Crappie/Bream
How to fish different crappie cover
Rhett Buteau breaks sac-a-lait cover into four types: grass beds, bushes, laydowns, and wellheads, and explains how to fish each of them.[…]
Crappie
Freshwater Fishing
When and where to fish Atchafalaya Basin crappie
The Atchafalaya Basin is huge and its habitats are complex. Besides the main channel of the Atchafalaya River that runs the length of it, the Basin has major and minor bayous, pipeline and oilfield canals, sloughs, coves, lakes and back-swamps. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Where and how to nail Toledo Bend crappie
In early May, Johnson spends much of his time beneath Pendleton Bridge over public artificial reefs.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
2016 Toledo Bend summer crappie forecast
Before this spring’s historic flooding on Toledo Bend, longtime guide Jerry Thompson of Living the Dream Guide Service (318-256-8991) was finding some hefty slab crappie.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Toledo Bend public reefs are crappie magnets
Fishing guide Shane Johnson said May and June are the best months to catch numbers of crappie off the artificial reefs under Pendleton Bridge.[…]
Contents
Ten feet high and fallin’ — Best Atchafalaya Basin sac-a-lait tips
“In a perfect world, it would be 10 feet on the Butte La Rose gauge with a slow fall, year around,” the rakish young man told me with an infectious grin. […]
Contents
Pendleton Perch — How to catch Toledo Bend crappie
It was the day of the full moon of May 2015, and New Iberia’s Shane Johnson was pumped.[…]
Columns
How agents shut down illegal taking and selling of crappie
March has always been crappie month. It is the time when these popular game fish school and move toward the shallows for spawning.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Top 3 Southeast Louisiana crappie hotspots
Catching sac-a-lait is a rite of spring for many anglers in Southeast Louisiana. And the weather is shaping up for another awesome weekend on the water.[…]
Columns
Bon Creole means great food
Randy Montegut, the owner of Bon Creole Seafood, shares recipes for Shrimp and Corn Soup and Sac-a-Lait & Frog legs.[…]
Crappie/Bream
How to tie your own crappie jigs
Murphy Royer ties his own crappie jigs because he is particular about colors, but mostly because he enjoys making them and fishing with his own lures.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
4-pound crappie snatched from South Carolina river
The heaviest Louisiana sac-a-ait ever recorded was a 3.84-pound black crappie landed in February 2000 by Kincaid Lake angler Tony Boatwright.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Head count — How to choose the right crappie jig
There are a growing number of jighead options for crappie fishing, but which one is right? Here are some expert thoughts to help you decide.[…]
Crappie/Bream
A planer approach — How to use planer boards and big crankbaits for crappie fishing
Think spider-rigging for crappie is high-tech? Then you’ll be blown away by the new-age tactic of using planer boards and big crank baits to dredge up fish.[…]
Crappie/Bream
The key to summertime crappie limits
According to veteran guide Jerry Neeley, a limit of big crappie in August is as easy as a technique he calls “power trolling.”[…]
Crappie/Bream
Focus on travel routes for postspawn crappie
Catching crappie after the spawn is a matter of following them along their travel routes to deep water. Here are some tips.[…]