Need Advice: Bass fishing on Cloudy Day

[Bergen Angler]

Thanks Almighty. I was using 1 oz buzz bait to catch the big one - just caught a few little quite Ambitious yellow perch. I tried different colors, different size, etc. I figured that rain would add oxygen level and the bass would be more active - water temp has gone down to around 75 degrees also. I tried slow fast slow etc. As always, I just blame myself for not catching bass - Mea Culpa. Water level definitely rose at least 5-6 inches over the last few days. I was also chasing after bait fish - they were very active last few days. And tried to fish over the "pond scum"/plankton.