Wtb Crawfish

[GotaFish]

I am heading to Bull Shoals on Thursday and want to do some good old fashioned bottom bouncing with some crawfish. The wholesaler near Theodosia who normally sells me crawfish by the pound does not have any. Anybody know where I can buy crawfish wholesale near Protem or anywhere inbetween Protem and Springfield?

[Mike Worley]

Bull shoals lake boat dock 870-445-4166 is the only place that I know of that has crawdads. I bought some about a week ago for $3.50 a dozen. Theres been some rumor going around the bait shops that it's illegal to "import" bait fish. At least thats the story I got when calling around when I was looking for crawdads. Same thing happen with leaches a few years back. The game wardens at the AG&F office told me that wasn't correct and I'd bet the same is true about crawfish.

[Tim Smith]

Bull shoals lake boat dock 870-445-4166 is the only place that I know of that has crawdads. I bought some about a week ago for $3.50 a dozen. Theres been some rumor going around the bait shops that it's illegal to "import" bait fish. At least thats the story I got when calling around when I was looking for crawdads. Same thing happen with leaches a few years back. The game wardens at the AG&F office told me that wasn't correct and I'd bet the same is true about crawfish.

In some states it is illegal to take crayfish alive out of their native waters, for instance here in Colorado.

Not sure about that particular lake in MIssouri, but non-native crayfish introductions have caused problems with crayfish extirpation and lost of vegetation in the Upper Midwest. Some of those outcomes are almost impossible to predict, so if you care about the lake where you fish, do your best to take crayfish bait from the same lake or at very least the same drainages. A good minnow trap baited with a strip of bacon and left out overnight in the right rocky shoreline can get you what you need. In the right spot, a few minutes with a dip net will do the job.

Legal or not, local bait is generally the best way to go.

[97procraft]

It is illegal to sell crawfish in Missouri, don't know about Arkansas.

[jpb2187]

It is illegal to sell crawfish in Missouri, don't know about Arkansas.

No it's not.

Only the Virile ("Northern") crayfish may be purchased for re-sale or sold for use as live bait. They may not be

imported live into the state (3 CSR 10-9.110(3)(E)).

[scrapy1013]

Good Morning, Any one know were i can Buy some (Virile or “Northern” Crayfish), in the state of Missouri. I need help with this. Thanks and Have a Great Day. Ross