oh yeah, so help me out folks! Any tips would be greatly appreciated. The lakes I go to have trout, catfish, bass, crappie, bluegill and carp. So far I've stuck to using a egg sinker/swivel rig with about 2 ft leader using night crawlers, powerbait, mealworms with marshmellows, inflated worms, shrimp and waxworms.

I got the 5 lb catfish with shrimp, but thats the only time I've ever caught a catfish with shrimp. Usually I get the 2 pounders with worms. I usually spend about 7-8 hrs out there and feel pretty damn lucky if I reel in 2-3 fish.