In 1954 we fished from a home made houseboat. I was 9 years old. We would go from the main landing (nader) up to the Yalobusha towards Choctaw. There was timner everywhere. We would tie up to a tree and set there and fish. We all sat on the roof in folding chairs, 4 or 5 folks, and used minnows. We caught a lot of fish lifting them all the way out of the water to the roof with a cane pole. Dropped a lot of fish and broke a lot of poles too. Most all the trees still had leaves on em. Didn't see folks trolling, they were all tied up to something.