Crawdadn' - 2019

[Shrimper]

Made some crawdad dip last night.  Boy was it good. 

Looks good, making my mouth water like Hootch craving a beer!

[lewy]

Made some crawdad dip last night.  Boy was it good. 

I want that recipe!

[Whitenuckles]

Looks yummy!!!!!

[Whitenuckles]

Had some luck with my 4 year old this weekend. She loves going, but lord have mercy when they start crawling all over the deck!....lol

[slavenoid]

Every time I think about running some traps I look at the rules and get confused and say maybe next year.

How do you guys deal with the non natives as far as killing them before leaving the water and cooking them? How does it effect the way you cook them and the quality of the meat?

[Jake Dogfish]

Every time I think about running some traps I look at the rules and get confused and say maybe next year.

How do you guys deal with the non natives as far as killing them before leaving the water and cooking them? How does it effect the way you cook them and the quality of the meat?

I consider myself a Environmentalist, and I also think this is one more of wdfw’s dumbest rules.  Don’t kill them and haul them home unless you live really close by, and cook them right away.
Crayfish have a enzyme that causes there meat to break down quickly once killed.  If native, take them home live on ice.  If non native cook them at the lake.  If you are in a mixed species area this rule is very stupid, as I would not keep the invasive species unless I was eating them there.  This rule does not do anything to prevent the spread of invasive species, if people want to spread them they still will. It only makes legal crawfishing more difficult. 

[Norman89]

May be note worthy but I have never seen or caught a non native crawfish in Western Washington, maybe the east side guys could chime in??

[The Marquis]

May be note worthy but I have never seen or caught a non native crawfish in Western Washington, maybe the east side guys could chime in??

Same for me (also west side).  Signal's all the time. 

[Evil_EdwardO]

I'm on the east side and have never caught a non-native either. I primarily crawdad out of the Snake River though.

[Whitenuckles]

I'm on the east side and have never caught a non-native either. I primarily crawdad out of the Snake River though.

All I catch is signals

[jagermiester]

Eating good

[fowl smacker]

Made some crawdad dip last night.  Boy was it good. 

I want that recipe!

[The Marquis]

Made some crawdad dip last night.  Boy was it good. 

I want that recipe!

I'll try to remember what was used.  I sort of adapted a recipe I had and this turned out quite tasty.  When I find it and do that, I'll send it both of your way.

[shootem]

So what traps do you use? Are they shrimp rigs?

[Whitenuckles]

So what traps do you use? Are they shrimp rigs?

Shrimp traps work great.