I decided to go chase some smallies instead on Saturday and was quite surprised by the water temps. I fished this same lake on the opener last year and temps in 2013 were 52-54 degrees, and this year the temps were 49-51. With the colder spring I was sure that the temps would be about 8-10 degrees lower than last year but it was only a few degrees difference. In fact, it was one of my best smallie days in the last few years. It looks like temps over the next week are still going to be below normal, but so far it doesn't seem to have effected the bite much. Granted, I'm only basing this assumption on one day of bass fishing.