Nothing wrong with some crappie, but after the spawn is over its time to chase cats! All summer long I can always catch catfish without much work....nice, relaxing, lazy fishing. Toss out some jugs, set a trotline, lean back in the boat and listen to the quiet summer night on the lake. My biggest cat so far was a 26 lb. blue cat on a trotline. When the river is up and rolling and there is a rather unhappy 26 lb cat on the end of the line things get interesting real quick! Never could get into any big flatheads, but pulled quite a few 10 lb. fish out of the Kaskaskia.
Chris