Either will work for catfish down there, since you're primarily fishing for channels with an outside shot at a flathead I'd say an oversized minnow or small bluegill either on bottom or suspended under a bobber 3-5 feet deep. You could also try cutbait but as late in the spring as it is, flatheads most likely won't touch it so you'll be after channels using that.
I just didn’t know if down there the bottom was those big rocks and I’d be constantly hung up.
There's some rocks, but not awful. If you're worried about snags switch to a 3way swivel and use a light dropper line for your sinker. It'll break off andsave your other terminal tackle
Or, honestly if the channels are biting at all a slow drift with an oversized minnow under a slip float should catch all you want.
Yeah. I watched a girl on YouTube who fishes down below the dam and the water wasn’t moving super fast it didn’t look like. It was a couple weeks ago when posted. I don’t remember what the new summer pool is though.
