Bussey Brake is a 2,200 acre lake near Bastrop, Louisiana that was given to the Louisiana Game and Fish by a paper company. It has been renovated and improved and closed for a few years. Two weeks ago it was opened with good success. For instance, one group fished there for two days and caught 25 bass, two of which were over 10 and one over 9 pounds. Jackson and I were there this morning at daylight. We really had no idea where to go but there are acres and acres of lily pads with bushes and willow trees. Lots of open water with some stumps and coontail moss which was very prevalent. The most common depth was 8 feet. Just looking at the boat dock the lake is about 4 feet below being full. We started off with hollow bodied frogs and then after no interest we progressed to try out the tackle box. By 9:30 we had on a Ribbit and a spook and the Ribbit chased off the skunk with a skinny sunken belly 1 1/2 pound fish. We tried to fish in several places to explore the new spot but were not having much luck until about noon. At noon it was obvious the switch had been turned on. We had some bites caught one and finally caught the FOD at 4-12. At that same time, two guys I was watching caught 5 small fish in a short period. I believe they were fishing with worms but I don’t know how they were rigged. The moss was everywhere making it hard to fish a Texas rigged worm. I will go back.