Re: Crayfish / crawdads
[Re: Wild_WI]
#6925612
07/10/20 12:29 AM
07/10/20 12:29 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 16,272 ny
upstateNY
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 16,272
ny
|
Ours aren't as big as they get down south,,but I built 20 traps and get enough to make some nice snacks.Very good eating.Also,,great mink and coon bait.
the wheels of the gods turn very slowly
|
|
|
Re: Crayfish / crawdads
[Re: Wild_WI]
#6925668
07/10/20 06:03 AM
07/10/20 06:03 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 4,194 Eau Claire Wi
Trap Setter
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 4,194
Eau Claire Wi
|
Eaten piles of them. Make sure to have them in an escape proof container and no lake or river water. I bring a bucket of fresh water once I leave the "shore" boat landing I pull over and add the fresh water to the cooler (held shut with a ratchet strap). Also make sure you dont have ANY fishing equipment in the boat while setting or checking traps.
Ain't WI law fun?
Life sure is tough when you don't learn from the mistakes of others.
|
|
|
Re: Crayfish / crawdads
[Re: Wild_WI]
#6925813
07/10/20 09:19 AM
07/10/20 09:19 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,569 La Crosse, WI
Macthediver
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,569
La Crosse, WI
|
Had them a few times and built couple traps too. Never caught more than couple in traps I made. Just didn't have them in good spot. I did more than once catch enough while diving on some lakes up north. Only time ever had a really big bunch. Guy I worked with came with 5 gallon pail full he trapped on lake up by Gordon.. We boiled the whole 5 gallons in salt water and then dumped them on the table. Several of us just had at them ate until whole mess was moped up. Best feed on them I ever had. If I could catch a good bunch and shuck them. My wife likes to make etouffee.
Show us some pictures of your traps and catch I'll be waiting to see that.
Mac
"Never Forget Which Way Is Up"
|
|
|
Re: Crayfish / crawdads
[Re: Wild_WI]
#6925839
07/10/20 09:37 AM
07/10/20 09:37 AM
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 5,109 Northern Michigan
J.Morse
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 5,109
Northern Michigan
|
Personally, I've eaten them for decades. I used a minnow seine to catch them, and we would get gobs of them at a time. We just treat them like shrimp.....boil and dip in either butter or cocktail sauce. A friend is married to a Louisiana girl and he is 100% all in, like a Cajun.....uses commercial traps and has huge crawfish boils like his wife's people. He gave me one of those "pillow" traps and I've used it successfully. He has a couple plastic square traps with funnel shaped entries, and those things are crayfish catching champions.
|
|
|
Re: Crayfish / crawdads
[Re: Wild_WI]
#6925933
07/10/20 12:14 PM
07/10/20 12:14 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,360 W NY
Turtledale
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,360
W NY
|
Use to catch um as kids and boil them down at the creek in anything handy. An old hubcap was our "pan" for a while lol
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
|
|
|
|
|