State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
TEXAS | LBJ | JULY | Early | 84 | stained | plastics like grn/pumpkin Whacky Sticks, wtrmelon/red Snap Back creature baits | grass | 4’-8’ deep | Overcast | 70's | During the day, skipping & deadsticking Whacky Sticks rigged wacky style on a 3/0 "K" Wacky Hook and tubes on 1/8 oz. jigheads, "SLOW" is the key word to success |
TEXAS | TRAVIS | JULY | Early | 85 | clear | red worms and chrome topwaters | structure (general) | 10 - 22 feet | Mist | 70's | Black bass to 2 pounds are fair, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | LBJ | JULY | First light | 83 | stained | black single spin 3/8oz. Terminator spinnerbaits, black topwater chuggars, and black Photon crankbaits | structure (general) | 4 - 10 feet | Mist | 70's | Black bass are fair, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | LAKE O' THE PINES | JULY | Most | 86 | clear | Tennessee shad deep diving crankbaits and smoke french fries, chrome Rat-L-Traps | coves | ?? | Scattered Clouds | 80's | Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.", Schooling bass are good on chrome Rat-L-Traps |
TEXAS | Lake FORK | JULY | early and late | 88 | slightly stained | white Lockhart 3/8oz. buzzbaits and Scum Frogs, wacky-rigs just after the topwater bite and then to the Carolina-rigs in watermelon seed, watermelon candy, and red bug throughout the day – dead sticking these baits has been most productive. Chrome/black Rat-L-Traps and deep diving crankbaits are also working well throughout the day | main lake points | ?? | Haze | 70's | Black bass are slow to fair, , "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | FAIRFIELD | JULY | Early | 80'S | clear | Pop R’s, Texas-rigged red shad power worms | grass | 5 - 9 feet | Overcast | 80's | Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.", also try are working well over the deeper hydrilla beds later in the day |
TEXAS | CANYON LAKE | JULY | Early | 84 | gin clear | pumpkin Devil's Tongues on drop shot rigs, green pumpkin Cut Tail worms on jig heads, and watermelon/chartreuse Whacky Sticks on wacky rigs | deep structure | 12 - 20 feet | Scattered Clouds | 80's | Black bass to 6 pounds are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | BUCHANAN | JULY | Most | 83 | clear | weighted watermelon/red Snap Back jerkbaits, 4” junebug Whacky Sticks, and on Photon Glow crankbaits | ledge(s) | 8 - 14 feet | Mostly Cloudy | 80's | Black bass to 7 pounds are fair, also try shady side of boat docks, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
TEXAS | BROWNWOOD | JULY | Most | 84 | clear | Junebug and red worms, spinnerbaits, chrome/blue back crankbaits | shallow weeds | 10 – 15 feet & 5 - 10 feet | Partly Cloudy | 80's | Black bass are good, "Fishing Data courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept." |
OHIO | LAKE ERIE Central Basin | JULY | Most | ?? | ?? | Jigs tipped with shiners, tube jigs and crank baits | shoreline (general) | 15 to 30 feet | CLOUDY | 60's | best smallmouth bass fishing has been around Ruggles Reef |
TEXAS | Sam RAYBURN | JULY | early and late | 80'S | slightly stained | Texas-rig soft-plastic worms in red bug, red shad or sour grape | hydrilla | 10-15 feet | Scattered Clouds | 70's | guide report |
TEXAS | Sam RAYBURN | JULY | early and late | 80'S | slightly stained | chuggers and stickbaits | submerged vegetation | 3-6 feet | Scattered Clouds | 70's | fair topwater action |
FLORIDA | Stick Marsh | JULY | TIME | 88 | 24 | Senkos | hydrilla (scattered) | shallow | Cloudy and warm, calm winds | 90's | Total fish to the boat: 38 |
TEXAS | Lake Fork | JULY | Early | 85 | clear | white buzzbaits, carolina rigged baby lake fork creature or a zoom speed craw | coves | 2-4 feet | post cold front | 87 | boated around 10 fish but had one over 8lbs |
FLORIDA | Stick Marsh | JULY | Most | 84 | 24 | Senko | hydrilla | shallow | clear | 90's | All in all a slow morning with only 25 bass by 11:00 |
OREGON | HYATT | JULY | early and late | ?? | ?? | worms, small lures | stumps | shallow | sunshine | 80's | lake remains good for rainbow trout and some bass |
FLORIDA | Lake Kissimmee | JULY | Early | ?? | ?? | plastic craws (Gambler shadow blue glitter). Bass 5-7 pounds hitting Super Flukes, Zoom's Horny Toad and topwater plugs | grass edge (outside) | shallow | SUNNY | 80's | four bass over 9 pounds reported in tournaments the past two weeks |
ALABAMA | Logan Martin | JULY | Most | 80'S | stained from runoff | jigs, sport sticker jig heads with a finesse worm | piers | shallow | sunny | 70's | level is full pool; bass fishing is slow due to recent rains |
ALABAMA | Guntersville | JULY | Early | 86 | slightly stained | topwater-buzz baits, sammy's, chugbugs and Pop-R's | grass beds | 9 to 14 feet | sunny | 70's | At midday, find matted milfoil and use snag proof tournament frogs, Also find deep humps in 10 to 16 feet of water using prowler 10-inch worms and fat free shad |
ILLINOIS | Hennepin Hooper Lake | JULY | Evening | 80'S | 12 | spinnerbaits, rats, tubes, senko | weeds (over top of) | 1-5' | warm breezy | 80's | 3 of us caught close to 150 bass...this place is incredible!! |
CALIFORNIA | New Melones Lake | JULY | Night | 81 | clear | dark (blue or black) lures such as a spinnerbait, Dart-headed salt/pepper grubs or drop-shotted four-inch shad-colored or crawdad-colored worms, Spook or Pop-R in the early morning | main lake points | 1 to 20 feet | sunny | 80's | bass bite is fair, with plenty of two-pounders being caught, During the day, most bass are in five to 25 feet of water on main lake points, near structure, such as trees or brush, as well as near steep rock walls near the dam and upriver. If there is a mud line or shade, there will be bass hiding in it |
CALIFORNIA | Lake Camanche | JULY | Evening | 76 | clear | Plastic lizards or worms in green or brown, Rattle-traps in silver and blue | shoreline grass | shallow | sunny | 80's | try shorelines near dike No. 1 and the long point adjacent to Bamert (big Hat) island |
COLORADO | Hale and Hopper Ponds | JULY | Most | ?? | ?? | minnows, worms, soft plastics, Rapalas, Shadraps and Rat-L-Traps | cover(general) | ?? | clear | 80's | Largemouth bass up to 6 pounds being caught |
COLORADO | Watson Lake | JULY | Most | ?? | ?? | crankbaits, plastic worms, topwater plugs and spinner baits | cover(general) | various | Partly Cloudy | 70's | Good for smallmouth bass, Flyfishers have done well on smallies with popping bugs and hair-bodied poppers |
COLORADO | Smith Reservoir | JULY | Most | ?? | ?? | spinner baits and bottom-fished rubber worms. Dark colors | bottom (general) | bottom | cloudy | 70's | fish slow |