Catfish have been hanging in the backs of coves. Some anglers have been catching the fish at night outside of Cottonwood Cove. Light-colored spinnerbaits are fooling black bass but also have brought in catfish. Willow Beach anglers are catching striped bass at the mouth of coves in the early mornings.  Largemouth bass are slow to bite but smallmouth are taking deep diving lures in coves throughout the Cottonwood Basin.