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re: Making a personal crawfish pond... Updated pg. 7 fry pics
Posted on 3/13/14 at 12:53 pm to hardhead
Posted on 3/13/14 at 12:53 pm to hardhead
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Airator is bullshite. It will help them grow faster cause it feeds their food source. You don't need that to just have a few crawfish boils. They can live in extremely low D.O. Environments.
Apparently, you've never raised hundreds of 4' traps with dead crawfish in them.
Once your water temp exceeds 70, much less 80 degrees you will have big trouble without some sort of aeration. I don't think relying on the wind will accomplish aeration, it would be awesome if it would though!!! The Alligator weed will help oxygen levels, but hinder production. Damn Crawfish!!!!
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Posted on 3/13/14 at 1:02 pm to TexasTiger01
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Once your water temp exceeds 70, much less 80 degrees
That's when we stopped fishing. One of those stinky bastards die and they get to eating him then a few more die and they start rotting too. You pull up a trap that smells like satan's mother's pussy itself.
Posted on 3/13/14 at 1:04 pm to TexasTiger01
I can tell you this, I have 66 acres in Lake Charles area that's basically cow pasture right now. I told my brother we are going to levee and flood it for crawfish next year..He laughed saying the pump/well needed would cost 60-100K (at least) and it is almost a necessity that a crop of some kind is grown there during the year (guess that guarantees stalks)....
SO I called my buddy and he explained how to induce the molting process thru fresh water...he said if they don't molt often, the shells get dark and hard, just like late in the year at restaurants, that is because the farmers have realized pumping is just a lost of money the last month of the season before the water is too hot.
SO if you handle your pond as such, expect to have harder shelled crawfish due to less molting. But htat does not mean they would all die or something, but you better have vegetation of some sort down there (which might be tough without topsoil)
BTW, he explained when the crawfish have that green color, that's the best you can ask for. Thats freshly molted and still relatively soft shells.
Keep us posted
SO I called my buddy and he explained how to induce the molting process thru fresh water...he said if they don't molt often, the shells get dark and hard, just like late in the year at restaurants, that is because the farmers have realized pumping is just a lost of money the last month of the season before the water is too hot.
SO if you handle your pond as such, expect to have harder shelled crawfish due to less molting. But htat does not mean they would all die or something, but you better have vegetation of some sort down there (which might be tough without topsoil)
BTW, he explained when the crawfish have that green color, that's the best you can ask for. Thats freshly molted and still relatively soft shells.
Keep us posted
Posted on 3/13/14 at 1:28 pm to TexasTiger01
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Apparently, you've never raised hundreds of 4' traps with dead crawfish in them.
Once your water temp exceeds 70, much less 80 degrees you will have big trouble without some sort of aeration. I don't think relying on the wind will accomplish aeration, it would be awesome if it would though!!! The Alligator weed will help oxygen levels, but hinder production. Damn Crawfish!!!!
sure I have
He is doing this for a recreational deal.
Nobody is going to retire and live off these crawfish.
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