Dirty water

Hi Folks, Put in a morning and evening guide trips yesterday as we fished for smallmouth bass.  Took out my boat in the morning and waded in the afternoon.  Seemed to be a day of dirty water yesterday as the lake we fished was off color and the river we waded was off color and rising.  Water temperatures have risen as the lake surface temperature was 75 degrees and the river was 70 degrees.  It is a fricking tropical rain forest out there.  We spin fished in the morning and had a good success with a blue and white Rebel popper.  We had much better luck in the cleaner water with the fish coming to the surface.  There was a percentage of the lake that did not fish well because of the off colored water.  We had a fair number of fish eat the popper.  Working the popper aggressively was the ticket. The moment of the morning was when we hooked a 10" smallmouth and had a huge and I mean huge bass explode on the hooked fish.  It was really impressive watching the big fish try to eat the little one.  Hey, big fish eat little fish.  Afternoon fishing was a little slow with the fly.  We got held up by another afternoon thunderstorm and it caused the water level to rise and begin to dirty.  We landed to fish off the surface on poppers and missed two other.  Off to brook trout fish this morning.  I am sure the water level is up once again.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy