Author Topic: Crawdad Pictures (Read 24006 times)

TheSkyBuster · « **on:** July 10, 2012, 01:45:17 PM »

It's that time of the year, they're getting big.

How about a "Mud Bug" picture thread.

C-Money · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2012, 01:47:44 PM »

That is a big crawdad!

DoubleJ · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2012, 01:57:33 PM »

Where did these come from?

Bone_Collector · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2012, 01:58:20 PM »

MMMMM those look tasty!

B_C

D-Rock425 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2012, 02:25:43 PM »

You got yourself a pile of them.

iRem · « **Reply #5 on:** July 10, 2012, 03:10:21 PM »

What a load and I cant believe how big they are!!! Nice

jackmaster · « **Reply #6 on:** July 10, 2012, 03:14:15 PM »

damn those look good

BOWHUNTER45 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 10, 2012, 04:06:25 PM »

This is crazy ..When I heard of people out here eating crawdads I laughed ... Back east I would catch them by the hundreds and no one I knew ever ate any of them ... Most creeks back east hold crawdads . We would walk up the creeks turning over rocks and find them ...Once we got bored with that then we would catch snapping turtles by sticking your hands up in the creek banks until you felt their tails and pull them out... Snap snap snap ....yep those were the days

Back to the subject

those look damn good

PLUVIUSWAPITI · « **Reply #8 on:** July 10, 2012, 04:37:58 PM »

Who can answer this question. While driving through town (Raymond) I saw a pickup with about fifty crawdad traps in the back of the truck. Can you get a permit to put that many traps out in the creeks. Saw this truck up mill crk later that afternoon, must have been putting the traps out.

pips4bucks · « **Reply #9 on:** July 10, 2012, 10:13:26 PM »

Here's some from last summer. Oh BTW... Zatarain's crab boil works awesome with mud bugs!

This was a small catch, some low life picked a couple of our traps before we got there.

lokidog · « **Reply #10 on:** July 10, 2012, 10:20:53 PM »

Those are some awesome bugs! Haven't eaten those in years.

TONTO · « **Reply #11 on:** July 10, 2012, 10:25:04 PM »

Quote from: PLUVIUSWAPITI on July 10, 2012, 04:37:58 PM

Who can answer this question. While driving through town (Raymond) I saw a pickup with about fifty crawdad traps in the back of the truck. Can you get a permit to put that many traps out in the creeks. Saw this truck up mill crk later that afternoon, must have been putting the traps out.

Don't know about WA but my brother's ex and her sister had a comercial permit to fish Young's Bay in OR. They were sold and shipped to NYC I believe. They would run 50 or so pots.

smdave · « **Reply #12 on:** July 11, 2012, 11:02:15 AM »

Quote from: PLUVIUSWAPITI on July 10, 2012, 04:37:58 PM

Who can answer this question. While driving through town (Raymond) I saw a pickup with about fifty crawdad traps in the back of the truck. Can you get a permit to put that many traps out in the creeks. Saw this truck up mill crk later that afternoon, must have been putting the traps out.

Don't know the answer, but some one else posted this link. Check it out he is, was a commercial crawdad fisherman. Looks like the type of person you could email and ask the question. He is from Bellingham.

Great site for crawdad information also.

http://www.terrybullard.com/

chester · « **Reply #13 on:** July 11, 2012, 11:42:32 AM »

Quote from: PLUVIUSWAPITI on July 10, 2012, 04:37:58 PM

Who can answer this question. While driving through town (Raymond) I saw a pickup with about fifty crawdad traps in the back of the truck. Can you get a permit to put that many traps out in the creeks. Saw this truck up mill crk later that afternoon, must have been putting the traps out.

Can you describe the truck? I was down there fishing for them but we only had six traps

heard one guy was doing it commercially in Grays harbor from raymond. But also know of another guy who had a mess of crawdads on the 4th. lol...didnt know it was getting so popular down there.

