Weather
The weeks are flying by. This past October was one of the warmest on record, with cool mornings and warm afternoons, and plenty of people are still out on the water. Some lousy, rainy weather over the weekend kept a lot of folks home during the last weekend of muzzleloader season.
Hunting
Deer activity is picking up, with a lot of chasing, which is typical for the first week of November. Bucks are cruising and bumping does around, and the first does could be bred in the next few days. In Oklahoma the craziest chasing usually runs from about the 4th–6th through the 10th–12th of November. There are lots of scrapes out, and an incredible number of big deer are being taken around the state; an Oklahoma bowhunter page on Facebook is a good place to see them. Afternoons will stay warmer than we'd like, but the next two weeks are prime for pre-rut whitetails. Take somebody with you (a kid, your wife, a friend), get a two-man stand or a pop-up blind, and bring a crossbow if you can.
Lake-wide
Same old broken record: clear water and normal, stable conditions.
Rivers
With clear water up the Spring and Neosho rivers, White Bass will be up there by mid-December, filtering up to Twin Bridges as shad move in. In about a month and a half you'll be surprised how many White Bass and Crappie are caught up there.
Paddlefish
Snagging is still going on. Anglers are using forward-facing sonar and down scan to find them, then trolling through them with depth-control divers.
White Bass
Find wind hitting a shoreline. A favorite setup is a small topwater with a 2-inch swimming minnow on a 1/16-ounce head tied behind it, thrown up to the bank. Once you catch one or two, stay put, because there are usually a lot more with them.
Catfish
Catfishing should be really good. Fish are moving deeper during the day, especially in clear water. Drift with fresh cut shad.
Crappie
Look in the darkest spots of docks, on main-lake brush, and moving to the backs of coves. If you see a lot of shad flipping in a cove, there are probably Crappie, White Bass and black Bass mixed in. Don't forget to fish shallow in your dock: during this fall transition, big Crappie often sit right under the black encapsulated foam in the afternoon.
Dealers
Trish and Tracy at Littlefield's Bait & Tackle, Grove Walmart, fishlucke.com and the Fish Lucke Amazon store.