State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | First light | 60'S | clearing up | Tiki Stick, baby bass color | stumps(isolated) | 3-10' | clear calm | 48 | 5 bass, largest 4+ lbs. |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | Evening | 60'S | 24 | bruised orange Tiki Stix | vegetation(scattered) | 5-10' | cool cloudy | 60's | 5 small bass, tough lake when the water is calm, saw a few bass on beds, bluegill fishermen catching some good fish |
ILLINOIS | Hennepin Canal | MAY | First light | 62 | 8 | quad spinnerbait, white swimmimg jig | aquatic vegetation | 1-3' | warm cloudy | 60's | 13 bass, largest was 16 inches, only 2 keepers |
CALIFORNIA | delta | MAY | All Day | 67 | slightly stained | spinnerbait white/ sweet beavers watermelon | bank(tight to) | 5 | windy | 70's | 30+ fish in boat mostly 2-3# best 5 14.2# |
ALABAMA | Big Creek Lake | MAY | AM | 60'S | 12 | Rubber worm | bottom (general) | 10 to 12 feet | sun | 70's | 9 good Bass all over 2 lb |
PENNSYLVANIA | ponds | MAY | Mid | 60'S | INCHES | spinners frogs | artificial habitat | 3 feet | sunny | 70's | |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | Dusk | ?? | 24 | Stanley double colorado spinnerbait, bruised orange Tiki Stix | vegetation(scattered) | 5-10' | cool overcast | 50's | 13 bass most were deep, none over 13 inches |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | First light | ?? | 24 | wacky rigged wave tiki stix shad colored | vegetation(scattered) | 3-8' | cold windy mostly cloudy | 40's | 5 small bass, slow bite, did see some decent bass up shallow |
ARKANSAS | kingsriver | MAY | All Day | 66 | 38 | pumkin salt craw with orange claws | big boulders | 2 to 3 ft | sunny and windy | 80's | this lure on a stand-up jighead they would in-hale it caught around 25 fish from 8 in . to 16 all day long |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | First light | 60'S | 24 | wacky rigged tiki stick-copper watermelon | vegetation | 1-8' | cool overcast | 50's | 15 small bass. Largest 3.5 lbs. Blue gills are stealing my baits!!! |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | PM | 60'S | 24 | wacky rigged pumpkin senko | creek channel | 2-8' | cool overcast | 50's | 5 small bass, fish were way off the bank |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | PM | ?? | 20 | wacky rigged Wave Tiki Stick, baby bass color | vegetation(scattered) | 1-8' | windy cool overcast, temps dropped 20 degrees 3 hours prior to fishing | 58 | 15 small bass in 2 hours, the baby bass swirl color is hot, had trouble getting hits on other colors |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | Evening | ?? | 20 | Wave worm rigged wacky style | vegetation | 1-5' | sunny clear warm | 70's | 13 small bass, experimenting with wacky rig, |
ILLINOIS | Lake Thunderbird | MAY | Mid | 65 | clear | Fluke | beds | 1-4' | ClEAR | 70's | 6 FISH INCLUDING A 3.5#, 4.7# AND 5.2# |
ALABAMA | Smith lake | JUNE | Mid | DEGREES F. | INCHES | Spinnerbaits, Plastic Worms | CHOOSE BEST DESCRIPTION | shallow | Sunny | AIR | |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun | MAY | First light | 60'S | 24 | wacky senko | bank(parallel to) | 1-2' | cloudy warm | 60's | 4 small bass, blue gills are on beds |
TEXAS | Lake Palestine | MAY | All Day | 63 | 12 | Texas rigged plastics in watermelons | breakline | 3-8 feet | Partly Cloudy | 76 | |
MISSISSIPPI | Smithville | APRIL | First light | 60'S | 14 | T'rigged Plastics/Spinnerbaits | aquatic vegetation | 2-10 | Bad cold frount. Wind 10-20mph | 60's | Most fish caught on Chartruse/white spinnerbaits and t'rigged plastic "Winning weight 12lbs" |
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. |
SOUTH AFRICA | cradoc/dams | APRIL | Mid | 30'S | 15 | flies/yelow | bluff walls | 1.5-3m | sunny | 10's | tried red and black flies/yellow 1 through |
WISCONSIN | Mississippi River | MAY | AM | 62 | semi-clear | Rooster Tail | bridge area | 8feet 2inches | Clear | 75 | |
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 |
NEW YORK | Nanicoke Lake | SEPTEMBER | Evening | ?? | 6 | J-9 Repala | beaver hut | 4-5 feet | Warm high 60s no wind | 60's | caught 4 fish large fish 6lbs 24.5 inches along with 20 inch and two 18 inchers |
OTHER | Nanicoke Lake | APRIL | Evening | ?? | 6 | j-9 repala | bank(parallel to) | 5 feet | sunny warm | 66 | caught 24.5 inch 6 pound bass |
NORTH CAROLINA | Lake Brandt | APRIL | Evening | 60'S | 6 | Yum Craw Bug Carolina rigged | points | 10' | overcast | 70's | 1@4.5lbs; 2@2-2.5lbs |
TENNESSEE | Old Hickory Lake | APRIL | PM | 60'S | 4 | Watermelllon Red | bank(tight to) | 4feet on bank droped to 25 ft | cloudy | 70's | Caught A few small bass The Bits were like small brim Good luck |
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 |
NORTH CAROLINA | Belews Lake | APRIL | All Day | 65 | 9 | white & chartreuse spinnerbait silver tandem | coves | 15ft | sunny | 80's | 1@ 2lbs 1@ 1lbs 1@ 1/2 lbs |
