1. you are fishing the river not a pond or small lake
2. when fish spawn they lay there eggs and the high water wash them away and they are like we are a creature of habit and like a idea place to do things at.
3 again it is the river it is a big place and they can move
4. they fish for all fish, shock them every now and then but the most important they talk to other fisherman and ask them about the size there catching (this would be surving the crappie) and fas as less competition why dont you just take all the bass and snake head out of the river and we can grow the world record! and hopefully it will be in the ozark pool!