Crawdad fishing locations

[HuntNFish]

Anyone know of a lake or stream to get some mud bugs around Lakewood?  Thanks.

[bear]

Anybody know if they have crawdads in the Columbia?

Sure do- find them in rocky areas under 20ft deep

Thanks, gonna have to give it a try.

[Alchase]

we used to fill a 5 gallon bucket with 'dads at Mineral lake.  It was a long time ago, but someone might know if it is sitll good.  We would tie a piece of raw bacon to a weight and hand line off the docks.  That was a lot of fun; thanks for bringing this up, might take my kids 'daddin!!!!!

Lots of crawdads in Mineral, ask the locals or the store at the resort what they are eating. Last time I tried I got skunked but the pot 50 feet away was loaded, no way he was giving up his secret recipe, lol

[madcow41]

what about clean lakes near spokane?

I want to be able to eat them

[HuntNFish]

we used to fill a 5 gallon bucket with 'dads at Mineral lake.  It was a long time ago, but someone might know if it is sitll good.  We would tie a piece of raw bacon to a weight and hand line off the docks.  That was a lot of fun; thanks for bringing this up, might take my kids 'daddin!!!!!

Lots of crawdads in Mineral, ask the locals or the store at the resort what they are eating. Last time I tried I got skunked but the pot 50 feet away was loaded, no way he was giving up his secret recipe, lol

I did some trout fishing at Mineral on Saturday, hooked into 10 fish and caught 4.  Tossed in my crawfish trap and used the same bait I have had luck with in other lakes and came away with nothing.  I only had access to the boat launch side of the lake, and from what I was able to get from others, its the other side of the lake where the crawfish are in big numbers because it has a rocky floor bottom and its not as muddy as the side I was on and the only way to access that side is with a boat.  Also, I did contact WDFW on Friday and spoke with a bio, he said that the best crawfishing is from July - October because its when the water warms up and the crawfish become active.  He said the water is still cold right now and most crawfish are not going to be actively feeding until July.  So I guess I didn't feel that bad.  Others tried crawfishing with no luck as well.  Guess it will try again in July.

[Moose-head]

what about clean lakes near spokane?

I want to be able to eat them

I've seen a bunch of them by the state boat launch at Williams, Badger probably has them too.  I would think that most of the lakes would be worth a shot.