Post by: Carl on May 14, 2012, 02:24:19 PM
I could use a suggestion, if anyone has an idea of where to catch these critters.
Thanks,
Carl
Post by: 6x6in6 on May 14, 2012, 02:26:21 PM
Post by: h20hunter on May 14, 2012, 02:29:07 PM
Post by: 6x6in6 on May 14, 2012, 02:31:47 PM
I'd just pick a piece of shoreline in Lake Wa and drop em down. Catch a perch or tow and bait with that.
What???
You keeping your C-Post crawdad spot on the hush are ya? :chuckle:
Post by: 75johndeere on May 14, 2012, 02:45:29 PM
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Post by: gaddy on May 14, 2012, 02:54:09 PM
Post by: Carl on May 14, 2012, 02:59:36 PM
It might be this weekend before I get out. I will pass on the results.
Carl
Post by: et1702 on May 14, 2012, 03:38:20 PM
Post by: Carl on May 14, 2012, 04:52:27 PM
I will try that area. It looks like Lake Sammamish is basically land locked by private houses!
I scouted the area accessible from Marymore park, but it was slimy with flat.
Carl
Post by: Tinner on May 14, 2012, 05:15:27 PM
Post by: superdown on May 14, 2012, 05:59:25 PM
Post by: steelhead13 on May 14, 2012, 08:04:07 PM
what's the best bait?
Salmon or steelhead heads.
Post by: Dhoey07 on May 14, 2012, 08:07:54 PM
what's the best bait?
Canned cat food. Just crack the can and tie it down
Post by: Button Nubbs on May 14, 2012, 10:14:47 PM
As kids we used to dive for golf balls in the samammish slough by wayne golf course. We found a ton of golf balls and even more crawdads.
Post by: superdown on May 15, 2012, 08:07:36 AM
Post by: h2ofowlr on May 15, 2012, 08:16:10 AM
When we boil them, I throw some cajun seasoning or salt. Then use garlic butter for a dipping sauce. Good stuff.
Post by: Carl on May 15, 2012, 09:15:14 AM
Post by: Alchase on May 15, 2012, 01:20:12 PM
Post by: mallard79 on May 16, 2012, 08:55:08 PM
Post by: jeepster on May 19, 2012, 02:24:52 PM
i chum the hell out of the water using salmon heads/parts/guts, old salmon eggs, cat food, anything fishy and oily works great, then i just pluck em out one by one with a fishin rod and with a weight and a piece of baccon on the end (dont use pepper baccon, they hate it)
put on some polarized sun glasses and go to town. drop the line in front of em, count to 3 and pull em out
took me about 2 hours to fill up a bucket
Post by: Carl on May 19, 2012, 10:36:24 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on May 19, 2012, 10:46:43 PM
Take a milk jug. Cut it at the shoulder of the jug. Take the cap off and toss it. Turn the top half backwards into the bottom half and epoxy it in place. I have even just used a stapler before to hold it together. Then you just put a mid sized rock about the same height as the hole in the mouth of it. One on top of it and some bait inside and you are fishing. I would leave mine for about 4-5 days. Then you just cut the top of the jug with a strait line. Then you just reach in and grab them or flip and shake. The trap is still good to go with a cut in the top.
I use to do it a lot as a kid. I bought a nice trap and it got stolen! So I swtiched to the jugs. Most peole think they are just trash and don't mess with them :chuckle:
Post by: Carl on May 19, 2012, 11:03:30 PM
I went to Home Depot and got the wire and zip ties and made what looks like something that SHOULD work. Batting 0 so-far. Just posted more detail on that subject.
Carl
Post by: Tinner on May 20, 2012, 12:16:19 AM
what's the best bait?
We had good luck with chicken or turkey drumsticks
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on May 20, 2012, 12:54:19 AM
I had better luck than traps wearing a Snorkel, mask, and fins, in any Western water I tried, except for large pots in Washington, and Wenas, only times I have pulled my trap in and they were falling out the sides :yike:
These traps were made with 4X8 rolls of heavy screen, cut in half to make one 4X4 square and two 2X4 strips.
roll and rivet to make a large cylinder with the 4X4 piece.
Roll one 2X4 piece, end to end, and pull one corner in until you have a 3-4 inch circle (opening) in one side, rivet and trim excess.
You can see where this is going, right ?
Make a large "minnow trap", cut a gate in it, tie a rope and buoy on it, label, and ( buy some down rigger weights, tie float at surface, then pull rope up a ways, throw a quick loop, use a caliper to hook a weight on it so it floats at or below surface so nobody steals it, (they only see it if they are on top of it,,)
fish until it is time to go...
Also, best bait is the head skin and bones, intestine of any native fish you happen to catch, or Steelhead carcass.
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on May 20, 2012, 01:35:00 AM
I have a couple traps, but it's really more fun to use a throw ring with a bait jar attached. And if you have a kid with you it's much more fun and proactive to make a couple handlines with a chicken neck or a slice of liver tied on and toss them out where you can see them and wait until they are covered in crayfish. Then you test your mettle by seeing how many you can get to hold on for the whole ride from the stream, hanging in mid air and finally shake them into the bucket.
Waiting and pulling in a pot you can't watch is boring for a kid, handlining them is an adventure! To add even a little more fun, we try to catch the ones that fall off in shallow water with our bare hands. That's always good for some squeals and laughs.
When I was a kid there was a good sized beaver pond in the local creek that we swam in the summer. It was also full of crawdads and a kind of fuzzy seaweed that the crawdads loved to hide in. It was really thick in some places and kind of creepy to wade in, but we found we could catch crawdads by scooping up armloads of the weeds and taking them to shore. Seems we'd always get a couple, then we'd throw the weeds back in to let them get more crawdads for us. We didn't need many then as we were mostly catching them for trout bait.
Post by: bear on May 20, 2012, 07:03:32 AM
Post by: shoot-em-dead on May 20, 2012, 07:29:16 AM
Anybody know if they have crawdads in the Columbia?
Sure do- find them in rocky areas under 20ft deep
Post by: pnw junkie on May 20, 2012, 07:49:19 AM
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Post by: HuntNFish on May 20, 2012, 05:26:19 PM
Post by: bear on May 20, 2012, 08:22:03 PM
Thanks, gonna have to give it a try.Anybody know if they have crawdads in the Columbia?
Sure do- find them in rocky areas under 20ft deep
Post by: Alchase on May 21, 2012, 09:23:59 AM
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
Post by: madcow41 on May 27, 2012, 08:58:56 PM
I want to be able to eat them
Post by: HuntNFish on May 28, 2012, 09:06:35 AM
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.
Post by: Moose-head on May 30, 2012, 11:55:54 AM
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.