Fished Bear Creek some years ago...with some success...bluegills...use crickets...start fishing in coves about 4 or 5 feet deep...gradually shallow depth of cricket until you start catching them...also, landing at main launch site go across lake and go up into the arms...any will do...start fishing close to the left bank...work your way up the arm as you fish...6 lb test-#8 cricket hook-small sinker-quill cork (best, but Walmart small diameter plastic quill-like cork will do)...what I really liked to fish for were chinkypin (red ear, GI, etc.) bream (most easily weighed a pound)...rig an ultralight outfit with a carolina rig (use 1/8 ounce slip sinker and about 18 inch 6lb test fluro leader with #6 hook)...find a 45 degree (approx) slope bank...don't get to close to bank, and start throwing bait close to bank and slowly reel back while maintaining contact with bottom...bait may be 20 feet (or more) from bank before first contact...work with it, these redears are worth the search...never crappie fished Bear Creek...standard bass gear works...black and blue metal flake were good to me...have fun, break a leg...