Early this morning I could not sleep well so I arose and decided to go fishing. Lake Chicot has been on my mind for a while so that was the spot. Fishing began at 6:30 with a whopper plopper.  It was not long before one knocked the tar out of it and came into the boat. No more were willing to hit on top so the trusty 1/4 oz Booyah spinner bait got the call. Before long the total was up to 6 and I had not even been to the spot that I thought would be the best. When I hit that spot it was pitiful, not even a nip. Then in some other spots there were just nips and it was getting time to think about going home. As that thought was entering my head about 11 the bite started to pick up but then seemed to fade after a short flurry. I tried some other places but then returned to where the bite was and it was on. Between 12 and 2 I caught 16 more, some on a Booyah, some on a red eye shad and some on a DT-6. I ended up with 24 and 3 coFOD’s at 2 1/2 pounds each.

 When I went under a bridge these were everywhere. There were probably around 100 . They are cliff swallow nests. The birds are in the process of finishing the rearing of their young. Some have already left for South America. You will notice them on the wires this time of year, along with the purple martins and other swallows that are in the process of migration.