Truman13, I have been using frozen skipjacks. can't find shad on the river to save my life. Beagle, good luck with those lake catfish, I can't figure out the lakes to save my life. we fished up around the gasconade today, couldn't buy a bite to save my life.... sure was a nice day though. now I have the weber heating up and a 6 pack cooling off. Life is good!