Originally posted by: papa_d on 5/30/2006 7:20:48 PM

I live in Michigan... I can go to about any slow moving water (river, stream, or creek); along the banks turn over rocks ot sticks, in weeds or grass hangover from the bank. A friend took me once calling it dadding. After getting a half bucket full we went to his house. To my surprise this fool boiled and ate them!!! I thought we were getting bait for the next day!!! <!--graemlin::eek:-->

Originally posted by: Meandmylab on 5/30/2006 5:26:51 PM

Where can a guy catch crawdads in Western Washington. I live in Pierce County. Any suggestions???

Originally posted by: Yellow Bear on 6/1/2006 7:38:27 AM

Hello and welcome Meandmylab,
Check out Washingtonlakes.com or nwbasser.com.
Someone on either of those sites should be able to help you out.

Originally posted by: brookdale on 1/23/2007 1:55:35 AM

Crayfish, crawdads, mud bugs, those fresh water crustations.
In this state any fresh water is most likely going to sport crawdads.
Lakes usually have them, but your best bet is running fresh water.
You will find some large ones in fast running water, but the problem is being able to see them.
I used to get the rind from a slab of bacon, and just below some rapids in water well under knee deep I would pin the rind under a rock large enough to hold the rind in place.
This is a good time to set your line and drown a worm out in the deep pool, set the pole on a forked stake, and fish a can of something from the water.
Give the crawdads some time to start coming, it takes time for them to make their way, and when you cant see the rind any more, take a basket with you and slowly and with as little clomping around the place, work yourself towards the rind, as you go collect what crawdads you find along the way, the trick is to work against the current, they can't swim ito the current well at all, so it is make a run for it right into your hand.
It is a lot of fun getting crawdads, especially right at the rind as there will be hundreds of them, and it takes a few tricks to get them without spooking all of the others away.
Good luck, have fun and play safely.

Rusty.
Vancouver Wa.

Originally posted by: fish_4_all on 2/19/2007 4:34:24 PM

Smaller creeks and streams seem to be the best around here. I live a little farther West in Aberdeen and I catch them in almost every lake, stream, creek, pond and river that is near here. I actually do not know of a river, stream or lake that doesn't have them.

Best around here is to go out and set your traps just before sunset and come back bright and early in the morning. The craws around here seem to prefer fresher bait and will not go after freezer burnt old stuff. The best I have found it salmon heads and the guts and heads of trout, the fresher the better. Chicken doesn't work but they can be caught on hotdogs.

Hey! You're up North now. They're called CRAYFISH.