or just go in after them and snatch em
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or just go in after them and snatch em
yeah that works.
I grew up on "wild" crawfish in Biloxi, Mississippi and thought that the best crawfish were found in Louisiana and the gulf coast area. However, while I lived in Las Vegas, somebody introduced me to the enormous mutant fallout crawfish of St. George Utah. These monsters were HUGE!!!. Six inches easy! So a friend of mine and I went one weekend, caught an ice chest full and took them back to LV for a boil. And Let me tell ya. That was some kinda good. There's nothing like fresh boiled crawfish with corn, taters, sausage and mushrooms thrown in. Of course you need a lot of salt and crab boil seasoning as well as whole garlic, celery and onions, bay leaves and lemons. Every non-crawfishing eating person there became a convert and I suspect they still talk about that crawfish boil back in '90. You really need to learn from a cajun though instead of a book. We know how to do it right. If you try them without a lot of the right seasonings, you will never eat another. disgusting if not done right.
Kathy - Welcome to the forum. Glad you joined us. We have another doc on here as well. We like for those new to the forum to go to the Introductions section and tell everyone a little about yourself. What kind of hobbies, what outdoor stuff you like, maybe why you joined up. Here's a link to the Intro section:
By the way, mud bugs are some good eatin'.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...splay.php?f=14
When my kids were small, they'd catch crawfish by useing a strip of bacon and a string.
They ended up doing quite well actually. Acouple of pounds worth atleast.
You wait until Don reads this, GVan. You'll hear about this. Misusing bacon is a capital offense.
that just illustrates the exchange rate. one strip of bacon trades at several lb of crawfish.
One strip of bacon trades at several pounds of anything.
Sorry Rick, I slipped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
You forgot the sweet taters.Quote:
Originally Posted by catfish10101
Rick, Bacon is just a seasoning, especially when ya'll got catfish, nutrea, crawfish, alligator, oysters, red snapper, and the like.
GVan - I can forgive someone not knowing but once you've been told.....bacon is bacon (masses chant in unison and bow, "All hail bacon!") I may be wrong but I think Troy fell over bacon, the Great Wall of China was built to protect their bacon, Napoleon was defeated in Russia over bacon. One of the great figurative painters changed his name from Francis McDonald to Francis Bacon. And one actor changed his name from Kevin Yovonochisouz to Kevin Bacon. And.....both democratic and republican candidates know their election hinges on the bacon vote. I could be wrong but you might want to look it up. (masses chant in unison and bow, "All hail bacon!")
Here's a real treat for bacon lovers...
http://www.browniepointsblog.com/200...e-bacon-vodka/
Men (and women) have spent their lives in the pursuit of bacon.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
That sounds like a political post...:confused::rolleyes:
How did we go from crawfish to bacon?:confused:
Not political, factual (apolitical). GVan trounced bacon and we had to come to its defense.
Back on thread: Crawfish. MMMMmmmmmmmm.
Just had Crab Cakes and Crawfish on Saturday at Papa Douex's Seafood, Mmmm Mmmm Good.
trademarked beo. Or copyrighted i'm not sure. Or is that political?
I'm new here..Just wanna say Hi to all..This forum is very informative..Glad I dont have allergy,I can eat shrimps,crawfish,or whatever..Know what?I'm planning a trip this summer in Lake Mateos Mexico for largemouth..Cant wait to post my pics..Pls click below if you have some tips for me,I will truly appreciate..thanks.
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Welcome Mike - "Cast" yourself over to the Introductions section and tell us a bit about yourself. What "lures" you outdoors, your hobbies, whatever you "reel"y would like to share.
Why waste the shrimp?Quote:
Originally Posted by flandersander
Crawfish are scavangers and will eat bits and pieces of your kill. Rabbit guts, Chicken guts, fish guts, anything as long as it smells like flesh to them.
There is no need to use a good food as a bait.
true. I however like the taste of shrimp and will continue to eat 'em. sorrt gvan.
Did someone say crawfish?
I love em in jambalaya and gumbo - first class stuff!
Crawfish Etouffee is pretty good too.
Had them in meat pies, casseroles and everything else you can imagine.
Nothing beats a good ol' fashioned mudbug boil with cob, red potato's spiced with tony's, beer and good friends.
-JRJ
i like 'em with:
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never had old bay. believe it or not but montreal steak spive on craws is pretty good.
Montreal Steak seasoning is like Tony's Creole...It goes good on just about anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by flandersander
Both are in my spice rack. Good stuff.
