The lake level is 553 and dropping very slowly with just a little generation. We had a couple of cold windy days but the last few have been in the 60's with light winds. It rained a bit last night but it is to get in the 80's this weekend. We received just under 3-inches of rain in October. The surface temperature is 65 degrees and the creeks are starting to clear. The warm weather will slow the turnover but it has not affected fishing much. Lots of shad are in the creeks with the wind blowing in but most of the fish under them are small. They are coming up all over just before dark. I am fishing mostly main lake except when it is very windy and I move out of the wind to the creeks. A few things have just changed. Crappie are still on brush at 25 ft. about 8-ft. down on minnows and when spooning they are hitting on the way down. I started catching black bass on brush near the bottom yesterday and some nice smallmouth on the steep banks on the north side on a grub from 6-12 feet down around Cow Point. I have been fishing for about 3-hours everyday and am putting from 8-11 keeper fish of all kinds in the trophy pond. Many schools of shad have no fish around them so if you are looking for open water fish you have to keep moving. They are not jumping in the boat but you can catch some if you work at it. Those of us that have been here a while call the fall bite when the walleye start moving to the shadowy banks just before dark and can be caught on soft plastics and the red meat fish move to the banks near Cranfield Island and Near Quarry Marina after dark to feed. This usually happens, if at all, near the full moon in November but it is the 4th this year and is too early. Fall fishing is stick bait fishing but it also is not happening yet. The stripers are mostly 5-8 lbs. and small and it is better to leave them alone for now. Many walleye are short but about 1-in-4 are keepers. I am seeing large schools of shad on the mainlake just outside brush piles in 38-45 feet with a few smaller fish on them. Crappie and Bass fishing is the best now with big ones just starting to show up. Crappie are pretty much on all brush in the 25-ft. range with a lot of them being caught. The numbers will go down but the size will go up as the water cools. I am catching more large ones everyday. They will come up shallow as the water cools in the evening but now set your slip float at 7-8 feet right over the brush. This very warm weather coming up may change things but if you stay around brush you will catch fish. Spoons, grubs with minnows and slip floats with minnows are all I am using and when one does not work switch to another and keep moving. I am catching some good ones every day. Cabins are $53/day at Blackburns with a free boat stall.