Why learn how to catch crawfish? Well, whether you call them crawdads, crayfish, or mudbugs, crawfish are one of the most lethal live bait you can put on a fishing hook. Any decent smallmouth angler ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cajuns call them crawdads. We call them crayfish. Here’s how to catch, cook and eat our freshwater lobster. Freshwater lobsters, aka crayfish, make a tantalizing entrée for a classic summer supper ...

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 ...

Crawfish, crawdads, and crayfish all look the same, but there's one difference that has more to do with the person preparing ...