Went out bowfishing last week and saw hundreds of smallmouth males on beds.  My question is do the males come in first then the females.  We did not see one big female.  All were males in the 9-15 inch range.  My second question is how will this cold rainy weather effect the spawn.  Will the drop in water temp pull the bass back off the beds and continue to feed, or will they stay on and wait until the right temp.  

GREAT QUESTION!!!!    

The bucks are the first ones there and the last ones to leave.The males come in to make the beds first,then the spawn occurs.After the females are spawned out the bucks will stay there to guard the fry for about two-three weeks.I would guess the females may be spawned out there if you didn't see any?