The heat and humidity of south Louisiana isn’t for the faint of heart. With air temperatures climbing into the upper 90s and water temps reaching the same scorching levels in stagnant backwaters, many ...

Early spring is crappie season throughout most of America. It’s when the heavyweight females head for shallow water to spawn, and it usually kicks off first in the Deep South, where the water warms up ...

It's amazing any 2-year-old ever makes it to his third birthday. Not only do the little runts earn with every tantrum the pejorative "terrible 2s," solidifying their parents' resolve to be more ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Today’s crappie lures come in a vast array of sizes, colors, patterns and actions. And that’s a good thing, because you never know where you’ll find these nomadic fish and what will trip their trigger ...