calcasieu/ houston river

[falcon29]

I live right down the road from the sam Houston launch and would like to learn more about this place but I just cant seem to catch many fish. I have read a lot of the reports from last year about the river and most were good reports with some good fish being caught. I always seem to pitch my bait towards the bank and drag it back through the cypress stumps, whether its a spinner bait, worm, craw, jig, or crank bait. should I be trying something different to get more bites?