State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
ALABAMA | Logan Martin | JULY | early and late | 82 | slightly stained | pig and jigs | boat houses | ?? | Scattered Clouds | 80's | full pool |
ALABAMA | Lay Lake | JULY | Most | 80'S | clear | buzzbaits spinnerbaits | grass edge | shallow | Scattered Clouds | 70's | also try ledges |
COLORADO | Horseshoe Reservoir | JULY | Most | ?? | ?? | purple rubber worms and broken-back Rapalas | weeds | ?? | Cloudy | 80's | bass are biting |
COLORADO | Quincy Reservoir | JULY | Most | ?? | ?? | soft plastic crayfish or lizard imitations. Spinnerbaits and buzzbaits | structure (general) | various | Partly Cloudy | 80's | Bass fishing is fair to good |
COLORADO | Chatfield Ponds | JULY | Most | ?? | ?? | Nightcrawlers or surface poppers | structure (general) | shallow | Partly Cloudy | 80's | Some nice bass are being caught |
TENNESSEE | Center Hill | JULY | Night | 83 | ?? | spinnerbait Jerkbaits | brush | ?? | sunny | 80's | Dark of the moon should help the smallmouth fishing |
TENNESSEE | Old Hickory | JULY | Most | 78 | ?? | deep-diving crankbaits | ledge(s) | deep | Mostly Sunny | 80's | also try around grass |
TENNESSEE | Old Hickory | JULY | Most | 78 | ?? | buzzbaits | grass | shallow | Sunny | 70's | keepers are hard to come by |
TENNESSEE | Kentucky | JULY | Most | 82 | ?? | jigs or crankbaits | main lake structure | 15-22 feet | Mostly Sunny | 70's | Smallmouth fair to good, Deep-diving crankbaits or Carolina rigs with the bigger worms or lizards |
NEW JERSEY | Private Lake in Ringwood | JUNE | Early | 70'S | ?? | rubber worms , tubes and all kinds of lures | bank(parallel to) | 5-6' | clear | 80's | caught 15 bass between two guys |
TEXAS | SAM RAYBURN | JULY | Most | ?? | clear | jigs and Texas rig craws | hydrilla beds | 12-16 feet | Cloudy | 80's | Sam Rayburn is about two feet high, Bass fishing has been fair to seven pounds |
TEXAS | TOLEDO BEND | JULY | Most | 80'S | stained | Texas rig worms, buzz baits and small spinners | pepper grass | 3-5 feet | Scattered Clouds | 80's | Bass fishing has been good for numbers, slow on quality, The better fish are holding on drops in 8-12 feet of water |
TEXAS | Lake Fork | JULY | Most | 80'S | clear | drop shot rigs | hump (deep) | deep | Overcast | 80's | Lake Fork is at normal level, Bass fishing has been good, Guides are catching up to 50 fish per day, most in the 3-4 pound range |
TEXAS | NACOGDOCHES | JULY | Most | 80'S | stained | crankbaits and soft plastics | lilly pads | ?? | Cloudy | 90's | The lake is at normal level, Bass fishing has been slow |
TEXAS | PALESTINE | JULY | Most | 80'S | muddy | watermelon/cotton candy Brush Hawgs | shallow cover | 4-6 feet | Scattered Clouds | 80's | The lake is about one foot high, Bass fishing has been slow, |
TEXAS | RICHLAND CHAMBERS | JULY | Most | 80'S | stained | Carolina rigs | main lake points | ?? | Partly Cloudy | 90's | Richland Chambers is at normal level, |
TEXAS | CEDAR CREEK | JULY | Most | 86 | clear | Carolina rigged plastics, shad pattern crankbaits and soft jerkbaits | main lake points | 16-20 feet | Scattered Clouds | 80's | Cedar Creek is at normal level, bass fishing has been fair to five pounds |
TEXAS | ATHENS | JULY | Most | 80'S | clear | Carolina rigs and medium diving crankbaits | drop off(s) | 12-16 feet | Mostly Cloudy | 80's | schooling activity reported. |
TEXAS | Houston County | JULY | Most | 88 | clear | plastic worms in black, red and watermelon | points | 10 feet | cloudy | 70's | Largemouth bass fishing has been productive, lake recently produced a 12-pound, 1-ounce bass |
TEXAS | Conroe | JULY | Most | ?? | stained | plastic worms (watermelon, tequila sunrise, black/blue), jigs or spinnerbaits | cover(general) | 4-10 feet | Scattered Clouds | 70's | influx of rain runoff |
TEXAS | Sam Rayburn | JULY | early and late | 80'S | stained | spinnerbaits and plastic worms (watermelon/red, plum, purple, red bug, June bug) have been the best, small topwaters | submerged vegetation | 2-5 feet | Scattered Clouds | 70's | reservoir is more 2.5 feet above normal level and continuing a slow rise as rain runoff flows down creeks and rivers |
ALABAMA | Guntersville | JULY | Early | DEGREES F. | 12 | Bleeding Buzz | channel bank | 22 | blue jay | 90's | Fished buzz 2 feet below surface caught 2 fish 3 to 4 lbs each |
CALIFORNIA | New Melones Lake | JULY | Night | 77 | clear | 4-inch Keeper 1059R worm, Dart-headed salt-and-pepper grubs or drop-shotted 4-inch shad-colored worms, Dart-headed salt-and-pepper grubs or drop-shotted 4-inch shad-colored worms, White Speed Traps and white or white-and-chartreuse spinnerbaits | main lake points | 1 to 20 feet, 5 to 25 feet | clear | 90's | lake's elevation dropped 3 feet this week, Bass fishing is fair, with plenty of 2-pounders being caught, also try near structure such as trees or brush, as well as near steep rock walls near the dam and upriver |
CALIFORNIA | Lake Camanche | JULY | Most | 75 | clear | Plastic lizards or worms, in green or brown, Crank baiters, using Rattle-Traps in silver and blue | shoreline grass | shallow | clear | 97 | catch easy limits of 1- to 3-pound fish |
TENNESSEE | Kentucky | JULY | Early | 82 | ?? | topwater, deep-diving crankbaits | creek mouth | top, deep | Overcast | 70's | Smallmouth fair-to-good, Largemouth fair, also try main river points |