Clockwise, from top left: minnow, crayfish, sunfish, shad, frog, and grasshopper. Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards ...

VERMILION PARISH — Freezing temperatures across the region are having an impact on crawfish ponds, making it more difficult for fishermen to catch their haul. As a result, higher prices could be on ...

CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) – Things are returning to normal now that the ice has melted away from last week’s blizzard. Many people are wondering what that means for crawfish season. Scott Broussard, a ...

KAPLAN, La. -- Catching crawfish the old school way isn’t just productive, it’s a lot of fun too. We went to Ms. Rose’s Bed and Breakfast in Vermillion Parish to put out our traps, cast our nets and ...

As live bait goes, it’s hard to beat crawfish for trout, bass, catfish, and more—yet they are wildly underused. That’s because it’s rare to find them for sale in bait shops. There are no commercial ...

Some people in Sperry caught free dinner on Wednesday after overnight rains brought hundreds of crawfish out from the water. Ryan Rohr said he got a call from his mother-in-law and booked it over to ...