Crawfish, Crayfish, Crawdad, Mud Bug!

[tattoo]

good luck . we will be waiting to hear how you do . 

[crabtracker]

oh man i am ready to go now,got a creek right behind the house,got plenty of wire,lets get started.

[tattoo]

Go for it , good luck. 

[SHELLFISH]

I bought four Frabill Deluxe minnow traps in the spring but still haven't put them in the water yet!
Maybe next year?

[DEReeves]

Another bait used by those not fishing crawfish commerically is any kind of liver in a mesh bait bag and beef or hog lung. It seems that oily (shad or pogey) or bloody bait works best.

[Figment51]

Steve,

I fish quite a bit north....in and around Tunkhannock, Meshoppen, Mehoopany,...20 or so miles north of Wilkes-Barre. Great smallmouth, walleye, and Musky fishing.

Was brought up in Springville you brought back a lot of memories
Jim

[lefty87]

Lefty, Do you mean the ring traps like are used for crabs? Or, the minnow type traps, torpedo shaped. I'm thinking about puttin out one in a creek around me sometime this week. Maybe Friday night. I've read about re-working a minnow trap into one for crayfish. I should be able to do that with the one I have. Will report back.

yes the rings for traps, try to keep the bottom as flat as possible cuz they'll try and take the bait from the bottom. but you will catch MONSTERS

[dantheman2929]

Just something i heard, Canned cat food works well for catching minnows and crayfish

[bluecrab]

Does anyone have crayfish plans for traps??

[mdtrotliner]

Does anyone have crayfish plans for traps??

better yet here is a video of how to make one.The ones that i have made are made out of wire also 12'' long 10''wides 12''tall with a ramp on a 45 degree angle facing up towards the top of the trap once they get in it very hard for them to get out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSR_3TY0HVU

[bluecrab]

better yet here is a video of how to make one.The ones that i have made are made out of wire also 12'' long 10''wides 12''tall with a ramp on a 45 degree angle facing up towards the top of the trap once they get in it very hard for them to get out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSR_3TY0HVU

So yours is not made like the one in the video right?
Do you have a picture of what yours looks like?
thanks for the insight.
Blue

[bluecrab]

Here is a decent video of one too (3 part)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLrvhWS575o&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu_UzSvNDHs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHHIueH3e_s&feature=related

[mdtrotliner]

here ya go the opening is pretty much a ramp going up about 1.5 from the top of the trap when they get in they cant get out i use chicken livers,half of a herring.the galvinized traps work alot better im getting ready to make some for my self i trap them and eat them [dang] good buggers

[jack1747]

here ya go the opening is pretty much a ramp going up about 1.5 from the top of the trap when they get in they cant get out i use chicken livers,half of a herring.the galvinized traps work alot better im getting ready to make some for my self i trap them and eat them [dang] good buggers

I had one of them... Until the saltwater ate it up...  Never caught a darn thing... Course that could because I'm in VA....     

[Dreampixels]

I had one of them... Until the saltwater ate it up...  Never caught a darn thing... Course that could because I'm in VA....     

Jack it's a crayfish trap, not a Lobster trap.

[SHELLFISH]

Heading down to Delaware and then Maryland for the  weekend.
When I get back I gotta get the boat on the water and then I'll throw my crawfish traps in.
I'll post a report when I get some!

[Bratdreamer1]

Here is something I've never seen posted about here!

I like eating these that I get at the local Chinese Buffet.
I have had them fresh too at a feast in Florida and they taste a whole lot better fresh and spiced!
I have added a couple of links from You Tube to look at.

Anyone else here ever eaten any of these and has anyone here gone and caught them yourself? There are seven species here in CT and you can catch them in a minnow trap. I've gotta give this a go!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzFTjNIcjuc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps7mqQrAmbE&feature=related

That sure looks like some good eats to me!

I just called the CT DEP about Crawfish.
"They are considered a bait species and you need a freshwater fishing license to catch them".
CT has got it's hand in your pocket all they can!

I've always wondered about cray fishing here in NJ I used to cray fish myself in Colorado at the lakes behind fort carson colorado and wow they were awesome we always went home with buckets full and man are they some good eating....

[elsmere ed]

crayfish,crawdads,whatever you call them are very good to eat.

[SHELLFISH]

Last year I finally did get the crayfish traps in the pond by my house where I used to see a lot of crayfish as a kid. Didn't catch a single one! I don't know where they went? Bummer! Back to the drawing board!

[lefty87]

use the flat crab rings you use for blue crabs, you'll tear them up!

[Crabby Captn John]

I ran walleye charters on Lake Erie long ago. After limiting early used crawdads for smallie bait near the boulders. Wiggle Warts trolled caught a lot more, just not as much fun. After walleye and yellow perch I have no idea why clients would keep to eat smallies.
Going to have to try some now as they are on a few menus and in some sea food stores.
 Only local caught though. I saw a program by either AL or GA state government-- will never permit sea food of any kind from anywhere in Asia in the house.

[Pelon]

Most buffets have the ones from Asia , and they are nasty . Get you some from a farm down South . The only thing is I'm not sure ya'll (you guys) LOL like food as spicy as we do . I've been over friends houses that tell me they have some friends that can't eat spicy , so they tone them down and they just aren't the same. If you don't sweat when you're eating them they aren't quite as good.