Oh, it was ON alright.
Both you and Matt should do floats down the river. You'd be amazed by the output of larger SM. Bass that can be caught.
Launched my 12ft with 6-horse motor further south of the Eagle with my buddy and we easily caught 40+ fish with 8 of them 17-inches or bigger. This was this past Wednesday when it was cold and cloudy. This was my first time floating it too and it was AWESOME. I'll be back at it again next week.
Even popped a Musky while targeting them too for about 30-casts total. Saw a couple of larger ones (mid-40's) chase the Smallmouth plastics that I had to get reeled in ASAP because I'd have no chance with 6 or 8lb line!
Take it easy!
andrew