Fishing for me has reached a low ebb so consequently there has been nothing to write about of interest. The main culprit I think is the demise of fishing on Lake Ferguson. About 4 years ago it was named by Bassmaster Magazine as the 19th best lake in the country, and good it was. That started the decline. Every weekend there was a tournament or two. But we release them, everybody says. Unfortunately all at the waterfront. They do release them but how many survive after bumping around in the livewell on a hot summer day. The local guys did start to only weigh in 3 in the summer, but they were the only ones. A club from Little Rock at the weigh in when taking pictures we’re keeping the fish out of the water too long before walking down to the lake to release them. The next morning there were bass floating around the waterfront. Bad actors make even the good guys look bad by association. Tournaments were not the whole problem as the water went down to an extremely low level and the summers were very hot. I can’t figure out exactly what caused the rest of the problem and none of the good fishermen I have asked have offered up a concrete answer. But bass fishing in Ferguson is terrible. In a recent large tournament the man that won it caught his 10 lbs that won it in the Arkansas River. This summer I waited until the water dropped to the level where some of my best spots should have been great. I didn’t catch a fish. I went the Sportsman a few weeks ago looking for a particular crank bait and they had taken up all the fishing stuff . Shows you how bad it is. All is not lost if you have a little time. When I took my jaunt on the lake there were thousands of small bass that were 4 inches long. In a couple of years things should pick up. Nature has tremendous regenerative power.