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 ...

Some folks love eating crawfish; others can’t bring themselves to taste something that looks so much like a bug. It’s been that way for centuries. Consider this passage from Wild Sports in the Far ...

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 ...

Did you ever go crawfish fishin’ in a crawfish hole? If not, well, you’ve missed out on a grand childhood activity. Maybe you know the crawfish as a crayfish, crawlfish, crawdad, crawdaddy or even mud ...

JEFF DAVIS PARISH, LA (KPLC) - The Jeff Davis Parish Police Jury ratified a local sales tax exemption on the purchase of crawfish bait and feed at their meeting Wednesday evening. “It’s a very nice ...

Crawfish growers may look to the rain gauges or the temperature to forecast the supply end of the Louisiana harvest. But Jason Seither, who boils and sells tons of the mud bugs each year at his ...

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN — Things still aren't looking too good for crawfishermen out on the Basin. KATC spent some time out in the swamp with Basin crawfisherman Ben Bienvenu to get a better look at what he ...

“It’s slowed down for now,” LSU Ag Center crawfish agent Todd Fontenot said. “When it’s really cold like this, they’re not ...

The Department of Natural Resources has recently discovered that anglers are purchasing red swamp crayfish from food markets and using them as live bait. It is illegal to import any live species of ...

Some folks love eating crawfish; others can’t bring themselves to taste something that looks so much like a bug. It’s been that way for centuries. Consider this passage from Wild Sports in the Far ...