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April 24, 2026

ACT tournament champions Tony Hughes and Jeff Riddle.

Tennessee team captures national crappie title

April 1, 2019 Kinny Haddox

The results of the Lucas Oil American Crappie Trail National Championship week on Lake D’Arbonne in Farmerville.[…]

Big north Louisiana crappie like these are bringing anglers from around the country to Lake D’Arbonne for the American Crappie Trail National Championship.

What will it take to win the D’Arbonne National Crappie Championship?

March 25, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Lake D’Arbonne’s famous crappie fishing has reached a new level. On March 28-30, the 16,000 acre Union Parish lake will host Louisiana’s first-ever national crappie championship.[…]

Capt. Todd Vick shares tips on using tandem rigs for crappie.

Catching crappie two at a time on tandem rigs

March 11, 2019 Brian Cope

Check out these tips from Capt. Todd Vick of Fishin’ Freshwater Charters to catch more crappie using tandem rigs.[…]

Being a tree thumper pays big dividends, like these slab crappie.

Thump that tree for March crappie

March 4, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Don’t be afraid to drop a bait or lure right next to a tree when crappie are making their big move to the shallows to spawn.[…]

Looking for chunky chinquapin? Caney Lake delivers!

February 25, 2019 Catch Cormier

When it comes to readers – a.k.a. chinquapins, a.k.a. shellcrackers – there’s no better place to catch a monster than Caney Lake.[…]

Westwego anglers catch 54 sac-a-lait fishing Salvador WMA

February 19, 2019 Gina Rivere

Salvador Wildlife Management Area, located along the northwestern shore of Lake Salvador in St. Charles Parish, is the place to be to catch sac-a-lait.[…]

DockSide TV “Operation Panfish”

February 13, 2019 louisianasportsman

The folks at DockSide TV have made the transition to crappie fishing. It’s one of their favorite things to do for many reasons.[…]

In addition to good numbers, Saline-Larto is producing more and more big crappie like these.

Saline-Larto is a crappie hotspot

February 12, 2019 Kinny Haddox

In addition to good numbers, Saline-Larto is producing more and more big crappie.[…]

Author Joel Masson shows off a sac-a-lait he caught from a cut off the Tchefuncte last spring.

Find this pattern for Tchefuncte River sac-a-lait

February 11, 2019 Joel Masson

There’s no better tasting fish than sac-a-lait, and this month, the Tchefuncte River is typically full of them.[…]

Guide hits the sacalait jackpot in Terrebonne

February 5, 2019 Ann Taylor

Capt. Anthony Kyzar smacked the sacalait on February 5 in the Terrebonne Parish area. He says Spring is finally here and the sacalait and bass are starting to spawn. […]

Many D’Arbonne channel crappie are small to medium, but a lot of slabs like these caught Saturday are also biting.

Cold front draws hundreds of crappie anglers to Lake D’Arbonne

January 27, 2019 Kinny Haddox

The winter crappie bite is on at Lake D’Arbonne. Shad have stacked up in the 25-40 foot deep river channels of the reservoir. The crappie moved in right behind, and the fishermen have followed.[…]