Crawfish

**JRJ** · 03-20-2008, 01:37 AM

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

**canid** · 03-20-2008, 01:58 AM

i like 'em with:
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**flandersander** · 03-20-2008, 12:24 PM

never had old bay. believe it or not but montreal steak spive on craws is pretty good.

**Alpine_Sapper** · 03-20-2008, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by flandersander

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.

**Rick** · 03-20-2008, 01:06 PM

Both are in my spice rack. Good stuff.

**Ridge Wolf** · 03-21-2008, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by rt36crazyfists

anyone ever eat wild crawfish? what part of a Crawfish is edible?

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..

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...

). The tails snap off when they are cooked up.. season and dress the way you like 'em.

**Rick** · 03-21-2008, 12:29 PM

What is it with folks desecrating bacon? Have you no shame?

**Ridge Wolf** · 03-21-2008, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Rick

What is it with folks desecrating bacon? Have you no shame?

like crawfish better than bacon..

**Rick** · 03-21-2008, 12:37 PM

(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

**crashdive123** · 03-21-2008, 04:45 PM

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.

**catfish10101** · 03-21-2008, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by crashdive123

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*

I'd sacrifice da whole damned pig for a sack of crawfish!

Duck, people because here it comes!!!!!!!!

**Rick** · 03-21-2008, 06:41 PM

(sniff) (wipes tear). Oh the humanity!

**Tahyo** · 03-31-2008, 12:36 PM

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.

**Kelticfox** · 05-01-2008, 10:59 AM

Hi, thought I would join to post here

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!

**cajun swamp hunter** · 05-02-2008, 09:57 AM

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.

**COWBOYSURVIVAL** · 05-31-2009, 07:09 AM

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.

**Ken** · 05-31-2009, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by COWBOYSURVIVAL

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.