Weather
Cold nasty wind week; more cold this weekend, possible warm-up mid–late next week. Twin Bridges freeze status unknown. East of Shangri-La — some gulls on shad but thermal shock milder than feared; another 2–3 cold-wind days could worsen it. Few pleasure boats; Haydn filling nights with thermal coyote/hog hunts.
Twin Bridges (if open)
Fire — cast swimming minnows into brush for Crappie; whites/Hybrids in Neosho or Spring. Chartreuse/white 2½" on ¼ oz (Jeff likes pink/white ¼ oz head); Live Scope pitch: ⅛ oz pink/white + Lucky Bug Desert Hero or Moonshine. No docks upriver — fish lock on brush; current hides them in wood, slack parks them around/on/above it.
Jigheads
Cable-guard (1/16–¼ oz) clears ~80% of snags yet drops for the hookset. New Tie2 — main-line eye + bottom dropper loop (daisy-chainable); keeps line strength vs loop knots. Typical: braid to top, 12–16" mono dropper; 1/16 over ⅛, or ⅛ over ¼ for deep south-end schools in 25–30 feet. Also works as a small jig ahead of a Dinner Spinner or crankbait. Ask dealers; fishlucke.com; Grove Walmart + Amazon + building Walmart.com.
Elsewhere
Paddlefish Shangri-La to Three Fingers / mouth of Elk on controlled Dipsy pulls. Cats — some shallow reports, some deep. Shangri-La–dam: dark marina/private docks with 1/16 oz + 2" Lucky Bug.