Loved to go fishing in Chicot! Good bass and some big crappie.

Steve


Are you nearby?

I grew up on the "banks of the lake", though I'm now in Lafayette. The park was created, in 1937, by the state expropriating property from the area landowners, my grandfather being one of many. The family still owns the old homestead and acreage, adjacent to the park, and I go out there fairly often. My grandfather had a sawmill just downstream of the now spillway, remnants of it are still there.

About 30-35 yrs ago, there was a large flood, with 4'-5' of water flowing over the spillway... washing lots of sinker logs over the spillway and onto the nearby roadway. I asked park officials if I could collect the logs and they agreed, but I wasn't allowed to bring in large equipment to collect them. I used my truck and tractor to pull/drag the logs to the homestead property, just 1-1/2 miles up the road, until I could deal with them better. I used much of that subsequent lumber to remodel my present home. I think I may still have some of that lumber hanging around.

There's an old log, in the lake near the north boat dock, with lots of large woodpecker holes in it. I'd like to think those holes were made by an Ivory billed woodpecker. I've always wanted to go collect that log, about 10"-15" diameter and 20' long. http://www.flickr.com/photos/43836144@N04/

Sonny