Fishing should be right on track for May. Post spawn and early summer patterns will be the focus. The river has settled down and is looking great for some early summer time fishing. With most fishing still in the back waters around the grass and pads, but don't forget about the rocks. Frogs & buzz baits will be a great choice in low light conditions and possibly all day around the grass and pads. Make sure to have a soft jerk bait tied on in case a fish blows up on the frog or buzz bait and he misses it. Throw the jerk bait in the same spot the blow up happened and hold on. If the topwater bite slows, grab your flipping stick with a Texas rigged dark color creature bait tied on and start dropping it in around the stumps near the grass.

  For suspended fish in the deeper timber and along the miles of rocks try a 100 or 200 series shad pattern Bandit crankbaits. 

Crappie

Shiners and small crappie jigs tipped with shiners fished along the edge of the ridges in the oxbows should be a good bet on the Crappie. Four to seven feet of water with standing timber should be a good place to start. Be sure to get that Crappie jig as close as you can to the side of the stumps

Bream~ Shallow and on Crickets.