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Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:04 am to notiger1997
Now that Lent is over, what are going prices?
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:10 am to arcannon
wholesale dropped .50 monday so it should be down about that on the retail side
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:12 am to arcannon
They've dropped .30/lb since Saturday last I checked. Yellowfin could probably give you something more accurate. I do know the reason the prices are still high this year is because they caught too many in Jan. Poor farmers got the market cornered and setting price, need them coon asses in the basin to start producing, they aren't members of the crawfish OPEC.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:19 am to Capt ST
late cold weather isn't helping the catch
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:22 am to yellowfin
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late cold weather isn't helping the catch
Too many excuses these crawfish guys come up with.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:25 am to JasonL79
the market is also flooded with trash this year, it's hard to find good ones
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:25 am to JasonL79
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Too many excuses these crawfish guys come up with.
Beat me to it. It is always something. not enough rain, too much rain, too cold, too hot, early Easter, late Easter. Whatever the excuse, it's purpose is to keep prices up.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:28 am to Motorboat
Prices were low in January and Feb
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:30 am to LSU
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Where can live select be purchased between Hammond & Slidell, or within about 30 miles north of there?
Don't know if they have select but call B & J Seafood in Hammond.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:31 am to yellowfin
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Prices were low in January and Feb
Serious clark?
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:31 am to Motorboat
Coming from a farming family I certainly don't have an issue craw fisherman making a loving from their efforts..
But upper 2$ for live craw dads in Louisiana is dumb.
I don't see the demand staying high with those prices... Too expensive.
We have a boil every Easter weekend that includes 30-40 people avg.
We decided to wait and have it in may... 269 was cheapest I found them and that was last wed, said couldn't guarantee that price come sat and they'd prob go up.
I'll pass... Nit spending 6-700 bucks on a crawfish boil.
But upper 2$ for live craw dads in Louisiana is dumb.
I don't see the demand staying high with those prices... Too expensive.
We have a boil every Easter weekend that includes 30-40 people avg.
We decided to wait and have it in may... 269 was cheapest I found them and that was last wed, said couldn't guarantee that price come sat and they'd prob go up.
I'll pass... Nit spending 6-700 bucks on a crawfish boil.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:34 am to yellowfin
What are you guys paying the fishermen compared to last week?
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:34 am to Motorboat
I was selling retail for 1.89 a pound at one point
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:34 am to Capt ST
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What are you guys paying the fishermen compared to last week?
.50 less
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:45 am to Motorboat
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quote:Too many excuses these crawfish guys come up with. Beat me to it. It is always something. not enough rain, too much rain, too cold, too hot, early Easter, late Easter. Whatever the excuse, it's purpose is to keep prices up.
I was just messing with him because I was in the seafood business for 20+ years. I know the general public thinks it is some sort of crawfish conspiracy/price fixing but we will never see crawfish as cheap as they used to be. Demand is way higher than 10-15 years ago. More people are eating them throughout Louisiana and also a lot of people in Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, etc. are pushing the demand up where this wasn't as much the case years ago.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:46 am to yellowfin
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I was selling retail for 1.89 a pound at one point
Damn. I have a hook up and never paid that low. what's retail hovering around this weekend?
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:47 am to JasonL79
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I was just messing with him because I was in the seafood business for 20+ years. I know the general public thinks it is some sort of crawfish conspiracy/price fixing but we will never see crawfish as cheap as they used to be. Demand is way higher than 10-15 years ago. More people are eating them throughout Louisiana and also a lot of people in Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, etc. are pushing the demand up where this wasn't as much the case years ago.
Oh I know. I have family in the business as well. I've heard it all!
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:50 am to Motorboat
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Oh I know. I have family in the business as well. I've heard it all!
Gotcha.
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