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LSU Agcenter Specialist: "2024 expected to be one of the worst crawfish seasons on record"
Posted on 1/21/24 at 4:23 am
Posted on 1/21/24 at 4:23 am
Better start saving baws for a down payment on crawfish...
LSU Ag Center Crawfish Specialist Mark Shirley warns crawfish connoisseurs that 2024 will be one of the worst mudbug seasons on record as far as prices and supply are concerned. He says it’s so dire farmers are averaging one to two mudbugs a trap.
“It’s going to be the worst season ever. The population is just not there. The buyers are offering $7 and $8 a pound to the fishermen just to try to get them to go out and bait traps and go find them. It could be whatever price, they’re just not there,” said Shirley.
And he worries the freeze forecasted next week will only make things worse.
Shirley says Louisiana should have 361,000 acres of crawfish production, that’s what farmers probably would have flooded up back in the fall, but the drought hampered things severely.
“About half of that is not going to produce any crawfish at all. The half that does have a few crawfish is going to be late. You probably find some towards the end of March, April, and May, but it’s going to be a very short supply from the farm,” said Shirley.
And the Super Bowl of Crawfish, Easter is March 31st.
The other unknown Shirley says is wild crawfish in the Atchafalaya Basin. Right now, he says the water levels are only two to three feet which is very low, and unless we get a lot of rain in the Mississippi watershed…
“In the next several months a lot of snow melt, that’s what the Atchafalaya Basin depends on. It’s just not looking good for crawfish at all,” said Shirley.
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LSU Ag Center Crawfish Specialist Mark Shirley warns crawfish connoisseurs that 2024 will be one of the worst mudbug seasons on record as far as prices and supply are concerned. He says it’s so dire farmers are averaging one to two mudbugs a trap.
“It’s going to be the worst season ever. The population is just not there. The buyers are offering $7 and $8 a pound to the fishermen just to try to get them to go out and bait traps and go find them. It could be whatever price, they’re just not there,” said Shirley.
And he worries the freeze forecasted next week will only make things worse.
Shirley says Louisiana should have 361,000 acres of crawfish production, that’s what farmers probably would have flooded up back in the fall, but the drought hampered things severely.
“About half of that is not going to produce any crawfish at all. The half that does have a few crawfish is going to be late. You probably find some towards the end of March, April, and May, but it’s going to be a very short supply from the farm,” said Shirley.
And the Super Bowl of Crawfish, Easter is March 31st.
The other unknown Shirley says is wild crawfish in the Atchafalaya Basin. Right now, he says the water levels are only two to three feet which is very low, and unless we get a lot of rain in the Mississippi watershed…
“In the next several months a lot of snow melt, that’s what the Atchafalaya Basin depends on. It’s just not looking good for crawfish at all,” said Shirley.
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Posted on 1/21/24 at 4:28 am to BurningHeart
quote:Shirley they jest…
It’s just not looking good for crawfish at all,” said Shirley.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 5:08 am to LSURussian
He is serious and don't call him Shirley. Well, I guess you can call him Shirley in this case.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 6:34 am to BurningHeart
This guy knows his stuff, too. If he's saying this, it's the truth.
Having only half the acres in production is bad enough. The poor harvest on the remaining acres is just the icing on the shite cake.
Having only half the acres in production is bad enough. The poor harvest on the remaining acres is just the icing on the shite cake.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 6:38 am to BurningHeart
Globalists making their move in the oriental crawfish game. Anyone who pays attention to farmed seafood market in the orient saw this coming from day one.
#lol
#lol
This post was edited on 1/21/24 at 6:42 am
Posted on 1/21/24 at 7:07 am to BurningHeart
quote:
And the Super Bowl of Crawfish, Easter is March 31st.
You shouldn't have crawfish parties on Good Friday anyway.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 7:15 am to BurningHeart
dont give a fug
would rather eat ribeye…
would rather eat ribeye…
Posted on 1/21/24 at 7:18 am to BurningHeart
It’s been one of the weirdest weather years ever. Unreal heat and drought. Now a freezing start to the catch season. It’s going to be a terrible year.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 7:46 am to BurningHeart
Same ole shite
Diff year
Diff year
Posted on 1/21/24 at 7:54 am to BurningHeart
China and Indonesia crawfish is fixing to be booming!!!
Jk still wouldn’t eat it
Jk still wouldn’t eat it
Posted on 1/21/24 at 7:56 am to Lsuwannabe
Crawfishing sure seemed lot easier back when I was a kid
Always plentiful
We just raked them out big ditches
Caught more than we could eat
This commercialization has made it a FUBAR
Always plentiful
We just raked them out big ditches
Caught more than we could eat
This commercialization has made it a FUBAR
Posted on 1/21/24 at 7:57 am to BurningHeart
Crawfish Mafia got to Shirley I see.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 8:02 am to BurningHeart
Laverne was always the brains of that operation anyway.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 8:11 am to BurningHeart
Not surprising. That drought knocked their dicks in the dirt.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 8:18 am to BurningHeart
quote:
And he worries the freeze forecasted next week will only make things worse.
This is just a fact of life, it occurs almost every year and they need to quit using it as an excuse.
The drought on the other hand, understandable.
At 10-15 dollars a lb, I’ll be eating something else.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 8:19 am to BurningHeart
I remember an OLD La conservationist magazine from late 60s / early 70s about a 2 year period where crawfish were scarce. But then it was largely wild crawfish.
And La did consume nearly as many crawfish as it does now.
I guess those king crab prices fixing to go up ??
And La did consume nearly as many crawfish as it does now.
I guess those king crab prices fixing to go up ??
Posted on 1/21/24 at 8:19 am to BurningHeart
I wonder if that means this season will last longer - I was pretty sad they couldn’t make it a couple of more weeks with LSU in Omaha last year.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 8:20 am to BurningHeart
It’ll be interesting to see what all of the schools/clubs that have crawfish cookoffs are going to do.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 8:24 am to LSURussian
quote:
Shirley they jest…
Posted on 1/21/24 at 8:28 am to Epaminondas
He picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue.
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