Caught a few at Chicot

Took my boys camping at Chicot State Park this weekend. Fished for a couple hours this morning and a few this afternoon. Ended up with 7 keepers, mostly big chinquapin. I did catch my first sac-a-lait in this lake, on a cricket. I’ve tried before with no luck so always stuck to bream fishing here. Threw back 5-10 more bream and small bass. Water was muddy and we didn’t get on a school of fish until we found some clearer water on the south end of the lake around 6 this evening. Only had 2 when we stopped at the last spot and caught the rest in about 30 minutes before leaving them biting. All were caught on crickets about 2 ft deep in 5-6 fow. We did try some jigs with no luck. We will be back next month for 3 days so I’ll be trying to find some sacs now that I know they do exist in this lake lol.

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Originally Posted by lsufan1188

Took my boys camping at Chicot State Park this weekend. Fished for a couple hours this morning and a few this afternoon. Ended up with 7 keepers, mostly big chinquapin. I did catch my first sac-a-lait in this lake, on a cricket. I’ve tried before with no luck so always stuck to bream fishing here. Threw back 5-10 more bream and small bass. Water was muddy and we didn’t get on a school of fish until we found some clearer water on the south end of the lake around 6 this evening. Only had 2 when we stopped at the last spot and caught the rest in about 30 minutes before leaving them biting. All were caught on crickets about 2 ft deep in 5-6 fow. We did try some jigs with no luck. We will be back next month for 3 days so I’ll be trying to find some sacs now that I know they do exist in this lake lol.

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Congrats. You have beautiful kids. I know y'all had a great time, especially the boys.

During the 50's to 80's we caught hundreds of sacalait in Chicot but they are hard to fish in that lake. Keep trying though; there are thousands of them in the lake.

Nice catch


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Way to go dad....

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Beautiful place there and the smiles on them boys, says it all! Thanks for sharing! One day, I will fish that beautiful lake!

I plan on making a trip here for sure!!!! Looks like you had a great time!

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Only place I ever caught crappie there was in the north/south channel fishing deep.

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Beautiful place there and the smiles on them boys, says it all! Thanks for sharing! One day, I will fish that beautiful lake!

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It’s my favorite place to go. My parents took me and my brother there twice a summer when growing up and I plan to do the same with my kids. We’ve got a trip planned next month to stay in one of the cabins and I’ll probably make a weekend trip late summer with the camper. They rent Jon boats at the park and the spot we caught most of the fish was within a few hundred yards of the south landing so I’ll probably rent one when we take the camper.


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Only place I ever caught crappie there was in the north/south channel fishing deep.

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I’ve heard that before but haven’t had any luck. Going to give it a try next time.


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Congrats those boys are having a ball.
LittleJohn

Just read they’re doing a drawdown at Chicot starting Labor Day


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Just read they’re doing a drawdown at Chicot starting Labor Day


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Thanks for the info. Do you know why? I know they did one back in 2016 too. I’ll be in hunting mode by then. We will probably make a trip late July before school starts again. Hopefully Old River will be down by then lol.


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Nice post, I enjoyed the pics!


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Thanks for the info. Do you know why? I know they did one back in 2016 too. I’ll be in hunting mode by then. We will probably make a trip late July before school starts again. Hopefully Old River will be down by then lol.


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Article said to harden the bottom composition, grass control, & increase food for gamefish


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Great job, Dad. Congratulations on scratching out a mess of fish. The boy's smiles tell everyone that ya'll had a good time.

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