Morning smallmouth fishing??

[blauvelt3]

I am curious as to if anyone has better luck in the morning for smallmouth or mid day. I've always fished largemouth growing up and earlier morning was always best. They seemed to be more active. Last couple of years I've really gotten into the smallmouth. I always getup super early and drive a couple hours to do a float. I never realy do all that well then as it gets hotter the smallies bite a bit better. Am I wasting my time getting up so early??? Is this something others have figured out or am I just overthinking it??