How many of you fish for sacalait @ Chicot near Ville Platte? I remember my Grandpa telling stories about fishing there when the road to the lake from Oberlln to Ville Platte and Mamou were all pea gravel roads. Catching 2-3 ice chest of 3-4 lb. sacalait wascommon and always expected… that's not counting a sack or 2 of bull frogs, a small gator and a bagging a coon or 2 over night. There were only a few cabins at Chicot back then. If it swam, crawled or climbed a tree it was fair game to catch, kill and eat. If you kill it, you eat it. This was way back in the 1940’sand 50’s. Grandpa was a meat hunter and said the fishing trip was over when theice chest were full.
Always enjoyed those old stories.