Three of us were fishing the submerged and semi-submerged tree rows in the Timble area above the W bridge on Smithville Lake. We would tie up and work a tree lowering minnows on weld rods catching a few and moving on to the next tree. By 8:30 am we had our 45 limit. A bass fisherman came by asking to borrow a cell phone as his battery had run down while talking to his sister in NY City and he told us about the sad and tragic event.