Water temp is 49. Caught quite a few good fish. A couple were in the 15 inch range. They're not schooling up yet. They were scattered on and around structure in the 25 foot range. The purple/chart plastics I have been pouring sure did the job along with the sickles I have been pouring also. I feel like i get twice the hook ups now using the sickle hooks. I had a hard time finding any shad and the ones I did find were deep. There was a bank fisherman there fishing 15+/- fow 8 foot deep with a bobber. He caught a few but was moving around a lot. We caught lots of smalls like always but we did seem to find quite a few bigger fish. Hopefully it keeps getting better as it stays cold. There sure isn't much competition when its 17 degrees at 9 am, but as long as the wind is right, I'll be there.