Using Live Crayfish

[StriperGirl]

Where and how? They are easy enough to catch. I just didnt know where people fish them live. I would imagine bass love them

[jmurr711]

this is the best way to use em!\In a large (60- to 80-gallon) pot over high heat, add enough water to fill a little more than halfway.

Squeeze the juice out of the lemon halves into the water and throw the lemon halves into the water.

Add crawfish or crab boil seasoning (see left column).

Cover pot, turn on the burner full blast, and bring water to a boil; boil 2 to 3 minutes to allow the spices to mix well. NOTE: It needs to be hot enough to bring the pot to a rolling boil in about 15 minutes.

Using a large wire basket that fits into the pot, add onions, sausage, mushrooms, potatoes, and any other vegetables you desire. Maintain a boil and cook 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

Add crawfish to the wire basket, stirring them a bit. Once the water starts a rolling boil again, boil 5 minutes. Regulate the burner so the rolling boil is maintained, but where the pot does not boil over
Turn the burner off, keep the pot covered, and let the crawfish soak for 20 to 30 minutes. Remove wire basket from pot.

Remove the strainer from the water, and rest it on the top of the pot using two boards laid on the top of the pot as a rack. Let the crawfish drain.

[AndyS]

Is there NOTHING this guy wont eat ?

Hook em in the back near the tail, add split shot as needed. Keep em moving or they will crawl under a rock.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Originally Posted by jmurr711

this is the best way to use em!\In a large (60- to 80-gallon) pot over high heat, add enough water to fill a little more than halfway.

Squeeze the juice out of the lemon halves into the water and throw the lemon halves into the water.

Add crawfish or crab boil seasoning (see left column).

Cover pot, turn on the burner full blast, and bring water to a boil; boil 2 to 3 minutes to allow the spices to mix well. NOTE: It needs to be hot enough to bring the pot to a rolling boil in about 15 minutes.

Using a large wire basket that fits into the pot, add onions, sausage, mushrooms, potatoes, and any other vegetables you desire. Maintain a boil and cook 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

Add crawfish to the wire basket, stirring them a bit. Once the water starts a rolling boil again, boil 5 minutes. Regulate the burner so the rolling boil is maintained, but where the pot does not boil over
Turn the burner off, keep the pot covered, and let the crawfish soak for 20 to 30 minutes. Remove wire basket from pot.

Remove the strainer from the water, and rest it on the top of the pot using two boards laid on the top of the pot as a rack. Let the crawfish drain.

AGREED!!! LOL!!! Used to catch and eat them out of the mighty Rahway river as a kid!!!

[jmurr711]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Is there NOTHING this guy wont eat ?

Hook em in the back near the tail, add split shot as needed. Keep em moving or they will crawl under a rock.

mushrooms

[stevejordan]

smallmouth go nuts over crayfish. the crayfish wont have time to get under a rock if youre in good smallmouth water

[bunker dunker]

2nd The Smallie Thing.we Use Them In Allot Of The Rivers Here In North Jersey And The Sm And Lm Bass Love Them.use Them Were Rivers Of Greeks Meet The Lake.

[Mark B.]

Soon now, I will set a trap baited with giz. shad, in a nearby creek.

Catch & use them all summer long on the Del. R. for smallies, channel cats.

I break off & just use the tails. Unless, of course, there's a softee (shedder).

Hook on the whole craydad,........it is like candy to the fish.

[ScowardNJ]

The Ramapo is loaded with em. I see em everywhere when wading for trout.

[Wilson]

Originally Posted by jmurr711

mushrooms

Yeah, seems you had enough of them earlier in your life