Crawdads?

[Kain]

What are the regulations on crawdad fishing? 

[littlemac]

CrAYFISH (Crawfish)
ALL WATERS NATIVE SPECIES 1st Mon. in
May-Oct. 31
Min. size 3¼" from tip of rostrum (nose) to tip of tail. Daily limit 10 lbs in shell. All
females with eggs or young attached must be immediately returned to the water
unharmed. No Shellfish/Seaweed license is required. See gear rules on page 139.

NONNATIVE
SPECIES
1st Mon. in
May-Oct. 31
Must be kept in a separate container. Must be dead before being removed
from riparian area (immediate vicinity of water body). No daily limit, size, or sex
restrictions. No Shellfish/Seaweed license is required. See gear rules page 139.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/regs/2010/2010sportregs.pdf

[Whitenuckles]

R there crawfish in the potholes?

[littlemac]

Freshwater: Crawfish: Five units of gear per person.
General Gear rules:
Every shellfish pot, ring net, or star trap left unattended in Washington waters must have its own buoy line and a separate buoy that is permanently
and legibly marked with the operator's first  name, last name, and permanent address (telephone number is voluntary). It is ILLEGAL to pull
unattended shelfish sh gear with a buoy that does not have your name on it, and only one name and address may appear on each buoy. Any angler
may assist the person whose name is on the buoy while he or she is pulling the pot. No fisher may set, fish, or pull shellfish gear from a vessel, in
Catch Record Card Areas 1-13, from one hour after official sunset to one hour before offi cial sunrise. All shellfi sh gear must be removed from
the water on closed days.
Buoys must be constructed of durable material (no bleach, antifreeze, detergent bottles, paint cans, etc.) and must be visible on the surface at
all times except during extreme tidal conditions. Personal flags and staff, if attached to buoys, can be of any color. Buoy lines must be weighted
suffi ciently to prevent them from floating on the surface.
Cord used must be untreated 100% cotton or other natural fiber no larger than thread size 120. This cord, when attached as described above, must
be able to rot away and allow crab, shrimp, crawfi sh and fish to escape freely if the pot is lost. A derelict crab pot without proper escape cord can
attract and kill crabs for years after the pot has been lost.
CrAB GEAr:
The minimum mesh size for crab pots is 1½", and all pots must have two 4¼" minimum inside diameter escape rings in the upper half of the
pot, except in the Columbia River where the minimum ring size is 4" inside diameter.
All parts of ring nets and star traps must lie flat on the sea bottom and may not restrict free movement of crab until lifted. Shellfi sh pots must be
covered by water at all times while being fi shed.
Crab pots must not exceed 13 cubic feet.
All crab gear buoys must be half red and half white in color, and both colors need to be visible when fi shing.
SHrIMP GEAr:
Pots must be constructed of either flexible or rigid mesh material (no liners allowed).
Entrance tunnels can be made of any size mesh material but must be
located on the sides of the pot. The sum of the maximum tunnel widths
must not exceed one-half the perimeter of the bottom of the pot.
Shrimp pots must not exceed 10 feet in perimeter and 18" in height.
All shrimp pot buoys must be yellow in color.
SHrIMP POT MESH SIZE:
1" Minimum Mesh Size
A ⅞" square peg must be able to pass through each mesh
opening – see diagram, except for flexible (web) mesh pots,
where the opening must be a minimum of 1 ¾" stretch measure.
Puget Sound:
Required for all shrimp pots during the month of May.
Required in all areas open for spot shrimp after June 1st.
Pacifi c Ocean:
Required year-round.
1/2" Minimum Mesh Size
A 3/8" square peg must be able to pass through each mesh
opening, except for fl exible (web) mesh pots, where the
opening must be a minimum of 1⅛" stretch measure.
Puget Sound:
Allowed after June 1st in any area closed for spot shrimp, but open for coonstripe and pink shrimp.
LOST GEAr:
Do not attempt to salvage lost shellfi sh gear in Hood Canal without fi rst getting a permit from the WDFW Enforcement Program - (360) 902-2936.
To report lost shellfi sh gear, call WDFW at (800) 477-6224. If we can recover your gear and it is properly identif ed, we will attempt to return it.
Not all shellfish gear sold in Washington meet the specifications shown on this page. Verify that your pot meets these requirements prior to use

[littlemac]

R there crawfish in the potholes?

Yes, the reservoir does, work the rocky bottom areas.

[Kain]

Thanks 

[Dustin07]

what do you guys use for bait? I have a couple salmon fillets left over from last river run last fall. seems like a waste of salmon, i know, but they were late and the meat wasn't prime anyways so I figured I could use it for something like this or crab.

[BigGoonTuna]

bacon works great.

[Hillbilly270]

I use a can of tuna in oil and poke holes in it with a fork for my pot.

liver and bologna works good too.

[littlemac]

Can of tuna (oil, not water packed) or pet food with a couple of hole in it works well.  Anything that you can get an oil trail going with.

[rb2506]

canned cat food

[Mr56Jeep]

If I'm camping, I use about everything.  Any leftover meat, grease, cheese, even paper towels if I used them to clean up grease in a pan.  Just load it up.  More is better.

[Panic Minnow]

Red licorice works well also...we used it a Lake Perrigine (SP?) by Winthrop and got quite a few...

[NRA4LIFE]

Anything oily/fishy.  We caught them in Wisconsin when I was young using carp meat.  I like the canned tuna in oil idea.

[grundy53]

pretty much anything meat/oily.