What can you do to catch the fish in the oxbows when the rivers are backed up into them? The lake near where I live is Old River at Innis. It nearly impossible for me to find crappies there when it's flooded and the water is murky. All this rain lately has really messed it up. In fact, nearly every year at spawning time, this lake is flooded, so spawning time is not good for crappie there. The best fishing here is when the water goes back down and crappie go into their summer patterns. Any advice on how to get them at this difficult time?