Catching crawdads

[Mo Redd]

Can anyone steer me to a place where I can pick up a few crawdads to use for bait? I know I'll have to dose myself with bug repellant with the yellow flies so bad right now. Thanks for any info.

[silverking]

I've seen people hunting for them in the flooded ditches alongside Woodville Hwy/263 between Hwy 98 and St. Marks. Not sure exactly how they are catching them or if they're there now. But water was still standing in the ditches when I was down last Friday. Seems to be worth a try anyway.

Be on the lookout for snakes, though.

[One Keeper]

I know of several people that get em out of the ditches on Geddie road that crosses from hwy 20 to hwy 90.

[2true]

I hear they make great Sheepshead bait...

[Mo Redd]

Are they using seines or cast-nets?

[Capt Ron]

Any of the ditches in Tate's Hell. I'd use a trap or a pig's foot on a string and a dip net.

[GaryDroze]

Crawdad Haiku, constructed from from previous post (Haiku = 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables):

Tate's Hell. I'd use a
Trap or a pig's foot on a
String and a dip net

Tell me that's not poetry!

[Rhettley]

The best way I know is to go to those ditches and drag the bottom with a long handled bait net. Dump the leaves and crawdads in the grass and grab them and put them in a bucket. I tried one of those Gee's Minnow traps in my pond and did well with it until a gator found it and tried to eat it. Flattened that sucker right out.