Smallie Conditions Worsen

I fished with Tim today on another trophy lake for smalllmouth bass. We got a late start and began fishing around 10:30 AM, once again in the rain. The temperatures were above 60 degrees, but with rain gear on, it felt more like 80. Our starting location was really muddy due to all the run off from the rain and didn’t produce a single strike. I decided that a location change was in order & ran to another area not too far away. We found water temps to be about the same at 52.5 and casted our crank-baits over the rocks in 3 to 6 feet of water with only one hookup. Eventually we ran into warmer water of over 55 degrees and began to get into them pretty god. Tube jigs produced over 10 fish in about 45 minutes with plenty of others lost before they came to net. As usual, the largest fish of over 5 pounds was one of those long distance releases! The afternoon weather took a turn for the worse and sent us off the water by 2:30 PM, when the rains got really heavy. The skies blackened up and winds also intensified looking like it might get worse and possibly dangerous. Mother nature wins again!! No pics today!