It is funny that you mention catching catfish on lures. Years ago, I use to use a mepps minnow and caught a lot of catfish. I was bass fishing and all of a sudden I started catching catfish on lures. I was very surprised at first and after several, it was a blast. Stopped using lures, but I will try some crawdads at Brownlee in a couple of weeks. I am also looking forward to catching some of the bass and crappie over there. I have been there many times and all we do is catfish, clean, catfish some more, clean......you get the picture. Maybe we will try some variety this trip. Will be a blast. If you have any info. It would be great. I will also share when we return.
Thanks, Bender