Apologies to the late John Denver for the above headline, but all you need to do to understand why smallmouth bass fishing is better when the sun shines is follow the BASSTrakk Twitter feed. Compared to yesterday, when the sun never peeked out from behind the clouds, the fish catches are coming in at warp speed.
The Twitter feed is "spinnin', spinnin', spinnin' like a spinnin' top." That's, of course, from "Jenny Take A Ride" by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. When in Detroit…
In all seriousness, the number of fish caught this morning is probably twice as many as were caught in the first hours yesterday. The difference is the sun.