I fished yesterday morning (10/23) on Mattoon. Caught 26 crappie, a couple cats while crappie fishing and a 16 inch striper. Good day, but kinda windy. Used a chartreuse jig. Red, I literally saw 1000's of shad this year. I find it hard to believe that the numbers would be down. I've only had a place on the lake for 3 years now. So maybe I don't have other years to compare with.