Crawdad Fishing

[Big Keene]

Hi all, I plan on taking my younguns down for a couple of days of bass fishing in about a month. i feel confident that we can find some fish, but my son mentioned crawdads, and that reminded me of a guy i met on the dock at kimberling inn years ago checking his crawdad traps. he had some monsters. i would like to run a couple of crawdad traps while we are down there, does anyone have any experience catching these mini-lobsters? what depths do the biguns tend to congregate?

[countryred]

A minnow trap baited with bacon, tied to a tree in 10' of water, chunk rock and wood helps...Make sure you label it with your name, etc...to keep the game warden happy.

[abkeenan]

We put traps out a few times each year for crawdads and always have success just dropping them down on the bottom in our boat slips on our dock. Front of the slip and back which is about 12-18ft deep. We use the traps specifically designed for crawdads and just about any bait will do...leftovers from dinner such as chicken bones, skin and meat, a big thick circle hunk of unsliced bologna (because it stays in there so long without being eaten too much) but probably the best is just to catch a few bluegill, green sunfish, etc from the lake, hack them up a little and throw them in there. You WILL have crawdads in there after letting them sit overnight. Never catch any during the day, all during the night and always remove in the morning first thing as they can escape, especially if the food is depleted. We get some real monsters in the 5-8" range. Good luck.

[Bill Babler]

Mark up at Table Rock Tackle and Marine carries several different sizes of Daddy trips. Dice up a 1/2 dozen small perch and as has been said, put them out over night and you should be in business.

[2 in a boat]

Ya I saw those traps up at Marks, man they look like crawdad catching machines. I think I'm going to get me one. Don't know if you guys are talking about bait, but I'm thinking more along the lines of straight to the table, by pass the fish.

[abkeenan]

Ya I saw those traps up at Marks, man they look like crawdad catching machines. I think I'm going to get me one. Don't know if you guys are talking about bait, but I'm thinking more along the lines of straight to the table, by pass the fish.

Ya. We don't use them for bait...WE BOIL AND EAT THEM!

[2 in a boat]

Ya. We don't use them for bait...WE BOIL AND EAT THEM!

That's what I'm talken bout, just like we cook Tigers out here, but we add dumplings. You know abkeenan, your avatar pic depicting the desecration of the sacred bird who is the anointed one representing the temple which resides in the holy land of Lawrance KS is statistically incorrect. lol Man, why did you guys have to go to the SEC, I sure miss haten on Mizzu Tigers. lol

[shaker]

There is a lot of Mizzo people that are not happy with the move to the SEC now I have no reason to dislike low life scally wag mangy cheatin' birds, ( ops I meant jayhawks ). Dangit see what I mean I'm still all confused. Money talks I guess.

RB

[Iclass]

Love catching and eating craws.....

ROLL TIDE!!!!!

[vacation]

I have traps out every year for eating crawdads, but have had the traps out last three nights and NADA...not sure what the deal is...