Table Rock Crayfish Colors

[Tfsh4bass]

The 2nd pic with bright orange pinchers is what a few were eating the other day

[Billfo]

Thank you for attaching the reference pictures..

Bill-

The longpincered crayfish is probably the most abundant species in Table Rock and most of the other White River reservoirs. It's also the largest crayfish you'll encounter, sometimes as much as ten inches long. I've attached a picture. They typically hang out around rocky ledges and large boulders, though they can also be found in bays and inlets.

The northern crayfish is another common species-their body is typically gray mottled with dark gray or brown markings, with pincers sometimes appearing blue or green with orange tips. They're more common in calm inlets and backwaters, standing timber, and soft bottoms of organic material and mud. They're typically 3-5 inches in length, though they can get 7-8 inches long.

Those are the two most common, although you'll also find the Ozark crayfish on occasion. It's typically a tan or orangish colored crayfish with numerous black bands and speckles on the body, and typically tops out about three inches in length. It's most often found in cobble and small chunk-rock areas, as well as gravel banks and points. You may also occasionally find the ringed crayfish, which gets about the same size and is typically tan or olive mottled with black.

Ozark Crayfish

Ringed Crayfish

Those four species are probably 99% of what you'll find in Table Rock- imitate them and you should be pretty well covered. Good luck!

[Sore Thumbs]

Man that is some awesome stuff. I agree with Bill and Champ. Seems like anything that has a little bit of purple works well on TR. I was using 3/4 oz Bass-X football head jigs with a Zoom Super chunk jr. in Gr. Pumpkin purple flake. The skirt I used was Beaver craw with Purple. I caught one good Ky on a brush pile in 38 fow. I also caught them in 10 ft. If you guys like throwing a crank I caught a lot of good fish on a original wiggle wart in red craw with black back. I also hear that watermelon seed color is working too. This is a great time to catch fish.

[motoman]

Here's a pic I saved that someone posted (sorry, don't recall who? ) a while back. If I remember correctly, whoever it was who took the pics, caught craws to match the colors of their baits.

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I think these were caught in the early spring. Ugly suckers!

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I've referenced this pic plenty when fiddling with tying jigs/airbrushing cranks.

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Hope this helps.

[Champ188]

Sore Thumbs, good to hear that Beaver Craw/Purple works. I've always liked that color but haven't experimented with it much. I'll have to add it to my arsenal.

[Sore Thumbs]

Sore Thumbs, good to hear that Beaver Craw/Purple works. I've always liked that color but haven't experimented with it much. I'll have to add it to my arsenal.

Just thought that might be a good color since they like purple so much. I like buying the skirts and jigs seperate so I can try new colors. It's cheaper too. Good luck in your Tourney this weekend. I think I'm gonna fish that winter series Tourney that Mobile Marine is puttin on out of Prarie Creek.

[gitnby]

Bill-

The longpincered crayfish is probably the most abundant species in Table Rock and most of the other White River reservoirs. It's also the largest crayfish you'll encounter, sometimes as much as ten inches long. I've attached a picture. They typically hang out around rocky ledges and large boulders, though they can also be found in bays and inlets.

The northern crayfish is another common species-their body is typically gray mottled with dark gray or brown markings, with pincers sometimes appearing blue or green with orange tips. They're more common in calm inlets and backwaters, standing timber, and soft bottoms of organic material and mud. They're typically 3-5 inches in length, though they can get 7-8 inches long.

Those are the two most common, although you'll also find the Ozark crayfish on occasion. It's typically a tan or orangish colored crayfish with numerous black bands and speckles on the body, and typically tops out about three inches in length. It's most often found in cobble and small chunk-rock areas, as well as gravel banks and points. You may also occasionally find the ringed crayfish, which gets about the same size and is typically tan or olive mottled with black.

Ozark Crayfish

Ringed Crayfish

Those four species are probably 99% of what you'll find in Table Rock- imitate them and you should be pretty well covered. Good luck!

Great pics of the crawdads!

Always wondered why the purple color worked?

I can see it in the first 2 pics, especially the second one.

[troutgnat]

Guys,

Here's one of my own custom painted versions of a phantom-green craw knock off. I've been catching a few on Bull Shoals on it including one pushing 6lbs last week in Shoal Creek. Phantom-green in the original wiggle wart was always one of my favorite colors around here.

[Billfo]

Ok, I will reply to myself... I caught these two in Big Indian Creek

[Billfo]

Nice job !! They look very much like the ones I caught (pic posted)

Guys,

Here's one of my own custom painted versions of a phantom-green craw knock off. I've been catching a few on Bull Shoals on it including one pushing 6lbs last week in Shoal Creek. Phantom-green in the original wiggle wart was always one of my favorite colors around here.