We are still experiencing the summer pattern I my area. The water temps are still in the 70s and the lakes still have a heavy thermocline.
The weeds and shallows are still abundant with bait fish.
I crappie fished a lake last week and the fish were in 6-10 FOW feeding on minnows. With the warm water I used action jigs(twister and paddle tails). These lures produced a nice limit of 11-13 inch slabs.
With the cooler nights it should not be to long when the water temps hit the mid 50s and the lakes turn over. Then the crappie fishing gets even better.