GEORGIA | Clark Hill | APRIL | PM | 65 | 18 | Fat Fire Tiger w/Sparkle | bank(parallel to) | 5-10 Feet | Coudy to Clear | 75 | Caught 4 - 2lbs to 5lbs |
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 | |
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 |
OTHER | Minnamurra .river | APRIL | Early | DEGREES F. | 20 | squidgee fish | backwater area | 12 feet | fine warm | 20's | fishing slow but all fish of good size |
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. |
TEXAS | Sam Rayburn | APRIL | Mid | 62 | INCHES | minnow | bridge pilings | 21 feet | beautiful | 75 | 10.2 pound black bass, caught on ultra light pole with 4 pound line |
ILLINOIS | | APRIL | All Day | 40'S | ?? | | grass line | | | 60's | |
NORTH CAROLINA | Lake Wylie | APRIL | Most | 60'S | 6 | tex/rig worms/ red shad- crankbaits/chart-blue back | various types of cover | 4-8ft | partly cloudy with showers and windy | 50's | caught 6 bass total 12.5 lbs with biggest 3.2. Most were caught off banks because of real muddy water in mostly 4/8 ft |
ALABAMA | Lay Lake | MARCH | Mid | 65 | 4 | Rattle trap | backs of coves | 1 ft. | blue bird skies | 75 | Back of creeks with rocky banks. Fish very shallow and hit as soon as rattle trap hit the water |
VIRGINIA | briery | APRIL | Mid | 49 | 7 | rattle trap | brush tops | 1 to 3 ft | cloudy | 50's | slow bits but nice fish |
LOUISIANA | caddo lake | APRIL | First light | 50'S | 24 | spinner baits | aquatic vegetation | 7 feets | 65 f | AIR | |
ILLINOIS | Powerton | MARCH | AM | 60'S | 12 | spinnerbait, Manns 1-minus, grub | rip rap | 1-5' | cool windy | 60's | 10 smallies, 16 incher was biggest |
MASSACHUSETTS | Dug pond | JUNE | PM | 60'S | 6 | topwater pop bait and slugo warm | flooded bushes | 3'-15' | sunny | 80's | 5 bass =5Ibs,3Ibs2,2Ibs2 |
MARYLAND | Harford Glen | JUNE | Early | 60'S | 36 | Gary Yamamoto Pumpkin Seed Worm | bar(s) | 2-3 feet | sunny | 70's | Whole Lotta Bass |
OKLAHOMA | skytoke | JANUARY | Early | 60'S | 17 | spinerbaits | big boulders | 120 | right after it rains | 70's | |
ALABAMA | alaska lake | JANUARY | Most | 51 | 17 | lizards | bull rushes | 213 | hot | 70's | go bass |
UTAH | utah river | AUGUST | All Day | 70'S | 7 | slugs | funnel area | 60 | | AIR | |
HAWAII | Hawall | JANUARY | AM | 100'S | 3 | snale | bonnets | 1000 | hot | 109 | fun for fishing |
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 |
ILLINOIS | Rawson Ponds | MARCH | PM | 40'S | 24 | red rattle trap | bank(parallel to) | 4' | cloudy cool | 47 | one 14 incher, first of the year |
ALABAMA | wheeler | MARCH | Mid | 60'S | 12 | jigs | backwater area | 6 ft | clear | 60's | |
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 |
TEXAS | Devils's river | MARCH | PM | 64 | 84 | rubber "tube bait" | river ledge | 3' | clear, breezy out of north | 70's | 1 @ 5 pounds |
CALIFORNIA | Jenkenson Lake/Sly Park | MARCH | Mid | 40'S | ?? | jigs, crank baits | backs of coves | 4-5ft | sunny | 70's | 1@2.5lbs 3@4 lbs |
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. |
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. |
MINNESOTA | Andrew Lake | JULY | Mid | 90'S | 3 | jaw breaker | cat tails | 3 | hot | 100's | lots of big carp, great carp structure. |
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 |
ILLINOIS | Fox River | FEBURARY | Mid | 40'S | 8 | Live Minnow | channel breaks | 3 ft- or less | partly sunny | 40's | fish was about 2.5 pounds and very colorfull nice smallmouth early in the year |
COLORADO | | MARCH | early and late | 40'S | 4 | Rooster Tails | bare bank(s) | 15 | cool | AIR | |
ILLINOIS | lake michigan | APRIL | AM | 40'S | semi-clear | | rocky area | | | 50's | |
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 | Belews Lake | FEBURARY | All Day | 60'S | 8 | watermelon pig&jig, pnut btr jelly brush hog | blow downs | 5-8 ft. | sunny | 40's | 1@5pds.,1@3.6pds., 3@2-2.5pds., 4@1-1.75pds. |
NORTH CAROLINA | pond | MARCH | First light | ?? | INCHES | all | bare bank(s) | | | 60 | |
NORTH CAROLINA | belews lake | FEBURARY | early and late | 67 | 7 | 1 pig&jig- water, 1 split-shot brsh hog, 1 c-rig brsh hog | blow downs | 4-5 ft | clear and cold | 40's | 2@2-2.5lbs., 1@4-4.25 |
WISCONSIN | Elcart Lake | JULY | Mid | 70'S | INCHES | banjo minnow worms minnows | boat docks | 7 feet | sunny warm | 70's | nice bass |
FLORIDA | backyard pond | OCTOBER | TIME | DEGREES F. | INCHES | banjo minnow creature sluggo | bottom (general) | 2 1/2 to 4 feet | sunny warm | 80's | i caught a lot of big bass in these normal ponds |
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 |
TENNESSEE | nickajack | JANUARY | AM | 40'S | ?? | 2'' grub | eddy | 12'' | clear and cool | 30's | 8.2 lb. smallmouth catch of a life time |
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 | 48 | 20 | Fire Tiger Deep Diver | points | 10 | Clear | 30's | 7lb striper |