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 |
WISCONSIN | lake superior | DECEMBER | First light | 32 | 96 | Spiner | canal mouth | 5 feet | snow | 10's | |
NORTH CAROLINA | Hyco | JANUARY | Early | 60'S | 10 | pig/jig..TXlizards | docks | 1 to 6 feet | cold,32 mostly cloudy | 30's | under docks and laydowns around docks...chartruse the tails for a green pumpkin or watermellon red 5 inch lizard |
GEORGIA | Strom Thurmond Lake | FEBURARY | AM | 40'S | 12 | Wite Berkley Powerbait Jig with pork trailer | ditch (deep) | 12 feet | overcast | 40's | Fished very slow. Had a couple big bites and couldn't get the hook set. Put a 3 smaller fish in the boat. |
GEORGIA | Strom Thurmond | FEBURARY | Dawn | 50'S | 6 | Huskey Jerk - White Jig w/ trailer | ditch (deep) | 12 | Cloudy | 40's | |
KANSAS | Coffee County | JANUARY | Most | 60'S | 24 | Rattle Trap- chrome/blue | open water | 10' | Cloudy, NE 5-10mph, wind chill -3 | 10's | 31 Wipers, 9 Walleye, 1 Crappie - EXCELLENT day!! |
HAWAII | lake wilson | JANUARY | Mid | ?? | ?? | poppers | blow downs | | | 80's | i have been catching some nice bass and tucs for a while now average tuc about 4 pounds average bass about 2 pounds |
ALABAMA | wedowee | MAY | AM | 70'S | 5 | texs rigged worms | backs of coves | shallow | clear | 80's | needed timber to hold the fish |
ALABAMA | Lake Eufaula | MARCH | Mid | 61 | 18 | Crankbaits- Carolina Rig | hydrilla (submerged) | 8-10 Ft. | Sunny | 65 | Good fishing- You have to fish Slow!!!!!!!! |
FLORIDA | talquin | JANUARY | PM | 60'S | INCHES | rattletrap | points(main lake) | 3 to 6 | sunny | 70's | water warm,feeding on bait,big fish 11.4lbs |
NORTH CAROLINA | belews lake | JANUARY | Mid | 60'S | 4 | green pumpkin worm | bank(tight to) | 1-2 | semi cloudy | 67 | 5 lb off bank small keeper off laydown |
SOUTH AFRICA | rusdewinter | MAY | Early | ?? | 8 | Zara spook | aquatic vegetation | 6' | sunny | AIR | good fishing throught morning but slowed as day went on |
ALABAMA | lake jordan | JANUARY | PM | 50 | INCHES | inline spinner silver blade | points | 6 | partly cloudy | 70's | spotted bass all afternoon |
KANSAS | Coffee Count | DECEMBER | Most | 60'S | 20 | Senko | rip rap | 0'-7' | Sunny, SW10-15 | 30's | slow fishing |
FLORIDA | chokoloskee | DECEMBER | Dawn | 70'S | 10 | jig | mud flats | 34 | snow | 76 | sucks sucks |
TEXAS | Lake Rayburn | DECEMBER | Most | 63 | stained | Unweighted soft plastics and floating/diving thin minnows | grass | shallow | Sunny | 70's | Black bass were fair to good, The lake continued to rise and fish were moving into new water |
TEXAS | Houston County Reservoir | DECEMBER | Most | 61 | stained | Texas-rigged soft plastics | drop off(s) | 12- to 15-foot | Pt. Sunny | 70's | Black bass were fair |
ILLINOIS | Fish n Fun-McNabb | DECEMBER | Mid | 40'S | 10 | red diamond shad | chunk rock | 2-6' | cold windy | 35 | 5 small bass, water cloudy from runoff, |
TEXAS | ATHENS | DECEMBER | Most | 56 | stained | jigs | brush (submerged) | 10-15 feet | calm | 50's | normal pool. Black bass are slow - http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us |
TEXAS | ARROWHEAD | DECEMBER | Most | 57 | murky | crankbaits and spinnerbaits | rocky area | shallow | Mist | 50's | Black bass are slow-http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us |
FLORIDA | deep creek | DECEMBER | Mid | 44 | gin clear | | blow downs | | | ?? | |
TEXAS | walter e long | DECEMBER | All Day | 60'S | ?? | | aquatic vegetation | | | 50 | |
ILLINOIS | Fish n Fun-McNabb | NOVEMBER | Mid | 40'S | 8 | Red super spot rattling bait | chunk rock | 8' | cold, partly sunny | 38 | 1 small bass, water getting dirty from runoff |
ILLINOIS | Fish n Fun-McNabb | NOVEMBER | Mid | 40'S | stained | Red super spot rattling bait | creek channel | 5-10 feet | sunny, some clouds, cool | 45 | Another good day....36 bass, was getting most bites near points next to the channel |
GEORGIA | lake dow | AUGUST | early and late | ?? | 5 | spinnerbaits,livebait,spoons,and pumkin seed lizards | beds | 3 1/2 to 7 ft deep is good | normal | 70's | try in the beds and in crevices it should be the best damn fishin ever |
ILLINOIS | Fish n Fun-McNabb | NOVEMBER | Mid | 40'S | stained | Red super spot rattling bait | creek channel | 5-10 feet | windy, cold, overcast | 40's | WOW. what a day......54 bass ranging from 11-14 inches. They were setting near the creek channel in grass. I was bank fishing and had to throw out near the channel to get bit. I stood in one spot and caught 9. This is a common pattern for this lake when it gets cold. Will be back tomarrow..11-20-04 |