That’s a ell of a sweet first boat!! If that’s the case go buy some angling edge books and figure it out yourself…..
Just kidding, maybe, but here’s what I got on local stuff.
Most lakes are smaller in the cities. The fishing pressure on these things is ridiculous, just last weekend saw 4-5 boats chucking musky gear on a less than 300 acre lake,Lol. That being said, these fish see a lot of lures, and become very tuned in to one color,style, and will be hard pressed to touch anything else. They are the elusive walleye for a reason. Switch colors often and presentation styles until you find what the fish are liking. My fall go to is a jig, preferable fireball with a shiner or fathead.
Spot on the spot becomes crucial for the lakes with mid lake structure and even those that don’t, small areas become key to finding fish. Big lakes male for big structure, small metro lskes make for tiny fish holding srructures. Dnr stocking will give you an idea if the eyes are there. Weeds, and green ones, are your friend. An inside turn on a weed edge, outside turn, figure out the pattern of where they are any given day and duplicate to the rest of the lake. Not too much for rocks typically in these lakes so make do with what it has to offer. Clam beds have put out some dandies for me 
Boat control is key, took me too many seasons to figure that out. I wouldn’t be too worried with your rig, but typically slow and controlled is key for cold fall fishing, and if you are getting swung around and baits not presenting perfectly change up tactics or just anchor. Its possible to cast live bait rigs!
Normally with metro I’d say the early bird gets the worm, but in fall sleep in man. Best bites have occurred throughout the day, no times in particular, but cold, windy and cloudy have been pretty darned good.
You always here of Confidence, and I attributed that too much to lures. Only this year been figuring it out, especially for metro eyes, to have confident in the SPOT. Like I said they are picky things, know your spot is on can hold some fish, and give it a few lures, different plastic bodies, cranks, etc. until you connect. Countdown raps can be good to on deeper structure where the size area wouldn’t work for trolling.
Hope to see you out there, I’m usually on West metro lakes and the river. See a red alumacraft back troller give me a holler! Here’s a skinny 26 1/2″ from Medicine couple years ago, got a couple 20″ that day too, which was the same size as the largie, actually 19″ but cmon it didn’t have a tail! (Mid lake, inside turn,clam bed, 12-15′)
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