how to catch crawdads

[Anonymous Poster]

Danny, I've never trapped crawdads, but I think this would work. It maybe what they are discribing on that other web site that was posted.

http://www.westmarine.tacklezone.com/tw/default.asp

I couldn't get the right URL, they have pop up screen. If you scroll down on the side bar there's "Minnows& Pilchard traps". They have a picture of each one.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

that didn't work, you get a picture of people fishing on the beach, I don't think they're after crawdads/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.

On the left side click Accessories, then scroll down for minnow&pilchard traps.

 

[RPM]

Here you go - Minnow & Pilchard Traps. There's a picture of one of them here.

Shorty - that what you wanted?

 

[RJohnson]

Danny Y,
Here is a site that describes how to both trap them and kill them with Orthene http://www.bugspray.com/articles99/crayfish.html
They even have traps for sale that I think will do what you want, although after looking at the picture it may be easier to just make one. I would set it out after dark and check it first thing in the morning. Be sure to bait it with fish or chicken scraps. Just exactly how many crawfish holes do you have to deal with?
Good luck,
Randy

 

[Alan L.]

I'm trying to grow a good crawdad population in my tank. No way they will take over a bass lake or tank, as the people selling control items would suggest. The bass eat them as soon as the little ones venture out. They can mess up a manicured lawn though. I am putting hay bales in the water to encourage survival.

You can catch them and have fun at the same time using a piece of raw bacon tied to the end of a string. Put a small weight on it and lower it into the hole. The hard part is grabbing the pinchers when you coax the guy to the top of the hole. They can hurt you with those things.

Alan L., TX

 

[RobS]

Is this easier to see (I'm subbing for John Miller, III)...

 

[RPM]

Now you just need one of these in there ...

!!!

 

[Anonymous Poster]

That's it....Rob, Your subbing for John, and RPM is subbing
for Harv with multiple clickable links./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[StoneHeartFarm]

I didn't know they could even LIVE very long out of water. Only place we see them is in a few cold water lakes, always on the bottom. Ours have blue claws.

These are running around on the LAWN?

SHF

 

[Tdog]

Lordy, I hate to tell the world, but CRAWFISH, as they've become known here in south La., are a huge business. Crawfish boils are held at all sorts of events [I've been to a couple of wedding receptions where boiled crawfish were served - - along with the more traditional items]. Messy to peal & eat, but worth it. Just to give you an idea of what's going on, here's one local site:

http://suckdahead.com/

You only eat the tailmeat, like a lobster. But the head & thorax, which are actually the larger part of the beast, pick up quite a bit of the seasoning [usually Zataran's Crab Boil + other stuff] in the water. Most of the locals suck the innerd out. Yeah, I know, it sounds gross, but don't knock it till - - - - & of course there are t-shirts on Bourbon St. about suckin' heads & pinchin' tails that has fun with it. Other goodies, from new potatoes to corn on the cob to sausage, are often boiled along with the mudbugs - - they are delicious too.

Crawfish have been very scarce for the last 3 years or so due to the drought. This has been a slightly better season, but supply is dwindling now & the price is edging upwards.

Sorry to go on, but had to pitch in.

Oh, sorry - - don't have any solution to the mounds they make in your yard. When I've caught my own crawfish, it has been in shallow water, using crawfish nets baited with chicken/turkey necks or better yet, calf spleen, called melt. But I go on . . . . .