State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
FLORIDA | Osprey Lake | DECEMBER | PM | 60'S | 84 | small crank bait | cat tails (edges) | 2-12 | sunny | 74 | More active in pm when water warms |
OKLAHOMA | Lake Murray | NOVEMBER | All Day | 57 | 84 | drop shot, texas rig, 3/6 oz jig | deep water drop-off | 10-25" | sunny, 35 dgr morning 65 day - north wind 10-20 | 65 | Caught smallie, spot, largemouth - fished deep points and bluffs with a drop at 20-25ft following 60+ . Top water early on points and bluff, then drop, then texas - moved to shallow points later with duckweed |
ILLINOIS | Lake ThunderBird | NOVEMBER | Mid | 47 | 24 | 1/4 oz. white/blue blade bait | structure (general) | 2-6' | sunny cold | 40's | 6 bass, 3 of them over 15 inches, one of those 18 inches. |
ILLINOIS | Rawson #4 | NOVEMBER | Mid | ?? | 36 | 1/4 oz. white blade bait | grass (over top of) | 2-5' | overcast cool | 40's | 3 small bass, blade baits work very well in cold water |
ILLINOIS | Hennepin Canal at Bureau | NOVEMBER | Mid | ?? | 12 | double wcolorado spinnerbait white/chart, | bank(parallel to) | 1-2' | cold rainy drizzle | 40's | 1 small bass, got 2 more on a rattlin rap at another pond |
PENNSYLVANIA | Belmont State Park | SEPTEMBER | All Day | 70'S | 13 | minnows/shad colored crank baits | deep water (general) | 30 ft. | any weather | 70's | 2-7 lb. smallmouth left and right,like crazy |
TEXAS | Lake Ray Roberts | NOVEMBER | Mid | 64 | 24 | 3" white curlytail grub- | weed edges | 3' | Sunny | 75 | Caught a 10.63 lb large mouth bass. Used a spinning rod.Aberdeen -gold hook, 1/16 bulletnose weight on flourocarbon 12# line. |
TEXAS | | NOVEMBER | AM | 60'S | 6 | finese - 4" watermelon green | drop off(s) | 8' | Cloudy- south-southeast wids 10-15 knts | 50's | Fish were holding right on the drop - had a shelf at 8-10" droping into mid 20s' Never felt them - just heavy on the line-WACK! - Fish-ON! |
INDIANA | st joseph | JANUARY | TIME | DEGREES F. | INCHES | | CHOOSE BEST DESCRIPTION | | | AIR | |
ILLINOIS | Hennepin Canal at Bureau | NOVEMBER | Mid | ?? | 16 | double wcolorado spinnerbait white/chart, | rocks | 1-3' | overcast cool | 40's | one 2 lb bass slow rolling spinnerbait |
LOUISIANA | caddo lake | NOVEMBER | Early | 50 | 4 | | lilly pads(isolated) | | | AIR | |
FLORIDA | c-23 | OCTOBER | AM | DEGREES F. | muddy | spinner bait | lock area | 5-8feet | rainy | AIR | i havent caught anything but my friend caught a bass and a blue oscar |
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 |
VIRGINIA | potmak | JULY | TIME | DEGREES F. | 16 | | bluff points | | | AIR | |
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 |
GEORGIA | Allatoona | OCTOBER | PM | 70'S | 35 | | bare bank(s) | | | 60's | |
ILLINOIS | Hennepin Canal at Bureau | OCTOBER | Evening | ?? | 12 | Stanley (modified)double colorado spinnerbait white/chart | bridge area | 1-2' | cold windy | 40's | testing new Stanley spinnerbaits, caught one nice one had 2 other hits |
IOWA | Sugema | OCTOBER | Most | 64 | 48 | double wcolorado spinnerbait white/chart, baby 1 minus, white swim jig | wood (isolated) | 2-5' | windy cool dry | 50's | caught small limits each of 3 days, had small tournament took about 10 lbs. a day, wind was blowing 20 mph |
WISCONSIN | Pamala Creek | SEPTEMBER | All Day | ?? | ?? | Anything except Crankbaits | backwater area | 1-6 Feet | Fair | AIR | BIG BASSES and alot of BASSES |
WISCONSIN | Pamala Creek | SEPTEMBER | All Day | ?? | ?? | Plastic worms, Mimic Minows | backwater area | 5 Feet | Fair | 70's | |