Use creek chub minnows. Run hook through the mouth to the tail & step on it. Use float 1'-2' off bottom cast far and work it looking for bite. They school ...more up so throw back to spot. Fill your stringer.
For eating size channels, cut perch, or small live. It's been hot in TX, and the fish have moved from the real shallow, to the 4-6 fow. If it has not been too ...more hot try the 2-4 fow range.
@bassman7 I go to the grocery store or whatever & buy chicken livers and let them sit in the sun for a few hours before I go. Or if they have whole fish there ...more grab a cheap one and do the same thing.
Dead shrimp or mullet chunks what ever you use make sure it smells really nasty, so they can follow the scent at night. Oh yeah and good luck, don't get barbed