State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
TEXAS | BUCHANAN | SEPTEMBER | Most | 70'S | clear | white/chartreuse tungsten spinnerbaits, Ľoz. Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps, and watermelon/red Senkos | points | 3 - 8 feet | Mostly Cloudy | 70's | Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | BOB SANDLIN | NOVEMBER | Early | 60'S | stained | shad pattern crankbaits and Texas rigged worms | standing timber | ?? | Clear | 50's | Black bass are good, Black/blue jigs pitched around standing timber on creek ledges are producing larger bass., "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | ATHENS | NOVEMBER | Early | 60'S | stained | spinnerbaits and soft plastics | brush | 4-6 feet | Scattered Clouds | 50's | Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | ARROWHEAD | NOVEMBER | Most | 65 | muddy | shallow running crankbaits and big jigs | rocky area | shallow | Mostly Cloudy | 70's | Black bass are fair, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | AMISTAD | NOVEMBER | Early | 73 | clear | topwater, heavy jigs and Carolina and Texas rigged soft plastics | structure (general) | 25 - 30 feet | Clear | 60's | Black bass to 8.5 pounds are good , "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
CALIFORNIA | Laguna Niguel Lake | NOVEMBER | Early | DEGREES F. | 29 | rattle traps and rubber worms | cleaner water | 3 to 5 feet | cloudy | 65 | |
SOUTH CAROLINA | Lake Wateree | NOVEMBER | AM | 60'S | 6 | | bridge/tresel | | foggy then mostly sunny | 70's | caught 7 largemouth and 1striper |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun McNabb | OCTOBER | Evening | 40'S | 12 | quad spinnerbait, white/chartruese | dying weeds | 1-3' | sunny | 60's | 7 bass, all in less than 2 foot of water 12-14 inchers |
NORTH CAROLINA | Lake Wylie | OCTOBER | PM | 60'S | slightly stained | crank bait | rip rap | 2 - 8 ft | cloudy with mist | 60's | 4 bass with biggest 2.5lbs |
NORTH CAROLINA | chatuge | NOVEMBER | TIME | 60 | 13 | | bottom (general) | | | 65 | |
ILLINOIS | Lake | OCTOBER | Evening | 50 | 6 | Beetle Spin | bank(tight to) | 15ft | Rainy | 45 | |
ILLINOIS | Illinois River Marseilles | OCTOBER | All Day | 50'S | 10 | quad spinnerbait | creek mouth | 5' | bitter cold | 30's | 1 fish, took 4lb+ to win tournament |
ILLINOIS | Fish n' Fun McNabb | OCTOBER | Mid | 50'S | 24 | Picasso Quad spinnerbait, chart/wht | grass (over top of) | 1-6' | cold, windy overcast | 48 | 9 bass between 10 and 14 inches, they were shallow |
CANADA | cochiching | JULY | All Day | 75 | semi-clear | jigs | deep water drop-off | 12 | clear | 78 | |
NEW YORK | Chadwick Lack | OCTOBER | Evening | 50'S | 21 | Crank bait | weed beds | 3-6 feet | Partly cloudy | 69 | Boated 30 largemouth |
ALABAMA | Eufaula | SEPTEMBER | AM | 70'S | 4 | Crank Bait | ledge(s) | 6 to 8 ft | clear | 70's | |
IOWA | Sugema | SEPTEMBER | All Day | 70 | 12 | white senko, stanley spinnerbait, 1-minus-big | wood & grass | shallow | sunny | 70's | 2 day paper tournament, 10 bass weighed 17+ lbs., winner had 20 lbs. |
IOWA | Sugema | SEPTEMBER | All Day | 70 | 12 | senko, spinnerbait, 10 inch worm | wood | 1-10' | sunny | 70's | prefished for tournament, caught about 15 bass |
NEW YORK | chaumontbay | SEPTEMBER | Dusk | 70'S | 20 | jig | clay bank (steep) | 20/35 | party cloudy | 77 | |
MICHIGAN | tubbs lake | SEPTEMBER | Night | 66 | clear | buzz bait | backwater area | 3ft to 6ft | clear | 50's | cauth 8 bass one over5 pounds |