05-01-2010, 09:00 AM
I woke up early and decided to test the nuke waters again. I had shiners left over from yesterday so I started on the channel edges to see what I could catch. Nothing! Not a single largemouth or spot or white bass or catfish. I tried both sides of the river channel with the same results. I went over to the discharge and used both skipjack and shiners there. No interest in the shiners at all, and finally I found two blue cats at 6 and 8 pounds. They were just as full as little ticks, with hugely distended bellies.The pic dosen&#39;t do the belly justice. A short while ago Spur opened one up and it was full of clams or mussels. It must be what these were eating too.<br /><br />Still no sign of shad there, or of much of any other fish for that matter. I went over and talked with the commercial netters, and they aren&#39;t picking up any catfish either. In fact, all they got while I was around were some drum and a couple of buffalo. They said that the carp are working the shallows now too.<br /><br />I wish I had better news for you.