i also fish here in ohio for cats ive had a lot of big channel cats hit on shrimp shovel heads seem to like creek chubs the bigger the better blue cats seem to prefer bluegills about 6" long and another trick i use is plain old spam on a treble hook if yah get down around cowan lake give ma a holler ill show yah how and where to catch the cats at were havin catfish monday night the wife said the freezer is gettin to full