Louisiana Sportsman

Bumper crop of crappie

September 23, 2022 Keith Lusher Jr.

It’s safe to say that the majority of the rivers and bayous on the Northshore are seeing a bumper crop of young crappie.[…]

Traversing Bayou Dorcheat with Wesley Miller

August 26, 2022 Kinny Haddox

Wesley Miller, better known as “Sasquatch” of Sasquatch Outdoors, planned a fishing trip down Bayou Dorcheat.[…]

Hayden Jeffries and his dad, Dan Jeffries, are one of the hottest crappie teams in the country. (Photo by Hayden Jeffries)

Young crappie pro says time on the water can’t be beat

August 26, 2022 Andy Douglas

Hayden Jeffries and his dad, Dan Jeffries, are one of the hottest crappie teams in the country. They are catching crappie and cashing checks.[…]

Phillip’s crappie haul

August 24, 2022 Field Reporter

Phillip Watkins from Tuscaloosa, Ala., with one of 29 nice crappie he caught while fishing with PeeWee Kennedy on the Tombigbee River.[…]

Crappie coach

August 4, 2022 Tim Johnston

Bayou D’Arbonne is one of Todd Garvin’s favorite places to fish in August. The main bayou, especially right below the spillway, is a hotspot.[…]

Planning for a variety of fish preparations starts with cleaning your fish. Here’s a mess of crappie as, clockwise from top left, skinned whole, scaled whole, fillets, fillets with skin on.

Six ways to cook fish

July 17, 2022 Kinny Haddox

A look at some of the most tasty ways to cook a fish and some tasty side dish combinations to go with each.[…]

The Outlaw Net

July 8, 2022 Brian Cope

The Outlaw Net is a crappie angler’s dream thanks to its length and adjustability.[…]

Wait was worth it for Bayou Black bream, sac-a-lait and catfish

June 4, 2022 Don Shoopman

Bill McCarty, a bona fide specialist at catching panfish and catfish in the Bayou Black area, knows June is the right time to fish there.[…]

Team Gaudet-Dommert team up on panfish

June 2, 2022 Field Reporter

Ty Gaudet, Tony Dommert and Lane Gaudet show off a pair of 2 lb slab crappie and 1lb brim caught in pond in Sulphur,LA.[…]

Kyler’s Claiborne crappie

May 19, 2022 Field Reporter

Kyler Ray, 14, of Minden caught this 2-pound 7-ounce crappie on Lake Claiborne.[…]

High pressure crappie

April 22, 2022 Kinny Haddox

Crappie have become leery of baits, trolling motor noises, even footsteps in a boat. Here’s what you can do about it.[…]

Fried fish cakes

April 10, 2022 Jason Thornton

These fish cakes are similar to crab cakes. They make for either an excellent appetizer or even a main course meal.[…]

Guardians of the crappie waters

March 25, 2022 Kinny Haddox

Terry Stewart and his family not only catch crappie on a regular basis, but they catch monster slabs in both Louisiana and Mississippi.[…]

Matthew, right, and Bruce Rogers with four of the 3-pound plus Grenada crappie that helped them to the Crappie Masters Championship. (Photo courtesy Blake Jackson)

Mississippi tournament produces giant crappie and record stringers

March 18, 2022 Michael O. Giles

During the Crappie Masters Grenada Lake National Qualifier on March 11 and 12, anglers brought in fish that broke records.[…]

Wesley Miller, right, and Dan Turner landed an ice chest of big Claiborne “top” slabs on a recent outing.

Crappie school is in session at Lake Claiborne

March 11, 2022 Kinny Haddox

Crappie can be found from the edges of deep creeks and humps all the way up to the cypress and flats around Lake Claiborne this month.[…]

Another Bussey Brake slab crappie

March 10, 2022 Kinny Haddox

Adams gets second chance, puts 3.57 crappie in the livewell Crappie fisherman Steve Adams got the monkey off his back. Or, to be more specific, he got the record crappie in his livewell. Adams had