Catching crawdads
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Catching crawdads
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.
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Re: Catching crawdads
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.
Be on the lookout for snakes, though.
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Re: Catching crawdads
I know of several people that get em out of the ditches on Geddie road that crosses from hwy 20 to hwy 90.
Re: Catching crawdads
I hear they make great Sheepshead bait...
Re: Catching crawdads
Are they using seines or cast-nets?
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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.
Re: Catching crawdads
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!
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!
Re: Catching crawdads
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.