Made a trip yesterday and waited till mid-morning to leave because the temperature was 37 degrees. Wanted to let it warm up some and not mess up the duck/deer hunters too much. The Atchafalaya River stage was supposedly at 3.4 feet at Butte ...

Jim called and said let us head to LOZ and try to find some crappie I said good plan lets go. His son Caleb joined us and I got to go in his new boat fine ride indeed. Took us awhile to get back into the swing of things but ended up with ...

I hadn't fished since last Wednesday when I lost a giant Black crappie that pulled free from a little duck jig, 1/32 with a #12 hook. Weather has been cold but still wanted to fish for a bit. Tied a half dozen 1/32 with a #6 but kept total ...

If you are struggling with being able to catch a limit of crappie when you go fishing consider long-lining, trolling or pushing and adding rod holders or a rod rack system. Having multiple rods out allow anglers to get more lures or minnows in front of crappie which will result in you catching more fish. The good news is there are several choices when it comes to picking out rod holders or a rod rack system.
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Surprise Ice Slab amongst the Perch.



Perch are EXCELLENT table fare! Like Walleye only sweeter.


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Crappie love bladed jigheads by Brad Wiegmann


The history of bladed jigheads goes way back. Bert Hall of Forsyth, Missouri is credited with designing and building the original Road Runner back in 1958. Hall was famous for his saying, “You can’t fish a Road Runner wrong as long as you fish it slow.”


Fast forward to today to TTI-Blakemore Fishing Group produces numerous different styles of Road Runners ...

there are fish to be had off the bank , but for sure best get out your bag of tricks.
the fish recently in one location by my job are tough as it gets .....
you MUST drag your jig so ridiculously painfully slow right off the bottom ...