fishbully 2.0 Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 Just caught a TON of crawfish in a creek behind my school, put them in my aquarium, but as yall can guess I'm not keeping em for show. Opinions on how to fish them? Quote
Super User Sam Posted April 4, 2009 Super User Posted April 4, 2009 Get a big pot and place on stove. Add water, seafood seasoning, onions and corn on the cobb. Bring to boil. Put crawfish in pot and boil for 5 minutes. Drain water, and put crawfish, onion and corn on big tray. Enjoy. Forget fishing them. Eat them! ;D ;D ;D Quote
BassnMan Mike Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 I like Sam's suggestion, Zatarans crab boil works great! If your going to use them as bait, there are 2 ways to fish them. Tail hook them, avoid the vien in the middle of the tail or he wont last long. Another way is to hook em through the "beak", just be careful not to stick their brain. Use very little weight, preferablly none. Quote
fishbully 2.0 Posted April 4, 2009 Author Posted April 4, 2009 Haha thats definitely one option. But assuming I wanted a fish fry instead of a craw boil... Quote
zaraspook_dylan2 Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 try texas rigging them or hooking them by the tail, and fish em' live. Quote
TRYTOFISH Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 where to crawdads go in winter? do they hibernate? WHAT DOES WINTER WATER DO FOR THEM? :-X Quote
Super User iceintheveins Posted April 4, 2009 Super User Posted April 4, 2009 I hook them right between the eyes with a baitholder hook. They stay alive longer and walk better than tail hooking them. Quote
Super User iceintheveins Posted April 4, 2009 Super User Posted April 4, 2009 Oh I forgot, rig them so the hookpoint rides up and the gap in the hook is between the line and the bait. Quote
Tanker4lyfe Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 yup use a med sized bait holder hook and hook them right behind the eyes underneath that hard part on top of there head. make sure you give slack line and keep your finger on the line and wait for a killer hit Quote
Super User Crestliner2008 Posted April 4, 2009 Super User Posted April 4, 2009 I like Sam's suggestion! Just add plenty of Cajun seasonings! I wouldn't waste 'em on fishing - too many good artificials out there. Eat 'em! Quote
Super User .dsaavedra. Posted April 4, 2009 Super User Posted April 4, 2009 my suggestion is do whatever you want with them, but keep a few for the aquarium! they're fun to watch. Quote
BassnMan Mike Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 my suggestion is do whatever you want with them, but keep a few for the aquarium! they're fun to watch. Especially when they poop huh? BWHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Sorry, I couldnt resist Bassnman Mike www.bassnman.com Quote
fishbully 2.0 Posted April 4, 2009 Author Posted April 4, 2009 caught two bass today thanks to live crawfish Quote
Super User .dsaavedra. Posted April 5, 2009 Super User Posted April 5, 2009 my suggestion is do whatever you want with them, but keep a few for the aquarium! they're fun to watch. Especially when they poop huh? BWHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Sorry, I couldnt resist Bassnman Mike www.bassnman.com d**n i just can't escape this can i.... but i've only seen the crawfish poo once, and it was actually weird because it comes out from under the tail fin. i figured it would come out of the body. i should stop now. Quote
Ky_Lake_Dude Posted April 5, 2009 Posted April 5, 2009 where to crawdads go in winter? do they hibernate? WHAT DOES WINTER WATER DO FOR THEM? :-X they get out of the water and go not far up the bank and hibernate underground to the best of my knowledge. Quote
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