Went out to fish from the dock early 6:30am. Nothing was really biting the usual c-rig. I notice there was a brief overcast and breeze so I tossed the spinner under the trees along the bank and caught a this lil guy. That was it. Sunday I didn't catch anything. No bites, I ran out of Ideas and was tired from the night before so I left early. Not a great weekend of fishing but much better than last week when I lost my PB on a bonehead move.

Can anyone tell me what plays a role in bass coloring. This fish seemed to be much darker than my others earlier this season.

From someone who knows nothing about coloring... I would guess that the colors might get darker in winter since there's less sunlight. Darker coloring might provide better camouflage during the winter months?  

I believe it is generally the opposite, bass get whitish in the winter i am not sure why though