| Louisiana crappie fishing is some of the finest in the | | | | accepted, and in Texas, from December to February |
| country. There are plenty of people that will tell you | | | | fishermen must keep the first fifty they catch |
| that this type of fishing is perhaps the favorite among | | | | regardless of their respective sizes. |
| many anglers in the region. That is a good thing and | | | | Toledo bend crappie are usually in spawn in April in the |
| well deserved because the fish are populous here and | | | | coves and shallows, but the spawn holds off as long |
| they anglers are destined to enjoy the process of | | | | as June sometimes, depending on weather conditions, |
| catching them. If you are planning to fish for crappie | | | | especially in the deep Southern end of the reservoir. In |
| fish here, in Louisiana, you need to know where to go | | | | early spring, crappie are often found suspended |
| to find them, what to bring with you and why it is going | | | | beneath baitfish along edges of the old river channel, |
| to feel good to bring them on board. | | | | especially in the well-known Chicken Coop area. |
| Toledo Bed in Louisiana has long been known as one | | | | The Saline-Larto complex is approximately 8,000 |
| of the best places to fish for crappie in Louisiana. This | | | | acres large. It is just to the east of Toledo Bend. It is a |
| reservoir is approximately 180,000 acres and is about | | | | distinctly swampy area, but consistently produces |
| sixty-five miles long. This runs along the Texas | | | | crappie in excess of three pounds, so nobody can |
| Louisiana bordered Sabine River, and has consistently | | | | argue that it is a fine area in which to catch crappie. |
| produced great numbers of white and black crappie | | | | Anglers also have tremendous success bagging good |
| for your fishing and eating pleasure. Black crappie are | | | | size limits of crappie in bayou drops. Other prime |
| the more common of the two, and a team can catch | | | | sections are Muddy Bayou, Nolan Bayou, Cross Bayou, |
| fifty to a hundred one to two pound crappie a day, | | | | Open Bayou, and Shad Lake and Powell's Point. |
| and some even weigh in at over three pounds here. | | | | November through February are the best times to fish |
| It is important to note that anglers with both Texas and | | | | deeper water for crappie, but the spawn begins in the |
| Louisiana fishing licenses may fish this lake, but | | | | early Spring and March sees the height of the spawn |
| regulations vary depending on which license you have. | | | | occur. The spawn signals the beginning of great |
| Both those with Texas and Louisiana licenses may | | | | shallow water fishing for crappie. During this time, |
| keep up to fifty crappie (both black or white or a | | | | fishing around the shorelines is excellent, making it a |
| combination), but in Texas they must be a minimum of | | | | great time for youngsters to fish the banks. |
| ten inches in length. In Louisiana, nine inches is | | | | |