Shad is probably the best bait , if you castnet you can usually pick some up around the 1960 bridge pilings usually the ones closer in hold shad early and they tend to move deeper towards mid-day. there is a channel that runs under the west side bridge on 1960 that meanders out towards the power lines with a big flat to the west of it , fishing th drop off to that channel has been productive for me , no need to keep the shad live it works well either way.