Dhoey07 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 12, 2012, 11:54:10 AM »

Not sure how well you guys will be able to see them, but thats a full size cooler. They are the biggest i have found

h20hunter · « **Reply #15 on:** July 12, 2012, 12:00:59 PM »

Nice looking haul.

jackmaster · « **Reply #16 on:** July 12, 2012, 12:26:01 PM »

damn fckford07, ther is one in that pic about middle to right that has his feelers against the cooler that looks like a lobster.... those are some studs thats for sure, the only place i havever caught them that big was in sequim, did you catch those on the westside?

Dhoey07 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 13, 2012, 12:26:26 PM »

Quote from: jackmaster on July 12, 2012, 12:26:01 PM

damn fckford07, ther is one in that pic about middle to right that has his feelers against the cooler that looks like a lobster.... those are some studs thats for sure, the only place i havever caught them that big was in sequim, did you catch those on the westside?

Thanks Jackmaster. Those are eastside crawdads, and probably the biggest I've ever found. It's always nice when they are big enough to eat the claw meat

erk444 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 13, 2012, 11:20:20 PM »

I was carp shootin up crab creek near moses lake a couple years ago and we saw TONS of them! I have been there many times, but have never saw so many before. When I would stomp on the bank near an overhang on the crick, dozens would swim out from under it. Lots of little ones, but alot of bigguns too

Might be a good place to go if a guy wanted some.

jechicdr · « **Reply #19 on:** July 14, 2012, 09:50:44 AM »

That sounds promising.

eburg127 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 14, 2012, 10:24:47 AM »

I second the zatarans crab boil! I've eaten them without it and will never do that again. Those are some monsters! What do you use for bait? I seem to have more success wading and turning over rocks. Maybe it is a bait issue.

pips4bucks · « **Reply #21 on:** July 14, 2012, 10:34:19 AM »

We've found that fresh, oily bait works well. Salmon heads/carcasses work. I haven't used bacon yet, but I hear it works as well. I've used trout that I found buried under a pile in the freezer and it worked as well.

I've found that if you let the traps set out overnight you'll have more success. Mud bugs are more active at night.

TheSkyBuster · « **Reply #22 on:** July 22, 2012, 10:18:08 PM »

Bagged a few this weekend.

Full Pot:

Full Cooker:

I boil' em in a bunch of salt and cayenne pepper, and usually BBQ steak and potatoes to go with.

NWBREW · « **Reply #23 on:** July 22, 2012, 10:21:12 PM »

smdave · « **Reply #24 on:** July 23, 2012, 07:02:11 PM »

Today I saw a kid dip net 6 out of Lake Stevens in 10 minutes using a chunk of hot dog on his fishing line hook and luring them out from under the cement wall in the swimming area.

Mtn.Ghost · « **Reply #25 on:** July 25, 2012, 04:06:40 AM »

Quote from: PLUVIUSWAPITI on July 10, 2012, 04:37:58 PM

Who can answer this question. While driving through town (Raymond) I saw a pickup with about fifty crawdad traps in the back of the truck. Can you get a permit to put that many traps out in the creeks. Saw this truck up mill crk later that afternoon, must have been putting the traps out.
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It depends on the body of water. The state has a list of said waters that can be commercially harvested for crawdads and the # of pots allowed on those waters 0 to 400 in some waters but the average seems to be 100 to 200 pots on large lakes and more on the Columbia. I checked into doing this last year it actually takes big $$$$ in licences and bonds to be able harvest and sell your catch I think it was about $15,000 or so to get it started as a going concern. Google Terry Bullard he is the crawfish king in the NW he pioneered it in the early 80's and actually made millions at it, he is now retired and makes the best traps around from his home I believe in the kettle Fall area.

