Jackson and I went to Lake Chicot early this morning to take advantage of the topwater bite.  A friend of Jackson’s had told him about some other fishermen that caught “a lot” of bass on spooks and buzzbaits, even told the exact location.  We had previously talked about going to Cane Creek Lake but armed with this fresh intelligence, Lake Chicot was our spot. The wind was blowing when we arrived at our spot but none bit the spooks or Ribbits right off the bat. Since the wind had a chop on the water we resorted to spinnerbaits. Mine was a 1/4 ounce “limetruse” Booyah.  Things started to pick up around 9:00. The bass started to try to eat the bait rather than just bump it . Our spot started to play out so we went to another we had been told about called the “gravel pit” which is accessible through a small ditch through the trees. There the water was deeper and there was some moss. If you found a log or small treetop with some moss around there would usually be a bass there to sample your Ribbit. While in the pit we saw this limb festooned with corks. Click on the picture to blow it up so you can see them all. It must be a popular bank fishing spot. We counted 7 and a jig on this one and several on another.

After we finished with the pit we motored to fish some docks. The wind was blowing even harder now so fishing docks was difficult to say the least. When we finished the trolling motor was on speed 4 out of 5. We were still getting bites but only catching one now and then when we quit. We ended up with 43 and a FOD of 3 pounds.