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Making a personal crawfish pond... Updated pg. 7 fry pics
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:12 am
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:12 am
Okay, there is a pond on our property we recently pumped out and dug out a little to get some dirt for the foundation of a shop. It just an old cow watering hole and has never had any fish in it mostly because it was so small. Anyway, when we dug it, instead of going deeper, we made it wider/bigger. So now we have a pond about 3000 sq. feet and only about 4 ft deep in the middle. The surface area is about the size of a decent sized house foundation.
We were talking about stocking it, but the size still makes us hesitant. It's dried up in the past.
Last night while having a few cold ones and bitching about crawfish prices I had the genius idea to stock it with crawfish.
Questions:
About how many would you seed it with? I'm thinking about boiling a sack and selecting a couple pounds of the biggest reds to throw in there. Is that enough?
I know they eat rice stalks... Do they need to be fed or will they just eat whatever vegetation is growing in there? Should I throw any and all fish guts in there to feed them?
Or, is this the dumbest idea ever?
There is a bad boy buggy on the far levee for size reference...
We drained it this past summer and it was full of this stuff... it's already coming back.
We were talking about stocking it, but the size still makes us hesitant. It's dried up in the past.
Last night while having a few cold ones and bitching about crawfish prices I had the genius idea to stock it with crawfish.
Questions:
About how many would you seed it with? I'm thinking about boiling a sack and selecting a couple pounds of the biggest reds to throw in there. Is that enough?
I know they eat rice stalks... Do they need to be fed or will they just eat whatever vegetation is growing in there? Should I throw any and all fish guts in there to feed them?
Or, is this the dumbest idea ever?
There is a bad boy buggy on the far levee for size reference...
We drained it this past summer and it was full of this stuff... it's already coming back.
This post was edited on 1/20/15 at 11:18 am
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Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:16 am to Clyde Tipton
3000ft? What is that,.05 acres?
I'm not saying don't do it, but you might as well get a bobcat out there and expand it some while it is drained.
I'm not saying don't do it, but you might as well get a bobcat out there and expand it some while it is drained.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:16 am to Clyde Tipton
quote:
TClayboy99
Didnt you work at a crawfish farm?
they need something to eat, hay will do. They eat the stuff that grows on the stalks, not the stalks
2 sacks/acre is the rule of thumb
get a sack of selects and then we can discuss this further over dinner
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:18 am to Clyde Tipton
Doesnt take nuch.
Wait till crawfish prices are 25$ a sack, toss a frw sacks of rejects in.
We did that with a corner of the property 20 years ago...still have a good number of crawfish there.
Wait till crawfish prices are 25$ a sack, toss a frw sacks of rejects in.
We did that with a corner of the property 20 years ago...still have a good number of crawfish there.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:24 am to hardhead
Yeah, the pond ain't dry anymore Biff.
And yes it's a small pond, maybe 5000 sq feet, but I doubt it.
Hardhead, I just was asking to make sure there was not something obvious I am missing here. The idea almost seems to good to be true.
I just want to be able to run a couple dozen triangle nets around the edges and catch a few pounds a couple times a spring. I'm not trying to farm and sell them by the ton.
And yes it's a small pond, maybe 5000 sq feet, but I doubt it.
Hardhead, I just was asking to make sure there was not something obvious I am missing here. The idea almost seems to good to be true.
I just want to be able to run a couple dozen triangle nets around the edges and catch a few pounds a couple times a spring. I'm not trying to farm and sell them by the ton.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:30 am to Clyde Tipton
1-3 sacks an acre for stock
use half basin and half rice field
they'll eat anything
use half basin and half rice field
they'll eat anything
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:35 am to yellowfin
Why do you suggest mixing type? I was being racist and wanting a straight run of reds...
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:38 am to Clyde Tipton
there's some farmers that swear by this, i don't know their reasoning
i would guess less inbreeding
i would guess less inbreeding
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:47 am to yellowfin
I had a picture of the pond on my phone and I just deleted it.
Regardless of size, I guess it won't hurt to give it a try... It's not doing anything else but holding water for cows.
Hardhead, it's about 1/2 to 2/3's the size of the pond in front of your house. How big is the one at your place? And do you think it will raise a sustainable population?
Regardless of size, I guess it won't hurt to give it a try... It's not doing anything else but holding water for cows.
Hardhead, it's about 1/2 to 2/3's the size of the pond in front of your house. How big is the one at your place? And do you think it will raise a sustainable population?
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:48 am to Clyde Tipton
I was wondering this EXACT same thing last night about a similar sized pond.
What is TOO deep for crawfish?
When do you seed?
Should the hay etc. be in the pond for a while before you add the crawfish?
Thanks.
What is TOO deep for crawfish?
When do you seed?
Should the hay etc. be in the pond for a while before you add the crawfish?
Thanks.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:53 am to Clyde Tipton
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:53 am to OldSouth
we stock in June
Posted on 3/12/14 at 10:01 am to Clyde Tipton
quote:
now we have a pond about 3000 sq. feet and only about 4 ft deep in the middle
So, about three times bigger than Nascarfan's?
(this pond thread had gone to long without a mention)
Posted on 3/12/14 at 10:06 am to OldSouth
Thanks, I have some reading to do.
It appears the fact that my little pond gets low and sometimes dries up is a good thing.
I just wonder if the size of my pond is big enough to go catch a about a sack a couple times a year.
This is sounding promising...
It appears the fact that my little pond gets low and sometimes dries up is a good thing.
I just wonder if the size of my pond is big enough to go catch a about a sack a couple times a year.
This is sounding promising...
Posted on 3/12/14 at 10:37 am to yellowfin
quote:arent you supposed to add a new stock in every year or so to prevent inbreeding whcih inturn makes the crawfish smaller by majority. i just read that somewhere.
there's some farmers that swear by this, i don't know their reasoning
i would guess less inbreeding
Posted on 3/12/14 at 11:25 am to CarRamrod
throw a sack in there when they get cheap/ it gets warm.
seems like a great idea
i would throw a little corn in there in the fall...
...for the crawfish
seems like a great idea
i would throw a little corn in there in the fall...
...for the crawfish
Posted on 3/12/14 at 11:42 am to hardhead
quote:
i would throw a little corn in there in the fall...
...for the crawfish
Posted on 3/12/14 at 11:51 am to Clyde Tipton
Ive thought about this also. We have two ponds, both about half acre big. One is silted in and 4 foot deep at most with no fish in it.(levee busted and dried up3 years ago) The other is tear drop shaped. Deep at one end and silted in at the other but full of fish. Both have almost been taken over by alligatoorweed and Ive considered turning a few sacks of crawfish loose in each and see what happens.
I see that they feed off dead vegetable matter. Would grass clippings, old hay, etc be good enough food?
I see that they feed off dead vegetable matter. Would grass clippings, old hay, etc be good enough food?
Posted on 3/12/14 at 12:01 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
quote:
Both have almost been taken over by alligatoorweed and Ive considered turning a few sacks of crawfish loose in each and see what happens.
They will be crawfish in those ponds now. Just use pillow traps deep. I have to do that every year. If not, the crawfish will kill off bass and sac au lait spawn off. My son had just put out traps yesterday.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 12:04 pm to fishfighter
The one with bass in it will kill a Zoom Speed craw in watermelon red
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