Go to the grocery store and find some shrimp that is marked down or out of date. Fish a chunk of shrimp under a slip bobber on a circle hook about 6 to 8 foot deep up against a bank. Should catch you some channels and you won't have much mess to deal with. Cubes of old cheese works too but is harder to keep on the hook. Chicken livers work well too just harder to keep on the hook.