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[lasabre]

Or how ever you spell it. Me and the wife have to come down there this weekend for her commpany meeting and i was wonderin if any of you know a good place to go fishin down there. I may just drag the cat down to fill my day while the wife works

[LSUZ]

We normally head up arround Monroe. you can try the basin. Head south on 49, then east on 10. Once you get past the Henderson exit you will be on the basin bridge. Take the first exit on the bridge, this is the rest area/ tourist information exit. There is an free public luanch. Watch out for the large Japanise carp, and the big gators.

[BARRY J]

Chicot State Park isn't far from there.

[dirtdemon]

only 20 min from chicot , but can also fish morganza thats not far down 190 can also fish the bayou in port barre but not sure how big a boat you can launch

[lasabre]

I appreciate it guys, where ever i go i will b taking it easy a stumpy lake got the lower on my sabre last year. I am just toying with the idea, maybe my paw in law will go with me to be my partner in crime

[fishin couillon]

Chicot would be closer. Not sure if there are fish there cause i never catch any.

[dirtdemon]

do you need lessons jeremy? chicot fish dont like skeeters

[LSUZ]

I do, I can't seem to catch any over there either.

[dirtdemon]

all im gonna tell you is SLOW DOWN, GO SLOWER THAN WHAT YOU NORMALLY CALL SLOW fishing the scramble tommorow night well let yall know how we do , 2 things to remember bout chicot, its only 8.5 feet deep all the way across the lake, only the channel is deep, but there is no points or troughs that lead to the channel, all the creeks are silted up so the fish have no where to go to get cooler water, so you got to slow down and focus on shady cover, the second is its very pressured so think of what every fisherman throws everyday day in and day out and throw something different and change your retrieve drasticaly hope that helps, i dont catch fis every time there either but i fare pretty good. its hard to catch one over the slot so do panic

[Alan S]

Thanks for the info, Kevin!!

[fishin couillon]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by dirtdemon &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">do you need lessons jeremy? chicot fish dont like skeeters </td></tr></table> Yeah!!!!! They see that skeeter coming and run for cover. On a serious note and being from Eunice i've only been a number of time. I'v had one great day out of those. But like other areas if it was closer i would fish it more and figure it out.

[dirtdemon]

it was tough tonight didnt stay for the weight in, i caught 2 in the slot and a goggle eye and dad lost 2 at the boat that would without a doubt go 5.5 to 6 lbs . slow rollin a 3/4 oz spinner bait about 6 ft deep throught the trees , last week one fish won it but it was 8.6

[RogerR]

dad lost 2 at the boat that would without a doubt go 5.5 to 6

Sorry to hear that.

[dirtdemon]

thats fishin, told him if he wants to sell more baits he got to get some sharper hooks