Recent Floods Offer One Benefit - THE FISHING IS GREAT!

High flood waters are a boon for Ictalurus punctatu, the common channel catfish.

Bad for people, the flooding is excellent for the omnivorous catfish, giving them newly inundated areas in the willows and cottonwoods to prowl for minnows, crawdads, crickets and even — for the bigger ones — snakes, turtles and muskrats.