State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
COLORADO | Main Lake | JULY | Most | ?? | ?? | dark-colored Gulp Worm or Power Worm | weeds | 3 feet | Partly Cloudy | 80's | Cooler weather brought largemouth bass close to shore |
COLORADO | Chatfield Ponds | JULY | Most | ?? | ?? | leeches | bottom (general) | bottom | Partly Cloudy | 80's | smallmouth bass report |
IOWA | Brushy Creek Lake | JUNE | TIME | ?? | ?? | Jig and Pig and Zoom Brush Hogs, Spinnerbaits | main lake points | 6-8 feet | Sunny, no wind, bluebird skies | 74 | We fished a primary post spawn pattern, Big Bass for the event was 4.87. Second Big Bass was 4.59 |
IOWA | Lake Okoboji | MAY | Most | ?? | ?? | Senko's dead sticking | isolated structure | 15-20 Feet | Clear to Partly Cloudy | 60's | Alternate pattern was isolated wood close to shore and sight fishing for early spawning largemouth |
OKLAHOMA | Tenkiller | JULY | AM | 88 | clear | Crankbait Fast retrieve, | cover(general) | 15 to 20' | Clear | 70's | 3 lber., Full pool, "visit www.fishingreportdatabase.com" |
PENNSYLVANIA | Susquehanna River | JULY | PM | ?? | slightly stained | Crankbait - lipless | structure (general) | ?? | Haze | 80's | Caught 7 smallies up to 15", "visit www.fishingreportdatabase.com" |
NORTH CAROLINA | Falls Lake | JULY | AM | 87 | ?? | Pop-R, c-rig with a floating worm on the end | cover(general) | 1 to 2' | Overcast | 70's | Slow retrieve, , "visit www.fishingreportdatabase.com" |
NORTH CAROLINA | Falls lake | JULY | AM | 87 | ?? | pop-r, c-rig watermelon Zoom finesse worm | points | 7 to 10' | Mostly Cloudy | 80's | Water is down about 3 feet, "visit www.fishingreportdatabase.com", 4 pounder |
NORTH CAROLINA | Falls Lake | JULY | AM | 85 | ?? | jig, bandit crankbait | structure (general) | 7 to 10' | Mist, Overcast | 60's | Caught about 5 altogether. 3 keepers in all, "visit www.fishingreportdatabase.com" |
MINNESOTA | East Metro Area | JULY | Most | ?? | ?? | large leeches | cover(general) | 6 to 30 feet | sunny | 80's | Largemouth bass are very active |
MINNESOTA | Lake Minnetonka | JULY | Most | ?? | ?? | plastic worms | milfoil (eurasian) | deep edge of milfoil | sunny | 80's | The fish are in the weeds |
TENNESSEE | FORT LOUDOUN RESERVOIR | JULY | early and late | 80'S | clear | jigs with trailers, spinner-baits, Carolina-rigs, Texas-rigs, top-water plugs, rattle-traps, crank-baits, shad raps, and plastics | rip rap | shallow | Overcast | 70's | The fish are moving up into the shallows to feed during the warmer weather, seen a lot of bass running the baitfish during the early morning and late evening hours, points of islands, humps, coves, rock bluffs, wooded areas, main channels, and rip-rap seem to work |
TENNESSEE | MELTON HILL | JULY | Most | 80 | clear | flukes, shad resembling lures, crank baits, Carolina-rigs, spinner-baits, rattle traps, float-n-flies, and jigs with trailers | shallow coves | shallow | Overcast | 70's | Fishing has been fair, |
TENNESSEE | WATAUGA RESERVOIR | JULY | Night | 83 | clear | crankbaits, jigs, or spoons, with a few hitting tubes | secondary points | close to deep water | Haze | 60's | Bass fishing continues to be slow during the days |
WEST VIRGINIA | bluestone | JULY | early and late | ?? | cloudy | rapalas, tiny torpedoes and shuggoes | weed beds | top | mist | 50's | lake is at summer pool, also try downed timber, rocky drops |
TEXAS | Conroe | JULY | early and late | ?? | ?? | Carolina-rig plastic worms (June bug, purple) | deep structure | 15-25 feet | Partly Cloudy | 70's | Largemouth bass fishing has been slow, 5.42-pounder |
CALIFORNIA | Shasta Lake | JULY | early and late | ?? | ?? | dart-heading plastic worms, jigs or spinnerbaits | deep structure | 35' | Clear | 90's | bass fishing has been fair to good |
WEST VIRGINIA | CHEAT LAKE | JULY | Most | 82 | ?? | worm | rip rap | ?? | Partly Cloudy | 80's | top lakes for bass fishing tournament success for the past five years |
WEST VIRGINIA | TYGART | JULY | Most | 85 | clear | crankbaits or tube jigs | shoreline cover | 10 to 20 feet | Mist | 60's | Wakes from boats will result in muddy water along the shoreline that lets fish move closer to shore. Fishing the mud line can sometimes be very productive. The heads of coves will warm faster than the main lake so bass and sunfish will be more active in these areas, tailwater temperature is 69 degrees |
WEST VIRGINIA | SUTTON | JULY | Most | ?? | cloudy | plastic baits and crankbaits | cover(general) | 10-20-feet | Haze | 70's | Lake is at summer pool, Fishing is good |