No luck ever fishing BR levee

How are you fishing it? When I fish the Miss. River it is always with a heavy sinker-----up to 4 oz. depending on how fast the current is running. I tie on the sinker first and then tie off about a 12 inch loop to put the hook on.

I always bottom fish and keep a tight line. As for baits used, mostly earthworms, bait shrimp, liver balls and sometimes crawfish.

Best results over the years has been with earthworms, followed by bait shrimp.

I posted to another thread about river fishing that last week I had made a run to Banting's Nursery on the West Bank near the Huey P and after I got my plants and seeds I walked across the levee to check things out.

There were 2 guys fishing about 100 ft. apart and one guy who'd been there less than 1 hr. had 2 blue cats, one about 5 lbs. and the other a good 25 lbs.

The other guy had just gotten there and only had his lines in the water a couple minutes, so he didn't have anything.

Both fish were caught on earthworms.

Good to know, definitely going to go try tomorrow before everyone gets on the levee. Thanks for the help!

Maybe try another spot, too.