This is the view that welcomed me Wednesday at Buck Chute in Eagle Lake. There were acres of pads with grass underneath. In the background is where the tornado that hit Yazoo City came over the levee and wrecked a wide area of trees.

Of course, the first bait out of the tackle bag was a Ribbit frog.  After a few minutes I had a 4 – 0 volunteer.

The volunteers continued coming all morning. Some were handled well and some made a monkey out of me. That seems to happen a lot with a Ribbit.  After missing three or four bass in a row, one hit and took the frog down, I set the hook only to have the frog squirt up to the top of the water. Mad, I reeled in fast to cast again, but on the way in, the fish hit again. Somehow I was composed enough to let it take the Ribbit down again before setting the hook, but the result of the hookset was the same as before. Mad again, I reeled in again, and again the fish took the frog, this time right at the boat. To let it have the bait I had to stick my rod down into the water. When I set the hook that time the bass ended up in the boat. They bit on top from early to 11:30. I moved out of Buck Chute and fished the edge of the grass along the bank where I caught a 5 – 10 on the Ribbit which was the FOD.  When it was obvious the topwater bite was off I switched to a swimbait.  I figured it would be more weedless than anything else and would work in the clear water. One small one on the swimbait. Eleven fish for the day which ended at 1:30.  Alligators were everywhere. A beautiful lake with plenty of grass that is a little more difficult to fish but clears the water and provides places for the small fish to hide.  Eagle Lake had a good spawn this year as evidenced by the crowds of small bass that followed the bait back to the boat on almost every cast. The last picture is the aftermath of this good day, all the used Ribbits.