HUNTINCOUPLE · « **Reply #26 on:** July 26, 2012, 07:00:29 PM »

Found a pic from last summer of one of our crawfish boils with zaterans crab boil seasoning of course! Those coonasses from Louisiana aint got nothin on us!

seth30 · « **Reply #27 on:** July 26, 2012, 07:32:09 PM »

Skybuster let me try some of those crawdads

HUNTINCOUPLE · « **Reply #28 on:** August 09, 2012, 09:35:33 AM »

Droped pots over the weekend in Lk. Roesavelt. Heres pics of size and humanly killing them.

DoubleJ · « **Reply #29 on:** August 09, 2012, 09:41:23 AM »

How long do they boil for?

HUNTINCOUPLE · « **Reply #30 on:** August 09, 2012, 10:39:46 AM »

About 20 min or so. Then let em soak in the seasonings for a while.

sticky · « **Reply #31 on:** August 09, 2012, 11:09:40 AM »

Suck the head!

1bugman · « **Reply #32 on:** August 09, 2012, 11:27:11 AM »

Quote from: sticky on August 09, 2012, 11:09:40 AM

Suck the head!

Careful, There Are Kids on this forum.

PA BEN · « **Reply #33 on:** August 09, 2012, 04:46:46 PM »

Do you just eat the tail meat?

RadSav · « **Reply #34 on:** August 09, 2012, 05:02:38 PM »

We would take some old kelp heads from the beach and let them rot a little bit. Craws loved it. Had better luck with that than any other fish bait we have ever used.

Most of the craws I've eaten down south we would rip the tails off and suck out the inards. After a whole pile of tails were all that was left we would peel those and eat them with garlic butter. All the craws up here that I have eaten have been a little muddy tasting for sucking the inards. So we just eat the tails and claws. Sometimes add the rest to chowder if I'm low on razor clam juice.

DoubleJ · « **Reply #35 on:** August 09, 2012, 09:46:13 PM »

Damnit I need to find a crawfish trap!!!

HUNTINCOUPLE · « **Reply #36 on:** August 10, 2012, 07:26:20 AM »

Oh ya! Pop the tail off peel and eat. Crack the claws eat the meat then suck the crawfish head for the good stuff!

lokidog · « **Reply #37 on:** August 10, 2012, 10:40:47 AM »

Quote from: DoubleJ on August 09, 2012, 09:46:13 PM

Damnit I need to find a crawfish trap!!!

Just make a rectangular box out of 1X2s, tack on some hardware cloth , make a funnel to fit in each end, add rope, buoy, and weight, voila, crayfish trap. Oh yeah, dont forget to make some way to open it for baiting and craw removal....

chester · « **Reply #38 on:** August 10, 2012, 03:07:33 PM »

Quote from: DoubleJ on August 09, 2012, 09:46:13 PM

Damnit I need to find a crawfish trap!!!

I got six , I'll bring one up next week

DoubleJ · « **Reply #39 on:** August 10, 2012, 03:26:26 PM »

Quote from: chester on August 10, 2012, 03:07:33 PM

Quote from: DoubleJ on August 09, 2012, 09:46:13 PM
Damnit I need to find a crawfish trap!!!
I got six , I'll bring one up next week

Bring one up, where are you at?

chester · « **Reply #40 on:** August 10, 2012, 04:20:59 PM »

Willapa

Blacklab · « **Reply #41 on:** August 13, 2012, 08:13:21 AM »

MMMMMM pinching tail an sucken head

HUNTINCOUPLE · « **Reply #42 on:** August 13, 2012, 08:21:20 AM »

Oh ya! Very nice pot o craws!

HUNTINCOUPLE · « **Reply #43 on:** August 13, 2012, 08:28:47 AM »

Blacklab, you willin to share your recipe of the secret pot?

Blacklab · « **Reply #44 on:** August 13, 2012, 10:13:56 AM »

Quote from: HUNTINCOUPLE on August 13, 2012, 08:28:47 AM

Blacklab, you willin to share your recipe of the secret pot?

I wish I could. A buddy of mine owns a cajun crawfish restraunt in portland. It's all his ingredients sorry. BTW the name of the restraunt is My Brothers crawfish.

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