re: Making a personal crawfish pond... Updated pg. 7 fry pics

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.

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