Osage arm beat down

[Light Bite]

Been a member for a few years now but this is my first post so I apologize in advance if it doesn't translate as intended.

Me and 4 of my closest friends and family made our way to LOZ for the 3rd annual "Fish or die" weekend. We fish hard and have a great time cutting each other up in the process. All our fishing takes place between the 60-65 mm and the past couple of years we have hit the spawn fairly well, but this year we got a pretty good beat down. Not sure if it was 1.weather during the previous week 2.transitioning fish or 3.a severe lack of fishing talent. My guess is it might be a bit of the first 2 and heavy dose of #3. Got started on a brisk 33 degree Friday morning with surface temps at the 60MM hovering around 48. I'd read on C.c that limits were still being caught on docks in 20-25' and, as you might have guessed, I was able to find the fish but could not make them eat. Turned out to be a beautiful day and FINALLY got my first keeper at 2pm. We noticed that as the day got warmer and surface temps started to rise we were finding fish shallow in the backs of coves. Saturday was about the same. Cloudy with surface temps around 51. We tried trolling early, thinking that the cool night would put them back in deeper water, we caught as many fishing rods (see pics) as we did crappies doing that.....only 1. Tried vertical jigging on fish we marked, tried shooting docks but quickly stopped (see #3 above) and as the water began to warm up again we started heading back into coves looking for early spawners with road runners and EVERY COLOR OF JIG BOBBY GARLAND MAKES. Only technique we didn't try was live bait and spider rigging. Sunday was WETTTT...and with the experiences from days 1&2 I couldn't convince anyone to go out with me (kinda felt like high school all over again). Caught 1 male so I felt completely justified in my decision. All in all, I'd do it again without hesitation. Great company (ok ok decent company), great food, cold beer and a long weekend at one of my favorite places on earth. If anyone was in that area this past weekend and could lend any advice at all it would be greatly appreciated. Not looking for honey holes or detailed information, just a simple nudge in the right direction.