37 guys fished a pike tournament there on Saturday and nobody caught a single bass, though we were all targetting the pike...some of the techniques are relatively similar...senkos , slow moving rapalas super slow rolling spinners, using swimbaits and even some jig and pig...but no bass... though i know of some good 28 foot holes in the river with boulders that I marked fish on...which I am guessing were smallies...a dropshot would have been my choice there ....tried a few casts with a crawdad crankbait just to see if any were hugging the rocks but all i got was some dumb 16 inch brown trout...which I promptly tossed back..... water temps were between 37-42 degrees depending on depth ...sloughs were froze up but were thawing fast and my guess is that in a week they will be gone.... I would say wait a week then go pike fishing and try for some bass along the way...have fun