I Always carry a bream pole & worms! Crickets are out of season & are hard to find. You would be surprised at what you can catch! I use the small bream for trot line / Yo Yo bait. The dang Catfish are TOO plentiful on my 800 acre NW Ms Oxbow Lake, thus I have been trying to help Mother Nature balance them out. Catfish are eating up all the smaller shad, thus there are many smaller (1 - 2 lb) Bass.
In shallow (4 - 6 ft.), stained water, it warms up pretty fast. Water temps this time of year running 45 to 55 on an average day, but with sunshine & warm south wind, it will get up to 60! Sometimes I use a small (1/24 - 1/32) crappie jig, a "Bream Bug" or a Minnow teaser from Arkie Jig. I catch a few crappie, small bass & catfish on these rigs.
Come join me anytime!