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Ok, need the OBs help, first time crawfishing
Posted on 3/22/14 at 9:12 am
Posted on 3/22/14 at 9:12 am
Picked up a pack of the nets below and will get some beef melt. Gonna try the swamp behind our lot and see if I get anything before I buy actual traps. Some questions:
1) do you have to place these in a certain water depth?
2) is there specific kinds of spots you look to set them?
3) how long do you let them sit?
4) just tie a float and pull them up to check them?
Any tips/advice appreciated.
1) do you have to place these in a certain water depth?
2) is there specific kinds of spots you look to set them?
3) how long do you let them sit?
4) just tie a float and pull them up to check them?
Any tips/advice appreciated.
This post was edited on 3/22/14 at 9:15 am
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 9:16 am to VanRIch
1. Depends. Are they deep water or set nets. If set you should be able to see the top of them.
2. Just think like a crawfish. Put it where you think they would go.
3. A few minutes. Usually I put out 12 at a time then by the time I've set the last one I start picking up the first.
4. So I guess that's deep water nets. Then yes.
Eta: your picture popped up now I see its a set net. No float necessary. The net sits on the bottom.
2. Just think like a crawfish. Put it where you think they would go.
3. A few minutes. Usually I put out 12 at a time then by the time I've set the last one I start picking up the first.
4. So I guess that's deep water nets. Then yes.
Eta: your picture popped up now I see its a set net. No float necessary. The net sits on the bottom.
This post was edited on 3/22/14 at 11:20 am
Posted on 3/22/14 at 9:34 am to VanRIch
Wow, didn't know they still made those. Brings back some good memories.
1. We tried to never place them in water that would cover the top of the frame. You can do it, but as indicated, you better have a float tied to it so you can find it.
2. We always crawfished in old rice and bean fields, all you needed was water that had some vegetation in it.
3. Usually checked the traps about every half hour or so.
4. We always used a long (10 ft or more) stick, you'd put it under the apex of the frame and lift up. The trap would sag in the middle so the crawfish had a hard time getting out of it.
LC
1. We tried to never place them in water that would cover the top of the frame. You can do it, but as indicated, you better have a float tied to it so you can find it.
2. We always crawfished in old rice and bean fields, all you needed was water that had some vegetation in it.
3. Usually checked the traps about every half hour or so.
4. We always used a long (10 ft or more) stick, you'd put it under the apex of the frame and lift up. The trap would sag in the middle so the crawfish had a hard time getting out of it.
LC
Posted on 3/22/14 at 9:54 am to VanRIch
Me and a buddy used these at Sherburn a few times with great results. We always placed them shallow with and inch or two sticking up out of the water. If we placed them deeper we tied neon surveying ribbon to the top (the ribbon floated if I remember correctly).
If you're in an active spot, you should be able to pull up the nets every 15 minutes or sometimes less.
Also, I'm not sure what you're using to pull the nets in with, but we used one of the cheap extendable broom sticks and a small screw in hook from Lowes. It worked great.
If you're in an active spot, you should be able to pull up the nets every 15 minutes or sometimes less.
Also, I'm not sure what you're using to pull the nets in with, but we used one of the cheap extendable broom sticks and a small screw in hook from Lowes. It worked great.
This post was edited on 3/22/14 at 9:56 am
Posted on 3/22/14 at 9:55 am to LongueCarabine
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Wow, didn't know they still made those. Brings back some good memories.
yep...used to set these in the sewage ditch in front of the house when I was a kid.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 10:17 am to oldcharlie8
Before you set them in the mud take a rake and clear out a small spot. That helps.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 10:23 am to oldcharlie8
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yep...used to set these in the sewage ditch in front of the house when I was a kid.
Well, not to hijack the thread but I remember when the flood of '73 happened, I was a 13 year old kid. The fields along US71 were flooded that spring, the farmers couldn't plant. The fields were so full of crawfish that they were creating a traffic hazard when they crossed the road. Thousands of squished crawfish will make a slippery hazardous mess.
Our Dad's brought me and a friend crawfishing in one of the fields. Had about 30-40 of these nets, loaded them in the boat and away we went to the far side of the field. (In places the water was at least 8 feet deep, we had several cane poles with us and we couldn't touch bottom with them. There were even boats trawling for crawfish in the fields). I remember our boat was riding high on the way in.
So we spend the whole day crawfishing. On the trip back to the truck, there was maybe six inches of gunwale exposed on the boat.
I figure we caught at least 300 pounds that day, we had roughly 10 or 12 sackfuls. I helped peel crawfish late into the night (we boiled some and peeled a bunch just for tails). I didn't even get a beer for my troubles.
