I went to Lake Chicot today after going to early church. The water temperature was 48 degrees at 11:30 when I arrived and the wind was clipping at 13 MPH from the SSE.  Some spots have been on my mind for a while, so after I put in I went straight there.  The cypress trees that I wanted to fish were where I  had caught fish in the past and were only in 3 to 5 feet of water. No bites on the Booyah spinnerbait so I moved shallower. The lake is up and has inundated some of last years weeds. That along with some scattered cypress trees and knees looked like the perfect place.  I finally had one on but it lasted only seconds before it came unpinned. A couple of hours went by with not even a nip and I was in low cotton, already thinking up excuses to put on the Bitespot and even once thought about just skipping writing about this trip.  Finally a tighteye volunteered and I’ll tell you the fish smell beat the heck of the skunk I was beginning to get a whiff of. I caught it in some shallow water and soon another came from the same spot. That spot was small and soon ran out. When I moved, I arrived at a spot so shallow the trolling motor hit bottom and would go no further. There were some good looking weeds so before I left I hummed a sidearm cast across them and a bass boiled at it and missed. Three or four casts later it hit again and this time connected. It was a good healthy fish with black spots on its mouth and one on its fin.  Here’s its picture.

Thinking I might be on to something, I went through the trees and around the shallow spot to some more weeds I saw ahead. All the time I was thinking that this was just like the spot I started in. Shortly I caught this 3-13 FOD that had a pot belly full of eggs.

Not a giant, but I was impressed with her dedication to reproduction.  That spot ran out so I went back to the days starting point and sure enough caught a few there before dark. All the 7 fish today were caught in water 2 feet deep or less.