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Launched at Kepheart about 6am with a much lower water level than July 4.  On the way downstream I found a sweet spot that produced several small smallies and largemouths.  The instant the lure hit the water they were nailing it.   While crossing the the river I picked up one redbreast sunfish and a 14" smallie, the largest of the day.   On the other side I started casting to a laydown with a small crankbait.  It got nailed and it really felt like a catfish.  When I finally started getting it to surface it came undone.  So I tossed my larger crankbait to the same spot hoping it would still be there.  It was and it came undone again.   So I tried a different color crankbait to give it something else to look at.  No go so back to the original.  I manage to hook it again and landed it this time.  It was a typical 17" or so channel cat.  I caught a few more cats in the 17-20" range and a few smallies around 12".  Also caught my first rock bass.  9"



The river seemed about a foot lower than July 4 judging by the dry dirt on the leaves of the trees knocked over into the river just before July 4.