly stained | topwaters or spinnerbaits, watermelon seed Carolina-rigged worms | grass edge | 8-12 feet | Clear | 80's | Black bass fair to 6 pounds |
TEXAS | SAM RAYBURN | JULY | Early | 88 | slightly stained | small popping topwaters | pondweed | shallow | Clear | 80's | Once the sun gets up, bite switches to soft plastics fished along edges of the grass |
ILLINOIS | Rend Lake | JULY | Most | 80'S | ?? | Buzz baits, Jitterbugs and dark-colored jig and pig | rip rap | ?? | sunny | 80's | The lake is still a foot over pool, also try submerged roadbeds, beaver piles and grassy areas of Sandusky bay |
ILLINOIS | Illinois River-Hennepin | JULY | AM | 80 | 10 | spinnerbait chart/wht. | laydowns | shallow | clear sunny | 60's | Caught 2 smallies and 1 largemouth |
ALABAMA | Lake Purdy | JULY | Night | 80'S | clear | Deep diving crankbaits such as the Bill Norman Deep Little "N" ,Plastic worms and bitsy bug jigs effective | brush pile(s) | deep | sunny | 90's | full pool, Night fishing is good |
ALABAMA | Smith Lake | JULY | Early | 80'S | clear | zoora spooks | rocky shoreline | shallow | sunny | 90's | Largemouth are fair in early morning around docks |
ALABAMA | Logan Martin | JULY | early and late | 80'S | clear | jigs and worms | piers | shallow | Mostly Sunny | 90's | level is 8 inches below full pool |
ALABAMA | Lay Lake | JULY | TIME | 89 | clear | jigs, spinnerbaits | boat houses | deep | haze | 70's | bass have been in deeper water, try primarily when they are pulling water |
ALABAMA | Guntersville | JULY | Early | 83 | stained | demon buzz baits and Pop-R's, snag proof casting frog in brown, flip a 1-ounce tight line jig in black and blue with green pumpkin trailer, 10-inch yum worms or 10-inch ribbon tails in red bug and green pumpkin | grass line | various | HAZE | 70's | After the sun is high, fish a snag proof casting frog in brown |
OKLAHOMA | Texoma | JULY | Most | 82 | clear | crankbaits | structure (general) | 5-10 ft | Clear | 80's | Largemouth bass good |
OKLAHOMA | Bell Cow | JULY | TIME | 80 | clear | crankbaits, large minnows and plastics | brush pile(s) | 8-10 ft | Haze | 80's | Largemouth bass fair |
TEXAS | Lake Falcon | JULY | Evening | 80'S | clear | small crawdad crankbaits in 5A and 6A Bomber series, small pearl Bandits and white 2A/3A Bombers. The ¼ Oz roundhead, Jo-Baby Spinnerbait with nickel double willows and a white lumaflex skirt | backs of coves | shallow | Clear | 90's | 20 bass over 14" with the majority weighing three-to-five pounds |
ILLINOIS | farm pond | JULY | early and late | 80'S | ?? | Minus-ones or other shallow-running crankbaits, live bait, plastic worms or Senkos | weeds (over top of) | shallow | hot | 90's | also try near weed lines |
TEXAS | Rayburn | JULY | Most | 80'S | slightly stained | Texas-rig, 6- to 8-inch "trick" worm in red bug or plum/apple | hydrilla beds | 10 to 14 feet | Sunny | 90's | hydrilla beds near channels or other steep drop-offs,The lake level has dropped about a foot in the past week, The falling water level appears to have triggered bass to move from fairly shallow areas to deeper water |
TEXAS | HOUSTON COUNTY | JULY | early and late | 88 | clear | Texas-rigged soft plastics and small crankbaits | points | 8-12-foot | sunny | 80's | also try near the pump station |
MISSOURI | Lake of the Ozarks | JULY | Most | 83 | clear | spinnerbaits and plastic worms | cover(general) | ?? | Clear | 80's | Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize) |
TEXAS | TOLEDO BEND | JULY | early and late | 81 | stained | worms | grass edge | 6-10 feet | hot, muggy conditions | 90's | Bass action spotty, few fish to 2 pounds |