Louisiana Sportsman

Bobby Phillips with a chunky D’Arbonne Lake crappie.

Sloughs still holding Lake D’Arbonne crappie

November 10, 2018 Kinny Haddox

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.[…]

VIDEO – How to catch crappie in thick grass beds

October 10, 2018 Brian Cope

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.[…]

Whether you call them white perch, crappie or sac-a-lait, that’s a nice fish Jeff Collins is about to put on ice.

No bull about Boeuf River crappie

September 3, 2018 Kinny Haddox

The Boeuf River’s name comes from the French, and means beef or bull. The Bouef won’t win any beauty contests or make it on many peoples’ Top 10 lists, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a great place to fish — and that’s no bull. […]

Cajun Cooking is a family affair

August 29, 2018 Jerald Horst

Recipes from Trent Toups for Trent’s Shrimp and Crabmeat Stuffed Potatoes and White Perch — with the bark on.[…]

Jay Stone with Duck Commander landed this crappie by fishing some of the many flooded Coke-bottle size stumps on the Ouachita River.

Louisiana crappie fishing getting national attention

August 15, 2018 Chris Ginn

Having fished crappie tournaments all over the nation, Ronnie Capps has seen more energy for the professional side of crappie fishing the last couple of years than he has ever seen in his entire 30-year fishing career.[…]

Pizzolato nets every fish — no exceptions.

A crappie hot dog

August 15, 2018 Jerald Horst

Very few people can tell you the exact day they got serious about fishing, especially one with 70 years tucked under his belt.[…]

Slick tops and spiders for Ouachita crappie

August 13, 2018 Kinny Haddox

This time of the year, fishing has slowed down quite a bit, but it isn’t the fish — it’s the fishermen. You’ll find crappie fishing the Ouachita River.[…]

Push-poling for slabs

August 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

With the advent of today’s electronics, this national champion crappie angler says old-fashioned spider-rigging is a thing of the past.[…]

Jigging up Old River slabs

August 1, 2018 Jerald Horst

Determining when to fish Old River isn’t guesswork. Dave Pizzolato watches river gages, specifically the Mississippi River station at Baton Rouge.[…]

Pop a ‘top’

July 1, 2018 Kinny Haddox

It’s prime time to target Ouachita River crappie in the tops. Here’s how one noted angler catches his share of summertime slabs hunkered down in the brush.[…]

Marsh Man Masson vid: Where, how to catch summertime crappie — and bass

June 25, 2018 Todd Masson

My son, Joel, and I set out on a recent fishing trip to compare and contrast the bass-catching capabilities of Zoom Flukes and floating worms. With the test well underway, however, we became distracted by a smoking-hot crappie bite we just couldn’t ignore.[…]