tail walkers

Hi folks, Guided with my motorboat this morning for smallmouth bass on large body of water.  Nice heavy fog at 5:00am with calm conditions.  Muggy outside and still nor really cooling off at night.  The surface temperature was 76 degrees.  Man, what a morning of top water fishing with jumping smallmouth.  We spin fished to hard bottom shoreline and stayed out of the sun for as long as possible.  The fish were holding on the first drop off from the shoreline in about 6' to 10' of water.  The water was extremely clear and you could see the bass coming to the lure from a good distance.  We cast a blue back with white bottom rapala and pumpkin seed colored rapala. We did mix in a jointed black back rapala.  I think any earth toned or natural looking lure would have worked.  Nothing bright.  Letting the lure sit after being cast was the key.  The fish ate the plug immediately or after the first movement from siting still.  Good explosive strikes with lots and lots of jumping and tail walking.  The top water fishing lately has been dynamite.  We covered a lot of water and noticed that the top water fishing slowed down after the sun got high in the sky.  Still, we hooked fish on a steady retrieve with the shallow running lures.  It was interesting to note how the strikes changed and became more tentative once it was bright out.  Fish the shaded areas when possible and go early or late.  Trout fishing is still a small stream affair it looks like the power company shut off the water in the Lamoille.  Not generally a good thing for trout that are thermally stressed.  Will be bass fishing over the next few days.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy