Forgot another scenario!
Crick/Small River fishin-I fished a couple times out at pillsbury crossing and now that I'm back in KC I will fish Indian Crick from time to time. Crick fishing is very similar to river fishing in that you need to find some rapids(lol, more like swift moving water) that empty into pools or just some deep pools. Google earth is great for finding general area's to check out on foot.
Bass- I almost always use my 1/8 jighead 4 inch grub combo in crick's because these bass will not get as big as they might if they were living in lakes or farm ponds. Your best bet at finding bass in a crick will be right under any type of waterfall. Bass are ambush predators and will just sort of chill by the mini waterfall and wait for little fish to get swept over the edge and bash their head on the rocks. These little guys will be all disoriented and get GOBBLED up quickly by big ole mr bass.
Catfish- Cricks are loaded with blue gill and other panfish so just cast your jighead grub combo close to the bank and start reelin them in. Cut em up real quick and throw them on the circle hook below a 1ounce swivel weight then cast it out into the middle of of a deep pool. The catfish cant resist! Your not going to find any huge ones but I've caught a couple 5lb channel cats and some of SD's favorite the BULLHEAD CATFISH.
Crick fishin is great because there are alot of random cricks that are loaded with fish that people dont even think to fish in. Here is my favorite spot along Indian Crick in the KC area.
Just north of the ball fields is a large pool loaded with some catfish, further down is some waterfall action that has bass foaming at the mouth just waiting for lil fish to get knocked upside the head and come tumbling down!