LC
Posted on 3/22/14 at 12:13 pm to LongueCarabine
Tie a orange or green marker ribbon to the top so you can see them
Secure your bait to the net of the crawfish will take your bait.
You can set them in deeper water if you can still see the ribbon.
Moving water always worked best for us.
BTW cut fish or chicken necks worked best for us.
Secure your bait to the net of the crawfish will take your bait.
You can set them in deeper water if you can still see the ribbon.
Moving water always worked best for us.
BTW cut fish or chicken necks worked best for us.
This post was edited on 3/22/14 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 3/22/14 at 12:19 pm to offshoretrash
quote:
BTW cut fish or chicken necks worked best for us.
We always used beef melt (cow spleen), it seemed like the bloodier the better it worked.
Also used it for crabbing, along with chicken and turkey necks. I would assume any type of offal would work.
LC
Posted on 3/22/14 at 12:23 pm to offshoretrash
quote:
Tie a orange or green marker ribbon to the top so you can see them
Secure your bait to the net of the crawfish will take your bait.
You can set them in deeper water if you can still see the ribbon.
Moving water always worked best for us.
BTW cut fish or chicken necks worked best for us.
Solid intell here. Chicken parts for the win. This is also a solid beer drinking activity. Just make sure that you do the ribbon thing before you get so sauced that you forget where you set the traps.
We never had a whole lot of moving water to work with in a field. We just set them next to vegetation.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 12:42 pm to VanRIch
Lot of good advice in this thread.
Does anyone know where one could pick up some deep water nets in South La?
Last time I was at Sherburne, I was getting my but kicked by a guy with some.
Does anyone know where one could pick up some deep water nets in South La?
Last time I was at Sherburne, I was getting my but kicked by a guy with some.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 1:27 pm to REB BEER
Are those like the pillow traps? Academy didn't have them but that's what I want to get if I find out there are some crawfish back there.
As far as the moving water, I've yet to dispatch the beavers so that may be an issue.
As far as the moving water, I've yet to dispatch the beavers so that may be an issue.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 1:39 pm to REB BEER
quote:
Does anyone know where one could pick up some deep water nets in South La?
what he said.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 1:40 pm to VanRIch
No the deep water nets he is referring to are effectively the round crab nets, but with smaller diameter mesh.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 5:40 pm to VanRIch
We were always most successful in water no deeper than the top of the net. It's also better if the bottom is free of sticks, logs, etc. I've caught way more with beef melt than with necks, it seems they love the blood. When it starts turning pink from being water logged, squeeze it and more blood will surface. I also like to set the nets in more muddy water and around trees. Good luck.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 10:07 pm to REB BEER
quote:
Does anyone know where one could pick up some deep water nets in South La?
Adams Fruit Market on LA 1 in Mathews(between Raceland and Lockport) has deep water crawfish and crab nets. Crawfish nets have small mesh and crab nets have mesh that is larger. Nets come ready to go.
Posted on 3/23/14 at 10:32 am to LXIXER
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LXIXER
Thanks.
Posted on 3/23/14 at 10:44 am to thebrowns
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Does anyone know where one could pick up some deep water nets in South La?
There's a place on Cameron st. in Laffy that sells them. I thinks it's called LA net and twine or something like that.
Posted on 3/23/14 at 10:54 am to REB BEER
quote:
Does anyone know where one could pick up some deep water nets in South La?
Pierre Part Store. If they don't have it, you don't need it.
Posted on 3/23/14 at 11:08 am to LongueCarabine
quote:
Well, not to hijack the thread but I remember when the flood of '73 happened, I was a 13 year old kid. The fields along US71 were flooded that spring, the farmers couldn't plant. The fields were so full of crawfish that they were creating a traffic hazard when they crossed the road. Thousands of squished crawfish will make a slippery hazardous mess.
Our Dad's brought me and a friend crawfishing in one of the fields. Had about 30-40 of these nets, loaded them in the boat and away we went to the far side of the field. (In places the water was at least 8 feet deep, we had several cane poles with us and we couldn't touch bottom with them. There were even boats trawling for crawfish in the fields). I remember our boat was riding high on the way in.
So we spend the whole day crawfishing. On the trip back to the truck, there was maybe six inches of gunwale exposed on the boat.
I figure we caught at least 300 pounds that day, we had roughly 10 or 12 sackfuls. I helped peel crawfish late into the night (we boiled some and peeled a bunch just for tails). I didn't even get a beer for my troubles.
LC
Excellent Story Bro.
I remember during the same time frame absolutely crushing the Crawfish in the Bonne Carre' spillway. My dad and Paw Paw took me and my brothers crawfishing with those nets between the river and the locks. We went at night after my dad got off 3-11 shift. In just a few hours we were walking out with5-6 sacks full.
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