Chris Tetrick Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 Set out all 12 of my crawdad traps Thursday night from Virgin Bluff to the Buzzard area. First ones I got to set all year. Caught 109 in my traps, average of 9 per trap in one night. I put them out to see the color of them and toss them back in over a rock pile I made. Don't think it's ever paid off but it's sure a lot of fun. They always look the same, lighter brown on the body, darker bands and pinchers with red on the joints. In years past every now and then I'd catch a real light solid brown, not sure what species them are. Almost looked like he'd been rolling around in the mud. And their always big, hardly ever catch one normal sized you think you could fish with. One of them bite me yesterday morning trying to get ahold of him, hurt like heck. I tried to set most traps in 10' of water or less, hard to do with the high lake level on some banks. Someone told me last year Table Rock has these king crawdads, and it's the only lake that has them. One's that can grow up to 12'' long. I believe it because I caught some that big before. Anyone ever heard of them? Mid Lakes Guide Svc. Chris Tetrick 331 Austin Place Branson West, MO 65737 www.midlakesguide.com
podum Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 Hope this link works. It answers your question. http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/2005/05/30.htm I wish I had more time more than I wish I had more money.
Chris Tetrick Posted July 19, 2008 Author Posted July 19, 2008 Thanks Podum, that was an intersesting article. http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/2005/05/30.htm Mid Lakes Guide Svc. Chris Tetrick 331 Austin Place Branson West, MO 65737 www.midlakesguide.com
Hunter91 Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 Did you say you threw them back Being from Louisiana, we did not believe in C&R on crawdads. We only released them in a boiling pot, man are they good!! I have got to try to catch some.
motoman Posted July 20, 2008 Posted July 20, 2008 Holy Cow! Those are the biggest crawdads I've ever seen! Great Pic! :-)
Predator1 Posted July 20, 2008 Posted July 20, 2008 Hey Chris, I got some crabboil......lets eat .....Hunter one aint kiddn round.....I'm from Shreveport, Louisiana .....Next time, soakem in some salt water to purge them, you know get the #*%^ out of them. Then boil them in a big pot with some ears of corn and potatoes....Use some crab boil from the store or send me a message, I got some good stuff from Louisiana. Hey Hunter91, where bouts from Louisiana you from?
Terry Beeson Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 2008 HOOOOOOO BOY!!!!!! MUD BUGS!!! Bugs and beer... It don't GET no better'n that!!!! Need me som ah dem bugs and po-tay-to and cone in dat boil.... hoooo boy!!!!!! TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
Members HeavyC Posted July 21, 2008 Members Posted July 21, 2008 "yesseree, dats wat ya gotta did!" HC Out! "Imagine reaching for an apple on a tree and having your hand suddenly impaled by a metal hook that drags you—the whole weight of your body pulling on that one hand—out of the air and into an atmosphere in which you cannot breathe. This is what fish experience when they are hooked for “sport.” - Does this make us sportsmen? - HC
Members JRay Posted July 21, 2008 Members Posted July 21, 2008 Chris, Those remind me of a Riverside Big Claw or a Mister Twister Fightin' Craw. Surely they wouldn't still hit those old junky plastic craws anymore would they? Jeremy
Hunter91 Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 2008 P1, I am from Bossier City, LA and crawdads were a food group of their own when I was growing up
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