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