Crappie/Bream
Is sac-a-lait spawn already on?
Warm January weather might have pushed South Louisiana’s tastiest panfish to move up early.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Crappie/Bream
Stone-cold South Louisiana crappie
Catching South Louisiana cold-water crappie in the winter.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Head to Stephensville docks for December sac-a-lait
Morgan City outdoorsman Bill McCarty said docks are definitely the ticket this month for slab sac-a-lait.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Bump a stump for D’Arbonne crappie
Bayou D’Arbonne offers up some great slab crappie this time of year.[…]
Crappie/Bream
A guide to winter crappie
A list of stories full of tips and techniques specifically for winter crappie fishermen.[…]
Crappie/Bream
It’s prime time for big crappie at Grand Bayou
Grand Bayou is full of big, broad-shouldered crappie. And this is a grand month of the year to catch them.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Crushing cold water crappie
Cooler water means more active fish — and with the crappie gathering up for prespawn feeding, you can bet that schooling competition will motivate the fish to eat whatever they can catch.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Sloughs still holding Lake D’Arbonne crappie
If you want to slay the crappie on Lake D’Arbonne this month, you’ve got to search the sloughs — that’s where the fish will be, gorging on shad and filling up for the winter.[…]
Columns
Creature Feature: The little shad is a good shad
In this month’s Creature Feature column, Jerald Horst tells you everything you wanted to know — and more — about differences between gizzard and threadfin shad. […]
Catfish
Pitch black cats
It was black on the water. Of course, it was midnight.
We sat as quiet as death in Sidney Haynes’ 17-foot aluminum SeaArk boat. In the distance, automobile headlights flitted busily through New Roads, perched hard on the shores of False River, the big oxbow lake of Pointe Coupee Parish.[…]
Catfish
Sidney Haynes’ juglines
Sidney Haynes begins building his juglines by cutting a 6- or 7-inch section off a foam swimming pool noodle. He then cuts about a 10-foot length of twisted, tarred black nylon twine from its spool. He wraps one end around the center of the noodle section and ties it tightly.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Iaconelli’s ‘Fish My City’ visits New Orleans
The second episode of “Fish My City” with bass pro Mike “Ike” Iaconelli airs tonight at 9 p.m. on Nat Geo Wild — and the featured urban area this time around is New Orleans.[…]
Crappie/Bream
VIDEO – How to catch crappie in thick grass beds
For many anglers, fishing for crappie is an open water game. And whether they look for deep holes or shallow water with sunken brushpiles or stumps, you’ll find many anglers watching their electronics closely for any sign of fish or submerged debris that could be hiding the fish. It’s a great way to put crappie in the boat, but it’s not the only way.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Henderson Lake for sac-a-lait
It’s easy to find the prime fishing spot to catch bass and sac-a-lait in October at Henderson Lake.[…]
Crappie/Bream
How to clean bream the Francois way
This is one of the coolest bream cleaning methods around. It gets rid of all the small bones of the fish, but keeps its flavorful skin and tail fin intact.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Little things
Like any dedicated fishing specialist, Padra Francois has twists on how she likes to do things, beginning with the crickets she always uses for bait. She inserts the tip of the long shank No. 6 cricket hook into the butt of the insect, and then threads it onto the hook.[…]