who's addicted to crawdadin?

[TheFewTheProud]

I went out the other night, set my pot and slept in my vehicle. My alarm went off at 0600 and I got up and walked to where I set the pot. I get there and I start pulling it in. About 20 feet out it gets hung up on a snag. I try for a good half hour to get it free with no luck. My thoughts were that with it being out all night I should have a decent amount in my pot. I ended up going swimming to retrieve it. It is not very warm at 0630. I was having a hard time figuring out what was colder, the water or the air. It didn't matter. All you guys know what I am talking about.  Embarrassing. So after a few minutes I managed to get it free from the fork of a downed underwater tree that I had securely lodged it under in my attempt to free it from the shore. After I pull it and myself back to the shore I look into the pot and there is one crawdad. One. I took a picture with my trophy and practiced catch and release. Maybe next time they'll feel sorry for me and help me out.

[h20hunter]

Man....you guys are hauling them in. That is one impressive pic with the cooler full. Nice job.

[Thefisherman83]

Thanks guys, I'm just fortunate to have some property in the family that happens to be on a killer river for these guys.  Found out they do not move at all when the sun is on the water.  We got 90% of that cooler full within the first few hours of the day, after the sun hit we were lucky to pull 6 from any of the pots.

[saltwaterhillbilly]

Been setting my crawfish traps out in a undisclosed location in the creeks of monroe and keep getting skunked but finding some interesting critters in the trap besides crawfish, got a few Sunfish, large mouth bass and catfish. Going to try my luck in lake washington this weekend.

[teanawayslayer]

My little honey hole doesn't get good until the end of July. The family can fill a 100 quart cooler in a couple of hours. No pots required. A fishing net and picking them by hand. It's a blast!

[Kc_Kracker]

Pics of the haul.

where in gods name is that   

[Thefisherman83]

Pics of the haul.

where in gods name is that   

About halfway up the *Censored* river, Duh.

[Alchase]

One thing I figured out a couple years ago at Pearygin Lake,
I could not believe my pots were coming up with just a few Crayfish after an all night soak, yet the bait was gone. Then I talked to a guy who is there allot. He said as soon as they eat your bait, the leave the pot. I was amazed, you mean they can get back out? He says sure, try soaking your pot for 4 hours instead of all night.
Four hours later I had a pot loaded with crayfish.

[Elkpiss]

well thank god we got Crawdadin........ cause drawing  permit is a nightmare..

[Gamblin Guy]

One thing I figured out a couple years ago at Pearygin Lake,
I could not believe my pots were coming up with just a few Crayfish after an all night soak, yet the bait was gone. Then I talked to a guy who is there allot. He said as soon as they eat your bait, the leave the pot. I was amazed, you mean they can get back out? He says sure, try soaking your pot for 4 hours instead of all night.
Four hours later I had a pot loaded with crayfish.

There's a lot of folks who will pick your pots for you over there too, happens to us every year....some people are just too lazy to bring their own pots.

[h20hunter]

It appears that thefisherman is in the lead.

[Southpole]

I'm headed to Buffalo Lake July 3rd. Supposedly it's one of the best crawdad lakes in the state. I'm making it my quest to go there and try to be successful for the first time. Maybe it will bump up my confidence... and just maybe catch a monster and win big! Anyone else been to Buffalo on the Colville rez?

[Alchase]

Any of you try Alder or Riffe or any other Pierce county lakes?

[MtnMuley]

I'm headed to Buffalo Lake July 3rd. Supposedly it's one of the best crawdad lakes in the state. I'm making it my quest to go there and try to be successful for the first time. Maybe it will bump up my confidence... and just maybe catch a monster and win big! Anyone else been to Buffalo on the Colville rez?

Used to be the best lake ever for crawfish.  I don't think that's the case anymore.  Really went down hill for a while there.   I wasn't sure you could still even legally catch them there.  What is the limit now?  Used to be no limit, then it was 10 lbs a day.

[Southpole]

I'm headed to Buffalo Lake July 3rd. Supposedly it's one of the best crawdad lakes in the state. I'm making it my quest to go there and try to be successful for the first time. Maybe it will bump up my confidence... and just maybe catch a monster and win big! Anyone else been to Buffalo on the Colville rez?

Used to be the best lake ever for crawfish.  I don't think that's the case anymore.  Really went down hill for a while there.   I wasn't sure you could still even legally catch them there.  What is the limit now?  Used to be no limit, then it was 10 lbs a day.

My uncle went last year. He did pretty well in about 4 hours and they were jumbos. The limit is 5 pounds a day per person, not that great, but I guess the bass fishing is killer. If it wasn't for the curiosity of the bass fishing I probably wouldn't waste my time.