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What is the best way to transport crawfish long distance?
Posted on 3/3/17 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 3/3/17 at 12:31 pm
My buddy and his wife are expecting their first child some time at the beginning of next month and to celebrate I plan on surprising them with a crawfish boil once they're home and settled with their newborn. Problem is I live in Alabama, they're in South Carolina (about 6 hours away).
I have a couple of little honey holes here and can get a mess of them in a relatively short amount of time. I just don't know what the best way would be too keep them alive for the trip.
I have a couple of little honey holes here and can get a mess of them in a relatively short amount of time. I just don't know what the best way would be too keep them alive for the trip.
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Posted on 3/3/17 at 12:35 pm to TiptonInSC
I have put them in an ice chest with ice for long hauls. Sprayed them down real well before putting them into the ice chest. Actually kept them over night in it and they were still alive the next day. Don't know if this is the best way but it worked for me.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 12:36 pm to TiptonInSC
in your stomach?
Posted on 3/3/17 at 12:36 pm to LSUfreak1459
TOP OF ICE CHEST
Air
Crawfish in a tightly bound sack
layer of news paper
ice
BOTTOM OF ICE CHEST
Do this with the plug out on the ice chest and they'll be golden
Air
Crawfish in a tightly bound sack
layer of news paper
ice
BOTTOM OF ICE CHEST
Do this with the plug out on the ice chest and they'll be golden
This post was edited on 3/3/17 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 3/3/17 at 12:39 pm to TiptonInSC
I've kept crawfish alive in an ice chest for >6 hrs by just keeping it vented and hosing them down every so often.
No personal experience with this but I would think you could do the same keeping your ice chest somewhat ventilated in the back of your truck and stopping every so often to pour some water on them and they'd be fine
No personal experience with this but I would think you could do the same keeping your ice chest somewhat ventilated in the back of your truck and stopping every so often to pour some water on them and they'd be fine
Posted on 3/3/17 at 12:40 pm to mylsuhat
Pretty much what I did besides newspaper. Guess I should have mentioned they were in a sack. Forgot the OP is catching them on his own. Definitely don't want to put them boys loose on ice 
Posted on 3/3/17 at 12:43 pm to LSUfreak1459
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Forgot the OP is catching them on his own.
I keep sacks from old boils for when I catch my own.
It can be a pain in the arse, but I'll sit down with a sack and skinny steel punch rod and back out the knots to keep the bag in working order.
As to the OP.
I do something similar to hat to transport.
In an ice chest I open the drain plug, put down a layer of ice and empty poweraid bottles. Lay the sack on top. As the ice melts it should drain and the 4 or 5 empty power aid bottles will keep your crawfish from getting down in the ice or any melted water. As long as it's cool, they'll keep a day or two easily like that.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 12:56 pm to TiptonInSC
As long as you keep them in a sack with ice on top and the plug open you will be fine. Brought some from BR to Miami last summer and they were still alive. Had them in the ice chest for well over 24 hours
Posted on 3/3/17 at 12:57 pm to TiptonInSC
Thanks baws for the info. 
Posted on 3/3/17 at 1:06 pm to TiptonInSC
don't, pre-boil just before you leave and put in ice chest with dry ice (so no water when it melts) and they will be ready to eat when you get there, because lets face it, you aren't going to be keen to stand over a hot pot boiling them after a 6 hour drive anyway.
this way you get there, grab a beer and everyone relaxes with a mess of good times, good family, and good crawfish
this way you get there, grab a beer and everyone relaxes with a mess of good times, good family, and good crawfish
Posted on 3/3/17 at 1:09 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:
in your stomach?
I can assure you that it would not be wise to endeavor on a 6+ hour highway trek after eating copious amounts of spicy boiled crawfish. Unless you have a honey hole with a clean bathroom along the way, preferably no further along from you start than 1.5 hrs or so.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 1:39 pm to mylsuhat
quote:
TOP OF ICE CHEST
Air
Crawfish in a tightly bound sack
layer of news paper
ice
BOTTOM OF ICE CHEST
Do this with the plug out on the ice chest and they'll be golden
Pretty much what we've done before transporting them from SWLA to our place up in N. Alabama (9.5 hr drive)...only difference is we used old burlap sacks lightly soaked in water on top. No issues with any kind of die off.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 2:54 pm to NASA_ISS_Tiger
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.only difference is we used old burlap sacks lightly soaked in water on top
My brother in law used to run crawfish all over... they always used wet burlap sacks on top of the crawfish
Posted on 3/3/17 at 4:07 pm to TiptonInSC
We drove a few sacks from Baton Rouge to Sarasota a few years ago. We froze 2 liters for under the sacks and sat ice bags on top, topping off every now and then along the way. The only ones that died were the ones that got too cold. Drove in one day and boiled the next.
This post was edited on 3/3/17 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 3/3/17 at 4:08 pm to jmorr34
in a yeti. no ice needed
Posted on 3/3/17 at 6:17 pm to LSUfreak1459
FYI, the RTIC 65 fits a sack perfectly. Its pretty tight though. So opening the plug should be enough air? I left the lid cracked just in case.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 6:46 pm to tigers225
My GF's uncle used to line the trunk of his car with plastic sheeting, throw a few sacks in, and then cover with ice for his annual trip up to Nashville to boil crawfish for his daughter and her in-laws.
Never had any problems.
Never had any problems.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 7:21 pm to TiptonInSC
Took 3 sacks from BR to Clemson, (about 10.5 hours). Put the sack in the ice chest with ice underneath. You can put ice on top but leave the drain open, hell this could substitute as your purge.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 11:07 pm to Da tuna fish
quote:I've done it this way and never had problems.
As long as you keep them in a sack with ice on top and the plug open you will be fine.
OP needs to pick up a couple of sacks though. 30 cents is what I think they are. I see them on the side of road often. They fly out of the back of trucks.
This post was edited on 3/3/17 at 11:10 pm
Posted on 3/4/17 at 7:58 am to TiptonInSC
Just like "mylsuhat" advised. Have traveled to northern NE (18 hour drive) many times with six sacks of crawfish to be boiled 6 hrs later (total of 24 hours). Never had a problem.
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