State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
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 |