I’m glad I’m not the only one that is experiencing these strange things. I have been fishing Cherokee and just like you I keep thinking the fish should be moving in shallow but the biggest fish I have found are in 30’-40’ and most are close to the bottom. Seems like you reel for 5 minutes before you get the fish to the surface ��. Water temps yesterday started at 57-58 and it was almost 63 before we stopped and still couldn’t find many any higher than 25-30’.. we did catch one fish that weighed 1.7 lbs on a brush pile that was barely visible on the surface but went down to almost 20’. It was caught deep to! With the warmer weather coming it has got to change right? Guess we will see. At least we are able catch some!