Guys, how do you all hook a crawdad as bait? I’ve always hooked them through the tail as far back as I can because I want to keep them alive as long as possible,,
But I’ve been getting them stolen off the hook..
how do you guys hook them?

About half way back on the tail piercing from underneath first

Use half hitches

I thought it asked best way to cook a crawdad :-)

Remove the claws a hook between the eyes, there's a hard piece of shell to attach the hook to.
They swim better than way in my opinion

I hook them thru the back end of the body shell, leaves the tail free to let them scoot backwards, I also will use bread bag twistys to tie them to a hook . Always pinch off the main claws so they can't grab stuff and then not be able to move them around.

Shrimp walker. Get’em at palm beach tackle. It’s a harness that will hold crawdads to a hook so they can move naturally.

I be never heard of that before

I always hooked them starting at the end of the tail and threading them on and coming out just below the body. You can move it around as much as you want to. Never had any problems with them coming off, without a fish on them. I never used the “eating”sized ones. They were for eating.

a crawdad that can move naturally will crawl under the nearest rock

( Inside joke for Foxkid44 ) Take lug nut off your truck and lay it about a foot from a craw dad hole and when he comes out to steal it, grab him quickly, lol !

I remember a story about someone changing a tire and the lug nut going down a crayfish hole. They were able to retrieve it. Same story?

Keith

If I remember correctly when he tried to dig it up he found another nut that wasn't his, I think the craw dad was collecting them, lol.

If ya got crawdads that can drag a 4 or 5 ounce bank sinker around ya oughta be eatin’em instead of usinin’em for bait. Sheesh!

That's the story I remember.

Keith

Hahahaha!!! Indeed!!! You have a fantastic memory!!! Still, one of the craziest moments I think I’ve ever had.

This^. Finger sized is what works here as well.

I hook them through the tail with a decent sized Kale hook. If a bass picks it up, its as good as caught.

I have caught more drum with crawdads than any other species

Drum seem to be addicted to crawdads. I use to hate that fact back when I still believed drum were trash fish.