State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
TEXAS | CHOKE CANYON | JULY | Most | 89 | stained | watermelon/chartreuse tail or junebug 8" Zoom lizards and 7" YUM Zellemanders | bushes | 15-25 feet | clear | 80's | Black bass to 9 pounds are very good |
TEXAS | AMISTAD | JULY | Early | 81 | clear | watermelon seed and watermelon/red heavy jigs and soft plastics, and on topwaters | cover(general) | shallow | Clear | 80's | Black bass are fair |
TEXAS | HUBBARD CREEK | JULY | Most | 85 | slightly stained | shad-colored crankbaits and poppers, red soft plastics | reeds | shallow | Sunny | 90's | Black bass are good |
KENTUCKY | Yatesville Lake | JULY | Mid | 80 | INCHES | brown berkley worm | timber | 15 | partly cloudy | 79 | |
WEST VIRGINIA | | JULY | Mid | 80'S | 17 | rebel crawdad | grass beds | 4 | good | 80's | |
KENTUCKY | LAKE BARKLEY | JULY | early and late | 80'S | ?? | topwater | drop off(s) | 10-20 feet | Mostly Cloudy | 80's | Smallmouth fair/good. Largemouth good, also try creek mouths and along main points |
TEXAS | Toledo Bend | JULY | early and late | 80'S | stained | topwaters early, tequila sunrise or motor oil/red worms | structure (general) | 12-14 feet | Scattered Clouds | 90's | fair numbers of bass |
ALABAMA | Lake Purdy | JULY | Night | 80'S | clear | finesse worms with jigheads, Carolina rigs | hump (deep) | deep | Clouds | 70's | full pool, also try points |
ALABAMA | Smith Lake | JULY | Most | 80 | muddy | jigs and drop blades | deep structure | 20 to 35 feet | clear | 80's | Spots are running deep |
ALABAMA | Weiss Lake | JULY | Early | 84 | clear | buzz bait, flipping jigs | rocks | ?? | Clear | 80's | also try docks |
ALABAMA | Logan Martin | JULY | early and late | 82 | slightly stained | pig and jigs | boat houses | ?? | Scattered Clouds | 80's | full pool |
ALABAMA | Lay Lake | JULY | Most | 80'S | clear | buzzbaits spinnerbaits | grass edge | shallow | Scattered Clouds | 70's | also try ledges |
TENNESSEE | Center Hill | JULY | Night | 83 | ?? | spinnerbait Jerkbaits | brush | ?? | sunny | 80's | Dark of the moon should help the smallmouth fishing |
TENNESSEE | Kentucky | JULY | Most | 82 | ?? | jigs or crankbaits | main lake structure | 15-22 feet | Mostly Sunny | 70's | Smallmouth fair to good, Deep-diving crankbaits or Carolina rigs with the bigger worms or lizards |
TEXAS | TOLEDO BEND | JULY | Most | 80'S | stained | Texas rig worms, buzz baits and small spinners | pepper grass | 3-5 feet | Scattered Clouds | 80's | Bass fishing has been good for numbers, slow on quality, The better fish are holding on drops in 8-12 feet of water |
TEXAS | Lake Fork | JULY | Most | 80'S | clear | drop shot rigs | hump (deep) | deep | Overcast | 80's | Lake Fork is at normal level, Bass fishing has been good, Guides are catching up to 50 fish per day, most in the 3-4 pound range |
TEXAS | NACOGDOCHES | JULY | Most | 80'S | stained | crankbaits and soft plastics | lilly pads | ?? | Cloudy | 90's | The lake is at normal level, Bass fishing has been slow |
TEXAS | PALESTINE | JULY | Most | 80'S | muddy | watermelon/cotton candy Brush Hawgs | shallow cover | 4-6 feet | Scattered Clouds | 80's | The lake is about one foot high, Bass fishing has been slow, |
TEXAS | RICHLAND CHAMBERS | JULY | Most | 80'S | stained | Carolina rigs | main lake points | ?? | Partly Cloudy | 90's | Richland Chambers is at normal level, |
TEXAS | CEDAR CREEK | JULY | Most | 86 | clear | Carolina rigged plastics, shad pattern crankbaits and soft jerkbaits | main lake points | 16-20 feet | Scattered Clouds | 80's | Cedar Creek is at normal level, bass fishing has been fair to five pounds |
TEXAS | ATHENS | JULY | Most | 80'S | clear | Carolina rigs and medium diving crankbaits | drop off(s) | 12-16 feet | Mostly Cloudy | 80's | schooling activity reported. |
TEXAS | Houston County | JULY | Most | 88 | clear | plastic worms in black, red and watermelon | points | 10 feet | cloudy | 70's | Largemouth bass fishing has been productive, lake recently produced a 12-pound, 1-ounce bass |
TEXAS | Sam Rayburn | JULY | early and late | 80'S | stained | spinnerbaits and plastic worms (watermelon/red, plum, purple, red bug, June bug) have been the best, small topwaters | submerged vegetation | 2-5 feet | Scattered Clouds | 70's | reservoir is more 2.5 feet above normal level and continuing a slow rise as rain runoff flows down creeks and rivers |
TENNESSEE | Kentucky | JULY | Early | 82 | ?? | topwater, deep-diving crankbaits | creek mouth | top, deep | Overcast | 70's | Smallmouth fair-to-good, Largemouth fair, also try main river points |
TENNESSEE | Center Hill | JULY | early and late | 80'S | ?? | spinnerbaits, jerkbaits | bushes | shallow | Overcast | 70's | also try around trees |
TEXAS | Sam Rayburn | JULY | First light | 80'S | stained | topwaters or small spinnerbaits | submerged grass | 5-8 feet | Sunny | 90's | Bass fair to 5 pounds |
TEXAS | TRAVIS | JUNE | Most | 82 | clear | red shad worms, smoke grubs, and topwaters | cover(general) | 6 - 22 feet | Overcast | 70's | Black bass to 4 pounds are fair, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | MEDINA | JUNE | Early | 82 | murky | glimmer/blue YUM Houdini Shad and watermelon/pearl laminate 4in. YUM Dinger soft plastic jerkbaits | creeks | shallow | Light Rain | 70's | Black bass to 5 pounds are slow, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." also try main lake flat points |
TEXAS | LBJ | JUNE | Night | 83 | stained | chartreuse/blue Terminator spinnerbaits, silver buzzbaits, Pop R's, and watermelon/red Wacky Sticks | structure (general) | shallow | Partly Cloudy | 70's | Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | Lake Fork | JULY | Early | 80'S | slightly stained | topwater plugs, buzzbaits, and unweighted soft-plastic jerk baits, crankbaits and Carolina-rigged plastics | hydrilla | 10-20 feet | Scattered Clouds | 90's | Black bass remained fair to good, also try Points and humps |