Ah.. yep... they are good eatin'... although, I would think twice about eating the throrax.. but the tails are the best.. good for fish bait too..Quote:
Originally Posted by rt36crazyfists
They are usually caught with a minnow trap.. (open on both ends)... with a bacon strip tied to a cord and hanging in the middle of the trap. Leave it in the water off the bank tied to a small diameter rope to haul it back in after 30 minutes to an hour depending on the population, time of year fishing for them.. It is best to catch them before June as they aren't much good after mating at that time of year, at least here locally in the Pacific Northwest, USA.
dump them alive into a boiling big kettle of water and cook until they turn pink..(and aren't moving around in there... :D). The tails snap off when they are cooked up.. season and dress the way you like 'em.
What is it with folks desecrating bacon? Have you no shame?
:D like crawfish better than bacon.. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rick
(fingers in ears) NA NA NA NA NA I can't hear you NA NA NA I can see your lips moving NA NA NA NA NA
Don? Now calm down. Don...put down the knife. Don....Don....what he ment to say was we hang a slice of bacon because EVERYBODY and EVERYTHING enjoys bacon. After enticing the little buggers into the trap, we remove the bacon and cook it. Whew...that was a close one Ridge Wolf.
*cough*"bull$#!^"*cough*Quote:
Originally Posted by crashdive123
I'd sacrifice da whole damned pig for a sack of crawfish!
:D
Duck, people because here it comes!!!!!!!!:D
(sniff) (wipes tear). Oh the humanity!
Being born and raised in southwest La., I can't begin to tell you the lbs. of crawfish I have enjoyed. I would rather have them boiled, but being that I live in Illinois now, I can only get the frozen tails to make etouffee. The unfortunate part is that only the tails from China are available here and the difference between La. crawfish and Chinese crawfish appear to be night and day, in my opinion.
There's a bayou where we lived that we use to go spend the weekends camping while running trout lines. We would sometimes take the crawfish traps and set them out. Not only did we use some of the crawfish for bait, but we would usually bring the favorite local seasoning for crawfish, shrimp and crab boils. "Zatarains". Back then they only had the little bag of seasonings, but now they have the liquid concentrate that is really good as well.
I have to vote for crawfish as one of top things on my list to look for if I was in an area that looked inhabitable for them.
Hi, thought I would join to post here :D
I've just applied for my license to fish Crayfish (Crawdads or Crawfish to the Non Limeys) as an ex-soldier I beleive very much in free food (No such thing a free lunch..... Bulsh*t!). Unfortunatly the UK Enviromental Agency has to grant consent, so I spent most of yesterday on the phone speaking to farmers, Angling Clubs & the Enviroment Agency.
The American Signal Crayfish have taken over good ol' blighty so much so they have made our much beloved White-clawed Crayfish almost extinct *sniff* (But hey they don't have much meat anyway!). Don't know how large the Signals get in the US, but they about 5-6 Inches over here at the moment.
So as from this weekend the nice Signal Crayfish will be tagged "UTANN" (Under Threat As Num Nums!)
I'll let you know the size and yield of local ones :P
.............. And I will not be wasting the Ambrosia that is Bacon to catch them!
I came to this site to learn about different areas and here I find my HOME TURF.
I bought my first car with money from bug fishin in the atachfalaya basin. Bugs are in season right now and I am boiling a sack today. I see there are some other cajuns here to them I say (its bug time guys) to the rest of you I say your missin it guys. Now as far as a survival food when in season any ditch around here and a simple dip net will get you a 5 gallon bucket full in about 10 minutes. The Basin is in flood stage right now so I am getting 2 for the price of one (wild hogs=Bacon) they are very easy to harvest. I killed three 2 days ago and filled up the families freezer with pork. If any come down this way I will be happy to feed them up or give swamp tour as we cajuns are known for our hospitality and everyone here can cook. By the way I keep hearing about Louisiana hot sauce-- its okay but Tabasco is KING. The plant is a mile from the house and you can smell the pepper when the wind is right. A by product of the process called Mash is by far the best stuff to spice a bug boil with some zatarans thrown in. If any have questions about cajuns or the area I live in its whats called acadiana which is in the heart of coonass land fire away.
Anyone ever considered stocking a nearby ditch with crawfish? I have been toying with the idea as I have an 8ft.X8ft.X800ft. ditch bordering my land. Anyone who knows anything about this your comments would be appreciated.
Interesting thought. Let me check on the legality of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by COWBOYSURVIVAL
Psssst. Ken. As long as samples are forthcoming, it's legal.
Crawfish Etouffee! :thumbup:
http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-talk011.gifStill need to check if it's legal.
Let's start here. Crawfish Species by State: http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/c...s_by_state.htm