Got there around 6:00 a.m., read about the wind prior to going, however, the wind report was NOT that accurate!!!! It wasn't toooo bad at first, the longer I stayed, the rougher it got. Wasn't able to find the white bass very much despite the gale force winds, the rain sure did raise UP the lake . Went under W-bridge ONLY by inches 2-3 with folded down boat seat. Ended up trolling cranks at the dam. Ended up with 5 Crappie and one white bass as keepers, plenty of dinks trolling. Drove across the bridge in Smithville / IF the water was another foot higher it would have been out of the banks ! They were letting a lot of water out yesterday. Looks like today also.