Lake mood
Quiet midweek — football, kids in school; great fishing weather overlooked. Remembers Jerry Croft (South Winds Marina, dock service) — fall bluff Crappie from the dam to Shangri-La: small stick-ups on drop-offs, boat in 60–70 feet, brush in ~20 feet; pitch swimming minnow or Lucky Bug from 10–15 feet off without parking on them.
White Bass
Old Jim Wagner fall pattern — popper with white Lucky Bug trailing, or Dinner Spinner cast tight to the bank (right on it, not 10 feet off) as water cools; backs of coves and windy banks. Light winds, no sweat — put 2–3 people with different lures until something clicks.
Catfish
Drift Sailboat Bridge–Goat Island; Jeff’s old guide sweet spot Patricia Island–Shangri-La, 30–40 feet, humps. Spot-lock into the wind ~0.5–0.6 mph.
Hunting / tackle
Fixpandable broadheads at gear4deer.com. New Fish Lucke soft plastics: 10" Baby Hoey worm, 8½" Sneaky Snake, Live Motion minnows, Roland Martin Salty Sink, trout worms, ringworms, Live Motion craws for Scrounger. Ask dealers — Jeff and Toby sent you — or Fish Lucke Amazon / fishlucke.com.