Where to find crawdads

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Boating safety. Check box if you are 18 years old. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter. Subscribe to our promotions. Down here in the glades we just walk the edges of the flag ponds and gator holes. I use a flashlight and barehand them. Gotta be quick and have eyes in back of your head. Back in La. A big female laden with eggs. They burrow into shallow rocky creak bottomes. Put her in a 30 gal tank and grow the fry to bait size for a couple bucks in electricity and food scraps. They like lettuce, bits of old lunchmeat, all fish food, etc.

A single powerhead with an undergravel filter is easiest, room temp is fine. I also downsize the aquarium bulb to save electricity and to get them active. They're fun to watch. Anybody know anything about crayfish in Central Florida lakes? They have to be here if they live way up in the Louisiana swamps. You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

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Crayfish are prized culinary treats in Europe, particularly France and Sweden. They also enjoy some popularity in this country. Demand is high enough to support a number of "crayfish farms" in Louisiana, where large numbers are raised as annual crops in specially constructed ponds. Most of these are consumed domestically, but some are exported. Our West Coast species is generally larger than the Louisiana and European crayfish and according to some connoisseurs, is even tastier, but it has never been commercially cultured.

Wild stocks have been harvested for many years from the rivers of Oregon and to a lesser extent, from the lakes of Washington.

Even crawdab. Take your pick. These common names are equally acceptable and do not refer to different species, although there are in fact hundreds, but rather reflect regional differences in the speakers.

The term "crayfish" probably arose from misunderstanding of an old word crevis , which is related to the German Krebs , or "crab. The scientific name for the species we have in Washington is Pacifastacus leniusculus , sometimes called the signal crayfish.

Except where otherwise noted, when "crayfish" is used in this pamphlet it means P. Keep in mind, however, that the crayfish in other parts of the country or world are probably not the same species and may have quite different habits. For instance, what is true of the Louisiana commercial species Procambarus clarkii may not be true of our native crayfish.

Its just about what it seems—a small freshwater version of the lobster. Technically it is a decapod crustacean, related to lobsters, shrimps and crabs. Crayfish prefer fresh animal food if they can get it, but they also eat a variety of aquatic plants.