Behavioral changes

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Good afternoon all,
Reading some of the posts about what to throw, where to go, etc., I got to wondering about overall bass behavior with awkward weather. Here in the northeast we had a rather poor summer - lots of rain, followed by a very mild winter (so far - pending snow storm tomorrow). In years past, guys would be ice fishing for over a month now - currently, most lakes only have areas of thin ice over them. Knowing bass relate mostly to water temps, how is this going to affect the overall behavior of bass or the overall conditions of the water? Will there be a change, or will it all depend on the spring's weather conditions? What about the "turnover" of the lake? Will vegitation be affected? Will the "normal" growth of the bass be affected by this abnormal weather condition?
I hope I'm not being too vague with this......overall, will the past 6 months of weather - going from warmer/wetter than normal summer to warmer/dryer weather than normal in winter?
I don't even understand what I'm asking, hopefully someone will pick up on it.
Thanks,
Bob