anyone here fish Lavon for catfish? wanting to take some kids for fun and good eats.

where can I get the shad? don't have castnet.. would frozen shrimp work?..that's huge area, try to stay in any particular depth? how far off bottom should bait be? thanks for tips.

only thing that worked out today is beer in hand  ..got the buffalo...had drift anchor, was doing about .5 mph..lots of fish on electronics...not a single stinking bite..noticed speed went up and pulled on drift anchor and it was GONE!!!!!really blew my mind..had good knot...like someone just swam up to it and untied it..never will figure that one out..should have been good day with overcast starting about 10..is 1/2 mph drift speed about right?..will try again couple days depending what this weather is going to do.

greg, Jhon tells me all the time about those lavon catfish, he said he would take me this year, cant wait to get my cherry busted. I told him, if he puts me on some big winter blues, i would show him how to get on those winter bass on hubbard........haha, im sure you know how he feels about that, he just laughs at me

I had to work yesterday morning, but my fellow former Marine/fishing buddy put the smack-down on 'em yesterday...cooler full of 3-5 pounders and quite a few between 12 and 40 pounds each...it is time.

All blues, drifting between the island and the dam using cut buffalo.

Nate, I heard y'all did pretty good....