It definitely sounds like you have a "game plan" in mind for sure. I would meet up with you there... but I believe I'm going to give the cold front and rain one more day to settle before I go again.
My brother and I went to Harris yesterday crappie fishing structure off the main lake points 15 - 18fow and could only find about a dozen white perch and a few catfish... still fun though.
Good luck to you. We tightlined minnows, (for about four hours), but the perch seemed more inclined to roadrunners moving a bit faster. I guess it's still a little soon for the deeper water.
We thought (afterward) that we probably should have fished a little shallower cover around wood and brush between 10 and 12ft of water. I'm lookin' forward to gettin' back out soon.