Banks Lake Crawdads

[Lady Grouse hunter]

YES they R there, 2 traps per possession gear.
Just Launch in Coulee City Park, go across the Damn Drop & them.. BUT Weight them well. (says 40lbs per catch) You will be SOO surprized on your Catch! 
Get ready to steam them up in a 8 gallon Steam pot!!

[Wphunt]

Do you know much about purging their guts? I’ve heard of feeding them cornmeal and also putting them in salty water for a while before cooking them. Haven’t tried either.

[steeleywhopper]

Do you know much about purging their guts? I’ve heard of feeding them cornmeal and also putting them in salty water for a while before cooking them. Haven’t tried either.

We would put them in a ice chest out in the yard with a hose running on just at trickle and leave them over night, by the next day they were nice and clean.  No need for salt or cornmeal.

[Jake Dogfish]

Season opens in May.  No need to purge northwest crawdads just pull out the vein and enjoy.

[LDennis24]

Do you know much about purging their guts? I’ve heard of feeding them cornmeal and also putting them in salty water for a while before cooking them. Haven’t tried either.

We would put them in a ice chest out in the yard with a hose running on just at trickle and leave them over night, by the next day they were nice and clean.  No need for salt or cornmeal.

 
Just let them empty themselves out for a day or two with fresh running water the entire time like mentioned. Keep an eye on them though.

[pickardjw]

This video sums it up pretty well. And with that accent, who wouldn't trust this guy?

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[mcrawfordaf]

Man theres nothing I like more than a good crawdad boil. Treat em like rice. Rinse and repeat until the water is clear. We did this one last 4th of july, crawdad, oysters, elk and alligator 

[MR5x5]

Man theres nothing I like more than a good crawdad boil. Treat em like rice. Rinse and repeat until the water is clear. We did this one last 4th of july, crawdad, oysters, elk and alligator 

Dang that looks good.  What size are those? Do you have much trouble with wormy dads at Banks? By that I mean the worms they seem to get mostly in their claws in some lakes.

[LDennis24]

Man theres nothing I like more than a good crawdad boil. Treat em like rice. Rinse and repeat until the water is clear. We did this one last 4th of july, crawdad, oysters, elk and alligator 

Dang that looks good.  What size are those? Do you have much trouble with wormy dads at Banks? By that I mean the worms they seem to get mostly in their claws in some lakes.

Do you mean the ones on the outside of the claw joints? Like these? You can eat them. As long as the water you caught the crayfish in is ok and clean then so are the worms honestly. They are harmless as far as that I believe. They are Branchiobdellida worms. I used to raise crayfish and you can treat them with Praziquantel wormer.

[wadu1]

Man theres nothing I like more than a good crawdad boil. Treat em like rice. Rinse and repeat until the water is clear. We did this one last 4th of july, crawdad, oysters, elk and alligator 

I can see having everything listed, but I've never seen alligator in this neck of the woods. 

[Bullkllr]

Man theres nothing I like more than a good crawdad boil. Treat em like rice. Rinse and repeat until the water is clear. We did this one last 4th of july, crawdad, oysters, elk and alligator 

I can see having everything listed, but I've never seen alligator in this neck of the woods. 

I got first dibs on the tail!

[mcrawfordaf]

Man theres nothing I like more than a good crawdad boil. Treat em like rice. Rinse and repeat until the water is clear. We did this one last 4th of july, crawdad, oysters, elk and alligator 

Dang that looks good.  What size are those? Do you have much trouble with wormy dads at Banks? By that I mean the worms they seem to get mostly in their claws in some lakes.

These came from near the mouth of the Columbia so I can't speak on worms from Banks unfortunately. Some were like small lobsters 

Man theres nothing I like more than a good crawdad boil. Treat em like rice. Rinse and repeat until the water is clear. We did this one last 4th of july, crawdad, oysters, elk and alligator 

I can see having everything listed, but I've never seen alligator in this neck of the woods. 

lol yeah everything was locally sourced but the gator - had to special order that one.

[LDennis24]

I see my pic didn't post. Sorry about that. These are the worms.

[LDennis24]

My dad's cousins hunt gators and work at a farm that raises them for meat I guess as a side business. They all live down in Florida. I remember my uncle catching hatchlings when I was little and bringing them home and keeping them in the bathtub until the farmer who raised them could come pick them up. Was the tail greasy on that one?

[pickardjw]

They talked with some recreational crawfish farmers from Louisiana on the Meateater podcast recently. Really interesting stuff how they manage their crawfish ponds. They drain them late spring so the crawfish burrow into the mud, keeps them from overheating in the hot summer water. Then they fill them up after summer and plant rice at some point so they can feed on the algae that grows on the rice stalks. Then they use a special bait in their traps so they don't get all nasty eating dead fish like most guys use.

Wonder if it can be done up here...