What area of the river are you interested in? I haven't crappie fished on the red in many years, but now that I have my own boat, I've been itching to try out the entrance to White House and some old faithful tops back in WH, in the S Bossier/Elm Grove area. In the winter, we used to tear them up just inside the rock jetti. Seems there were always several big schools on any given day. There was also Caspiana just a hair further south on the Shreveport side. Always had good luck in there on both banks. They both drop off steep in many places.
A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work, unless you fish for a living.