First I want to thank everyone that checked to see if I was still breathing-it’s just been TO HOT for me-but I’m back at it again and will post trip results as always. What a beautiful early fall day-air temp never got above 80 and the humidity was very low.  When you add in a 10mph wind it was great. After having 93 days over 90 degrees and heat indexes over 100 it was a very nice change.  Extended forecast has us in the 50′ and 70’s all week which will help bring the water temps down-Normandy was at 81 surface yesterday and lake level is dropping. .  I caught and released 8 bass yesterday. 7 Spots and 1 Largemouth with the 5 above being the best.  There was a few busts here and there and if you was close enough to get a Luhr-Jensen Krocodile Spoon near them  they would hammer it.  www.luhrjensen.com  There are times that they will hit the spoon immediately other times it will be as you let the spoon fall. I like using Sufix 832 30lb Braid on my spoon-The small dia. smoothness let’s you get a very long cast when needed and the strength is incredible.  www.sufix.com Just a side note-I tried vertical jigging the spoon and a drop shot with no success. This will all change when the water cools down.  I also caught them on a soft plastic stick bait rigged on a Red  3/0 VMC Wide Gap Hook www.vmchooks.com and 10lb Sufix Pro Mix www.sufix.com.  Thinking ahead-if you haven’t purchased any of the new DT colors you need to take a look at them as we go into the fall/winter crankbait season—-and don’t forget the River Shad -Red Craw and Demon DT6’s—————-they will help you put more fish in the boat this year.  Thanks for visiting my site-Keep Watch more info is coming. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com