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

Once the water gets hot, the crawfish will bury on their own. However, if you choose to cut your season short (once the price starts to drop in most cases), you can slowly drain your pond and the crawfish will bury better, sooner.

This makes your crop earlier (in most cases), taking advantage of higher prices. (I know this is for personal use)

Also. Try to keep the ground at least wet when it's not flooded. old tale says that if you can't make a print when walking, you've killed some buried crawfish.

ETA- If you can get good vegetation growth, I wouldn't worry about planting anything. Any kind of grass will suffice