Crappie/Bream
That’s a ‘whole’ plate of crappie
Kinny Haddox scaled, cleaned and removed all the inedible parts from two 16-inch crappie and decided to cook them whole.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Crappie/Bream
Bussey Brake gives up No. 2 white crappie
Anthony Griffith caught a 3.60 pound Bussey Brake white crappie on Jan. 30, that will be the No. 2 white crappie ever caught in Louisiana.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Bussey black crappie breaks 3-pound mark
James Morgan of Rocky Branch hooked a 3.22-pound black crappie in some thick brush on Jan. 23 at Bussey Brake WMA.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Northshore’s great cold-weather crappie bite continues
Ray Miller’s tried-and-true technique of fishing vertically around deep brush piles does the trick on crappie in Northshore waters.[…]
Columns
Lure Review: Hamma Heads
Crappie Psychic’s Clyde Folse debuts the flat jigheads he’s been using to put crappie in the boat for decades.[…]
Catfish
Rigging your catfish boat
Description: Want to rig your boat for frequent bouts with catfish? Here’s how to outfit and rig the hull to make fishing a breeze or a battle.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Try live crawfish when you target slab crappie
Don’t forget crawfish for late-winter and early spring crappie. Crawfish and crawfish-colored lures start working best in February.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Des Allemands, Boeuf areas hot for sac-a-lait
Canals and other waterways around Bayou Des Allemands and Lake Boeuf are places you’ll find sac-a-lait anglers targeting slabs in January.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Bayou Lacombe basics for January sac-a-lait
Forrest Green of Lacombe has learned a lot about how colder temperatures affect the crappie bite on Bayou Lacombe.[…]
Catfish
Two catfish eat family of ducks
Nick Price has cleaned plenty of catfish in his life, but none of that prepared him for what he found cleaning two of his Dec. 12 catches.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Sac-a-lait fishing peaks at Henderson Lake
Drawdown shouldn’t hurt sac-a-lait fishing at Henderson Lake. November is a prime time for sac-a-lait fishing at Henderson Lake.[…]
Features
Christmas on a Louisiana lake
St. Nick’s visit frees the slabs and brings Christmas cheer to the bayou in this Louisiana Night Before Christmas poem.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Christmas crappie: how the pros catch them
Crappie tend to gather up in the deeper water in December. Three top pro teams share cold-weather trips for catching crappie.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Lafourche Parish man hooks huge sac-a-lait in Lake Verret
When Dickie Daigle set out to fish on Oct. 1 with his friend Glenn Landry, he didn’t think he’d end up with a 4.2 pound sac-a-lait.[…]
Features
Map out those ‘little blue dots’ — small ponds
Don’t pass up small-lake or pond fishing; it can be very rewarding. They provide plenty of good times for the savvy angler.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Ouachita River’s great crappie bite continues in September
The Ouachita River has become one of the go-to crappie holes in north Louisiana. Here are two things that are key for river fishing in September.[…]