I am talking about both. Texas creeks and rivers are formed by the cycle of drought and flood over time. This means that they are long winding narrow structures for the defined Creek channels and wide flats that extend out from the margins. The back of one of these is typically a Bay that is fairly flat with a hard bottom. If the water is clear in this area you're golden, this is the spawning flat for large mouth Bass. If deep water is nearby and/or there is a Creek that extends beyond the Bay then venture into the Creek itself. But if you look at maps, all of the little cuts and bays were creeks themselves at 1 time