Jigs and live bait are probably the top producing baits during these cold spells. Channel and flathead catfish are still producing on the lake. Anglers wanting to catch the whiskered ones should try drifting with live bait such as softshell crayfish, hellgrammites or nightcrawlers. Chicken liver is also good. When you catch one, simply motor back up and drift through the hole again.
Flatheads prefer live bait such as large chubs or a live sunfish.
Carp, hybrid stripers and smallmouth bass are hitting in the tailwater with best baits being corn, chartreuse jigs and plastic jigs. Burnsville - Lake is at summer pool. Lake and tailwater are cloudy. For more information call the Corps of Engineers recorded message at 853-2398. Bluegill action has slowed.