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Anyone ever tried to bass fish w/live crawfish?
Posted on 4/4/14 at 11:09 am
Posted on 4/4/14 at 11:09 am
Always wanted to do this.
Seems like to a man who's fishing, say Black Lake (Campti/Natchitoches area - we used to have a camp there growing up), who normally just kind of jig fishes/worm fishes by trolling big tree to big tree, and flipping a jig/worm at the base of the tree should clean the frick up if he replaced said worm/jig with a BIG live crawfish.
Anyone ever done this? Results?
Seems like to a man who's fishing, say Black Lake (Campti/Natchitoches area - we used to have a camp there growing up), who normally just kind of jig fishes/worm fishes by trolling big tree to big tree, and flipping a jig/worm at the base of the tree should clean the frick up if he replaced said worm/jig with a BIG live crawfish.
Anyone ever done this? Results?
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Posted on 4/4/14 at 11:10 am to TigerTreyjpg
Only in run outs. I've seen guys doing in on TB out on ridges. No idea if more effective.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 11:16 am to AlxTgr
In the ONT they are killer for smallmouth, they cant resist and its like crack to them. When everyone else if having trouble catching fish throw on a crawfish (especially a soft shell) and its on.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 11:16 am to TigerTreyjpg
They make some very realistic lures. Im sure they are a lot easier to fool with than a live one
Posted on 4/4/14 at 11:20 am to TigerTreyjpg
Work for cats on a tightline
Posted on 4/4/14 at 11:22 am to TigerTreyjpg
We have a small private pond and when the bass are on beds, they will take nothing artificial. If you drop a live crawfish in there, they will attack it immediately. This is the only experience I have with them.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 11:23 am to TigerTreyjpg
I've did it in my pond during the summer with small to medium sized crawfish. I hook them somewhere that they will stay good and alive, but stay on the hook good. I'd throw it out and if I didn't get a bite with in 2 minutes I would jerk the hell out of it just like you would a popping cork for specs, but I would use a regular cork. I would absolutely wear the bass out for a couple month time period, then after a while it pretty much shut down. I found that the bigger crawfish didn't work as well unless I'd break the claws off of them.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 11:38 am to Dylan
Used to fish them like this but I would only catch the occasional bass but my main catch was catfish and the occasional goggle eye. (Bayou Liberty - Bayou Sauvage inside the levee system)
However in clear water you might have better luck. In Arkansas this was the preferred bait for small mouth bass in the buffalo river.
However in clear water you might have better luck. In Arkansas this was the preferred bait for small mouth bass in the buffalo river.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 11:43 am to TigerTreyjpg
I was always told that bass will swallow them too quickly and get severely deep hooked. No throwbacks.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 11:56 am to Shexter
I have done this in a pond with great success. Never tried out and about
Posted on 4/4/14 at 12:02 pm to Elusiveporpi
Takes the challenge out though. It defeats the entire point of bass fishing. If I want meat I will go for the white socacrappy
Posted on 4/4/14 at 12:03 pm to Shexter
I released every one I would catch no problem.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 12:36 pm to TigerTreyjpg
When bass are bedding this is like throwing awesomeness on a hook into the water.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 12:49 pm to TigerTreyjpg
too expensive 
Posted on 4/4/14 at 12:51 pm to TigerTreyjpg
shite no!
Have you seen the prices of live crawfish?
Have you seen the prices of live crawfish?
Posted on 4/4/14 at 12:52 pm to yellowfin
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too expensive
Damn, beat me by 2 minutes.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 2:54 pm to Clyde Tipton
I've seen people catch reds and spec's with them in the gulf below berwick. Were smoking them, damdest thing I've ever seen.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 2:55 pm to Clyde Tipton
I used to buy selects, peel the tail and catch catfish with them.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 3:53 pm to TigerTreyjpg
They catch the hell out of some white bass.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 4:03 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Do it on creeks all the time. Turn over rocks grab a few crawfish. Smallies love em
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