Lake Chicot Revisited
Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 | Author: admin
It was foggy, cold, and windy when Jackson, Sam and I put in at Lake Chicot Friday morning at 7 a.m.. We did not go to what I thought was the best spot right off the bat, because before the wind blew too much, we wanted to explore another spot I saw when looking at Google Maps. Google Maps is a great resource for looking at lakes you have never visited or places you have visited but wanted to know more about. After a short frigid ride, we started fishing, occasionally having to put our hands in our pockets to warm the feeling back into them. After catching only one in the prospective spot, we made the decision to make a break for what I thought was the best spot I visited last Sunday. It was not a great long ride but it was a cold one. I broke out two pairs of gloves kept in the boat for just such a day. No problem in getting a taker for the extra pair. The water temperature was 46 degrees. We were fishing Booyah 1/4 ounce spinnerbaits and when we got a bite, it was with authority. The water was 2 to 3 feet deep and most of the fish we caught were in what we could see as the open, outside the inundated grass. In reality they were in the cover of vegetation that had been covered by the water. There was no pattern, just one here and there. The only place where we caught more than one was a grassy point where the wind had created a slight current coming around the end of it. Later in the day the wind subsided , the lake became slick and the sun came out, but as luck would have it, that was close to my hard leaving time due to an engagement later that night. We ended up with 13 bass no biggies but some fat females with eggs. No photos. It was too cold.