SLOW. Water slightly stained; 90 degrees; 0.83 feet below pool. The cooling trend that began about two weeks ago has not continued. There are reports and observations of lake turnovers and the thermocline sinking, but large-scale cooling is just not taking place yet. This is simply because the overall weather pattern has not really changed much. We just passed the Fall Equinox, so the nights will be getting longer and contributing more to diurnal cooling of the water and the shorter days will heat the water less on the average. On the average though, looking at the history of the lake, we have less rain and a lowering lake to look forward to until November. Bass have been fair predominantly from fishing boathouse patterns with spinners, jerks, and finesse type lures. The various striped bass have also been only fair, the longer bite periods just did not develop because of increased temperatures. Crappie have been good, but primarily for white crappie down at 16-24 feet on brush and timber, black crappie have been slow. All catfish remain good at night, but only fair during the day. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing Lake Palestine.