Lake Verrett...Attakapas Landing

Launched at 7:30.....hit one dead end canal close by & picked up 2 nice ones and lost 2 in the brush....throw back one huge gar....ran south about 15 min and hit another dead end canal......pick up 3 more really nice ones and lost 2 more in the tree top.....shiners of course......all fish caught in 3 to 4 fow fishing 18" deep right up in the middle of the laydowns.....water temp was 55 most all over.....I couldn't believe the size of the fish.....didn't catch any small ones.....big fish was 14" & weighed 1.52#(1# 8 oz.)......had to net all of them.....they were hitting it pretty hard.....looks like they are starting to move in shallow....quit at 1.....it got hot....