who's addicted to crawdadin?

[Evil_EdwardO]

First time trying this, I bought 2 traps. My second and third time out ever, last week, I pulled 39 and 34 craw dads out. This one is from Friday.

[h20hunter]

Looks like a good solid 7 1/2 to me.

[Thefisherman83]

Got another cooler full over the weekend, but nothing over 7.5in. 

[Elkpiss]

Put out a few test pots this weekend and pulled a 27 and 17 count out of 2 spots I didn't think would hold much so not bad..  still nothing over 7.5 here but I know where the big daddies are just haven't got to that hole yet....   so what was the end date of this derby sept 1st for the biggest?...

[h20hunter]

Okay....I'm throwing this out there because I think the competition is stout.

I will ship, on my dime, one bear salami (when it is done later this month) to the holder of the largest mud bug. You have until the last day of August to submit your entry. Pics must accompany entry on this thread with a ruler visible to over all length. Forum members can decide....is it nose to tail or tip of extended claw to tail. Anythign else?


BUTTER!

Last day of Aug.......so yeah....Sept 1 for submissions is fair.

[Carl]

Has anyone tried Beaver Lake in Issaquah?  I've got a trap but haven't put it out this year.  Never found anything last summer.   

Carl

[Southpole]

Well, finally did it. Me and the ol'man went to Buffalo Lake on the Colville Rez. What a beautiful, quiet lake. Dropped the pots at 11:30. One was baited with old frozen smelt and canned cat food and the other pot was baited with an old slab of frozen king salmon and canned cat food. Then we attempted to do some bass fishing... nada (I know they're in there, we just didn't try very hard). We were getting kind of bored 2 hours in, so we went to go check our pots. The one pot with the smelt was packed! I couldn't believe my eyes, there wasn't a trace of smelt left and I think they were eating on the styrofoam it came in. The other wasn't as full and the crawdads never even touched the salmon. We emptied them in the live well and put the pots back out. We anchored under some shade and waited. Then we came up with an entertaining thought. We hooked a piece of chicken (that I brought for our lunch) on a hook and set them on the bottom. Waited for about a minute and there would be at least 2-3 crawdads hanging on the chicken, then we'd bring them up real slow. We caught several that way. What cheap entertainment! All in all we caught 104. Some were good sized around 7". 104 sounds like a lot, but really it was barely a snack for the 2 of us, but they were worth it. They were better than any lobster I've ever had. We are definitely  going back again soon. I would highly recommend newbie crawdaders to go to that lake to get one's confidence up, it worked for me.

[Elkpiss]

Southpole is hooked.. ... ..   When you pull a full pot it just blows my mind everytime, crawdads are just cooler then chit.....  Good work man!.. 

[seth30]

Those are some big crawdads   Is there a way to handle them or does there pinch not hurt?

[Southpole]

Southpole is hooked.. ... ..   When you pull a full pot it just blows my mind everytime, crawdads are just cooler then chit.....  Good work man!.. 

That's an understatement! I have seen the light, lordy lordy, hallelujah, I have seen the light! Yeah, it was very cool!

[Elkpiss]

Those are some big crawdads   Is there a way to handle them or does there pinch not hurt?

there aggressive as hell, hold them behind the neck where you cant get pinched.... there angry as hell and YES they well pinch the chit out of you and there pinch is violent.... 

[Elkpiss]

Southpole is hooked.. ... ..   When you pull a full pot it just blows my mind everytime, crawdads are just cooler then chit.....  Good work man!.. 

That's an understatement! I have seen the light, lordy lordy, hallelujah, I have seen the light! Yeah, it was very cool!

I used some harring i had in the freezer and that worked kickass for bait, suprised they didnt hit the salmon as hard...  I honestly think anything that has sent well work for bait...lol..  obviously some stuff well work better then others..

[Southpole]

Southpole is hooked.. ... ..   When you pull a full pot it just blows my mind everytime, crawdads are just cooler then chit.....  Good work man!.. 

That's an understatement! I have seen the light, lordy lordy, hallelujah, I have seen the light! Yeah, it was very cool!

I used some harring i had in the freezer and that worked kickass for bait, suprised they didnt hit the salmon as hard...  I honestly think anything that has sent well work for bait...lol..  obviously some stuff well work better then others..

I was wondering if herring would work, I guess I don't have to wonder now.

[seth30]

Those are some big crawdads   Is there a way to handle them or does there pinch not hurt?

there aggressive as hell, hold them behind the neck where you cant get pinched.... there angry as hell and YES they well pinch the chit out of you and there pinch is violent.... 

Thanks

[762Armo]

Can I find these litte devils pretty much anywhere? I never had them here.
Lake Sammamish? Lake Washington? Do they live there?